How can I get MIME type of an InputStream of a file that is being uploaded?

Question

Simple question: how can I get MIME type (or content type) of an InputStream, without saving file, for a file that a user is uploading to my servlet?

Answer 1

If using a JAX-RS rest service you can get it from the MultipartBody.

@POST
@Path( "/" )
@Consumes( "multipart/form-data" )
public Response importShapeFile( final MultipartBody body ) {
    String filename = null;
    String InputStream stream = null;
    for ( Attachment attachment : body.getAllAttachments() )
    {
        ContentDisposition disposition = attachment.getContentDisposition();
        if ( disposition != null && PARAM_NAME.equals( disposition.getParameter( "name" ) ) )
        {
            filename = disposition.getParameter( "filename" );
            stream = attachment.getDataHandler().getInputStream();
            break;
        }
    }

    // Read extension from filename to get the file's type and
    // read the stream accordingly.
}

Where PARAM_NAME is a string representing the name of the parameter holding the file stream.