Determine the MIME type of
a com.adobe.idp.Document object by invoking the com.adobe.idp.Document object’s getContentType method.
This method returns a string value that specifies the content type
of the com.adobe.idp.Document object. The following
table describes the different content types that LiveCycle returns.
MIME type
Description
application/pdf
PDF document
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml
XML Data Packaging (XDP), which is used
for exported XML Forms Architecture (XFA) forms
text/xml
Bookmarks, attachments, or other XML documents
application/vnd.fdf
Forms Data Format (FDF), which is used for
exported Acrobat forms
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf
XML Forms Data Format (XFDF), which is used
for exported Acrobat forms
application/rdf+xml
Rich data format and XML
application/octet-stream
Generic data format
NULL
Unspecified MIME type
The following code example determines the content type of a com.adobe.idp.Document object.
Determining the content type of a Document object
//Determine the content type of the Document object
String ct = myDocument.getContentType();
System.out.println("The content type of the Document object is " +ct);