Using MIME_Type you can get different data about a MIME type. All methods mentioned here can be called statically.

• getMedia() returns the main part (media part, portion before the slash) of a MIME type. It would return image for image/png.

• getSubType() returns the subtype of the given type. For image/png, it returns png.

• isExperimental() checks if a given MIME type is experimental. It returns true or false (e.g. text/x-vcard).

• isVendor() determines if the given type is a vendor specific MIME type (e.g. as in application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml).

• isWildcard() tells you if the passed type is a wildcard type (is either */* or something/*).