Getting A File's Mime Type In Java

Question

I was just wondering how most people fetch a mime type from a file in Java? So far I\'ve tried two utils: JMimeMagic & Mime-Util.

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Answer 1

File file = new File(PropertiesReader.FILE_PATH);
MimetypesFileTypeMap fileTypeMap = new MimetypesFileTypeMap();
String mimeType = fileTypeMap.getContentType(file);
URLConnection uconnection = file.toURL().openConnection();
mimeType = uconnection.getContentType();