---
name: "HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaType"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libhttp-headers-actionpack-perl"
version: "0.09-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaType"
---

# HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaType(3pm)

A Media Type

## NAME

HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaType - A Media Type

## VERSION

version 0.09

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaType;
  # normal constructor
  my $mt = HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaType->new(
      'application/xml' => (
          'q'       => 0.5,
          'charset' => 'UTF-8'
      )
  );
  # construct from string
  my $mt = HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaType->new_from_string(
      'application/xml; q=0.5; charset=UTF-8'
  );
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is an object which represents an HTTP media type definition. This is most often found as a member of a HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::MediaTypeList object.

## METHODS

- "type"

  Accessor for the type.

- "major"

  The major portion of the media type name.

- "minor"

  The minor portion of the media type name.

- "matches\_all"

  A media type matched all if the type is `"*/*"` and if it has no parameters.

- "equals ( $media\_type \| $media\_type\_string )"

  This will attempt to determine if the `$media_type` is exactly the same as itself. If given a `$media_type_string` it will parse it into an object.

  In order for two type to be equal, the types must match exactly and the parameters much match exactly.

- "exact\_match ( $media\_type \| $media\_type\_string )"

  This will attempt to determine if the `$media_type` is a match with itself using the `"type_matches"` method below. If given a `$media_type_string` it will parse it into an object.

  In order for an exact match to occur it the types must be compatible and the parameters much match exactly.

- "match ( $media\_type \| $media\_type\_string )"

  This will attempt to determine if the `$media_type` is a match with itself using the `"type_matches"` method and `"params_match"` method below. If given a `$media_type_string` it will parse it into an object.

  In order for an exact match to occur it the types must be compatible and the parameters must be a subset.

- "type\_matches ( $media\_type \| $media\_type\_string )"

  This will determine type compatibility, properly handling the `"*"` types and major and minor elements of the type.

- "params\_match ( $parameters )"

  This determines if the `$parameters` are a subset of the invocants parameters.

## AUTHOR

Stevan Little \<stevan.little@iinteractive.com\>

## CONTRIBUTORS

- •

  Andrew Nelson \<anelson@cpan.org\>

- •

  Dave Rolsky \<autarch@urth.org\>

- •

  Florian Ragwitz \<rafl@debian.org\>

- •

  Jesse Luehrs \<doy@tozt.net\>

- •

  Karen Etheridge \<ether@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Infinity Interactive, Inc..

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.