JDK-8008345 : (fs) Files.probeContentType returns null on Mac OS X
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.nio
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Not an Issue
  • Submitted: 2013-02-16
  • Updated: 2013-08-29
  • Resolved: 2013-03-04
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-7133484 - (fs) Need FileTypeDetector implementation for MacOSX
Relates :  
JDK-7144997 - (fs) Files.probeContentType returns null on Solaris 64-bit
Description
Same issue as described in JDK-7144997 still exist on mac, tested with Mac OS X 10.7.5, jdk8/b77

Affected SQE test:
java_nio/file/TestProbeContentType
Comments
~/.mime.types file is created for solaris and mac test machines, issue can be closed $ cat .mime.types text/plain txt cgi java text/html htm html shtml
04-03-2013
Basing on the current implementation, ~/.mime.types file is needed in Mac and several Solaris platforms for this SQE test.
01-03-2013
I tried again on solaris 5.10, 5.11 x86 and sparc, and mac machine: * There's no ~/.mime.types on all machines * On solaris (sparc & x86), 5.10 & 5.11, run 32bit java, test pass (returns expected type "type=text/html") * On solaris (sparc & x86), 5.11, run 64bit java (java -d64), test pass * On solaris (sparc & x86), 5.10, run 64bit java, test fail as it returns null -- if create ~/.mime.types and make sure "text/html htm html shtml", then test pass with -d64 * On mac, java is always 64bit java, test fail as it returns null -- if create ~/.mime.types and make sure "text/html htm html shtml", then test pass Test I mentioned above is the one in JDK-7144997
27-02-2013
Amy - can you see if the file type is listed in ~/.mime.types If the file doesn't exist then create it and see if that fixes the issue.
16-02-2013