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<tt class=
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</tt> instances provide an interface which is very like
that of the
<tt class=
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</a></tt> module.
<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-
4035' xml:id='l2h-
4035'
>suffix_map
</tt></b></dt>
Dictionary mapping suffixes to suffixes. This is used to allow
recognition of encoded files for which the encoding and the type are
indicated by the same extension. For example, the
<span class=
"file">.tgz
</span>
extension is mapped to
<span class=
"file">.tar.gz
</span> to allow the encoding and type
to be recognized separately. This is initially a copy of the global
<code>suffix_map
</code> defined in the module.
<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-
4036' xml:id='l2h-
4036'
>encodings_map
</tt></b></dt>
Dictionary mapping filename extensions to encoding types. This is
initially a copy of the global
<code>encodings_map
</code> defined in the
<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-
4037' xml:id='l2h-
4037'
>types_map
</tt></b></dt>
Dictionary mapping filename extensions to MIME types. This is
initially a copy of the global
<code>types_map
</code> defined in the
<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-
4038' xml:id='l2h-
4038'
>common_types
</tt></b></dt>
Dictionary mapping filename extensions to non-standard, but commonly
found MIME types. This is initially a copy of the global
<code>common_types
</code> defined in the module.
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
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class=
"method">guess_extension
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>type
</var><big>[
</big><var>, strict
</var><big>]
</big><var></var>)
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Similar to the
<tt class=
"function">guess_extension()
</tt> function, using the
tables stored as part of the object.
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4040' xml:id='l2h-
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class=
"method">guess_type
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>url
</var><big>[
</big><var>, strict
</var><big>]
</big><var></var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Similar to the
<tt class=
"function">guess_type()
</tt> function, using the tables
stored as part of the object.
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4041' xml:id='l2h-
4041'
class=
"method">read
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>path
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Load MIME information from a file named
<var>path
</var>. This uses
<tt class=
"method">readfp()
</tt> to parse the file.
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
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4042'
class=
"method">readfp
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>file
</var>)
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Load MIME type information from an open file. The file must have
the format of the standard
<span class=
"file">mime.types
</span> files.
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