From a0c8b9d4d5fda80f82553ed91b341a531a846ab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barry Warsaw Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 02:46:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add the concept of a "default type". Normally the default type is text/plain but the RFCs state that inside a multipart/digest, the default type is message/rfc822. To preserve idempotency, we need a separate place to define the default type than the Content-Type: header. get_default_type(), set_default_type(): Accessor and mutator methods for the default type. --- Lib/email/Message.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/Lib/email/Message.py b/Lib/email/Message.py index d6f59f4cc47..5e8d32fd85e 100644 --- a/Lib/email/Message.py +++ b/Lib/email/Message.py @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class Message: self._charset = None # Defaults for multipart messages self.preamble = self.epilogue = None + # Default content type + self._default_type = 'text/plain' def __str__(self): """Return the entire formatted message as a string. @@ -395,6 +397,26 @@ class Message: return ctype.split('/')[1] return failobj + def get_default_type(self): + """Return the `default' content type. + + Most messages have a default content type of text/plain, except for + messages that are subparts of multipart/digest containers. Such + subparts then have a default content type of message/rfc822. + """ + return self._default_type + + def set_default_type(self, ctype): + """Set the `default' content type. + + ctype must be either "text/plain" or "message/rfc822". The default + content type is not stored in the Content-Type: header. + """ + if ctype not in ('text/plain', 'message/rfc822'): + raise ValueError( + 'first arg must be either "text/plain" or "message/rfc822"') + self._default_type = ctype + def _get_params_preserve(self, failobj, header): # Like get_params() but preserves the quoting of values. BAW: # should this be part of the public interface?