## GMimeContentType GMimeContentType — Content-Type fields |

## Synopsis

                        GMimeContentType;
    GMimeContentType*   g_mime_content_type_new             (const char *type,
                                                             const char *subtype);
    GMimeContentType*   g_mime_content_type_new_from_string (const char *string);
    void                g_mime_content_type_destroy         (GMimeContentType *mime_type);
    char*               g_mime_content_type_to_string       (const GMimeContentType *mime_type);
    gboolean            g_mime_content_type_is_type         (const GMimeContentType *mime_type,
                                                             const char *type,
                                                             const char *subtype);
    void                g_mime_content_type_set_parameter   (GMimeContentType *mime_type,
                                                             const char *attribute,
                                                             const char *value);
    const char*         g_mime_content_type_get_parameter   (const GMimeContentType *mime_type,
                                                             const char *attribute);

## Description

A GMimeContentType represents the pre-parsed contents of a Content-Type header field.

## Details

### GMimeContentType

    typedef struct {
    	char *type;
    	char *subtype;

    	GMimeParam *params;
    	GHashTable *param_hash;
    } GMimeContentType;

### g_mime_content_type_new ()

    GMimeContentType*   g_mime_content_type_new             (const char *type,
                                                             const char *subtype);

Creates a Content-Type object with type `type` and subtype `subtype`.

`type` : | MIME type (or NULL for "text")
`subtype` : | MIME subtype (or NULL for "plain")
Returns : | a new MIME Content-Type object.

### g_mime_content_type_new_from_string ()

    GMimeContentType*   g_mime_content_type_new_from_string (const char *string);

Constructs a new Content-Type object based on the input string.

`string` : | input string containing a content-type (and params)
Returns : | a new MIME Content-Type based on the input string.

### g_mime_content_type_destroy ()

    void                g_mime_content_type_destroy         (GMimeContentType *mime_type);

Destroys the given MIME Content-Type object.

`mime_type` : | MIME Content-Type object to destroy

### g_mime_content_type_to_string ()

    char*               g_mime_content_type_to_string       (const GMimeContentType *mime_type);

Allocates a string buffer containing the type and subtype defined by the `mime_type`.

`mime_type` : | MIME Content-Type
Returns : | an allocated string containing the type and subtype of the content-type in the format: type/subtype.

### g_mime_content_type_is_type ()

    gboolean            g_mime_content_type_is_type         (const GMimeContentType *mime_type,
                                                             const char *type,
                                                             const char *subtype);

Compares the given type and subtype with that of the given mime type object.

`mime_type` : | MIME Content-Type
`type` : | MIME type to compare against
`subtype` : | MIME subtype to compare against
Returns : | TRUE if the MIME types match or FALSE otherwise. You may use "*" in place of `type` and/or `subtype` as a wilcard.

### g_mime_content_type_set_parameter ()

    void                g_mime_content_type_set_parameter   (GMimeContentType *mime_type,
                                                             const char *attribute,
                                                             const char *value);

Sets a parameter on the Content-Type.

`mime_type` : | MIME Content-Type
`attribute` : | parameter name (aka attribute)
`value` : | parameter value

### g_mime_content_type_get_parameter ()

    const char*         g_mime_content_type_get_parameter   (const GMimeContentType *mime_type,
                                                             const char *attribute);

Gets the parameter value specified by `attribute` if it's available.

`mime_type` : | MIME Content-Type
`attribute` : | parameter name (aka attribute)
Returns : | a const pointer to the paramer value specified by `attribute` or `NULL` on fail.