FileType
Inheritance: java.lang.Object
public class FileType
Represents the file type.
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Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Unknown | Represents unknown file type. |
| FB2 | Files with FB2 extension are FictionBook 2.0 eBook files that contains the structure of the eBook. |
| TXT | A file with .TXT extension represents a text document that contains plain text in the form of lines. |
| PPT | A file with PPT extension represents PowerPoint file that consists of a collection of slides for displaying as SlideShow. |
| ODT | ODT files are type of documents created with word processing applications that are based on OpenDocument Text File format. |
| OTT | Files with OTT extension represent template documents generated by applications in compliance with the OASIS’ OpenDocument standard format. |
| DOT | Files with .DOT extension are template files created by Microsoft Word to have pre-formatted settings for generation of further DOC or DOCX files. |
| POT | Files with .POT extension represent Microsoft PowerPoint template files in binary format created by PowerPoint 97-2003 versions. |
| PST | Files with .PST extension represent Outlook Personal Storage Files (also called Personal Storage Table) that store variety of user information. |
| OST | OST or Offline Storage Files represent user’s mailbox data in offline mode on local machine upon registration with Exchange Server using Microsoft Outlook. |
| DOC | Files with .doc extension represent documents generated by Microsoft Word or other word processing documents in binary file format. |
| DOCX | DOCX is a well-known format for Microsoft Word documents. |
| XLSX | XLSX is well-known format for Microsoft Excel documents that was introduced by Microsoft with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. |
| PPSX | PPSX, Power Point Slide Show, file are created using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and above for Slide Show purpose. |
| PPTX | Files with PPTX extension are presentation files created with popular Microsoft PowerPoint application. |
| XLTX | Files with XLTX extension represent Microsoft Excel Template files that are based on the Office OpenXML file format specifications. |
| DOTX | Files with DOTX extension are template files created by Microsoft Word to have pre-formatted settings for generation of further DOCX files. |
| POTX | Files with .POTX extension represent Microsoft PowerPoint template presentations that are created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and above. |
| XLS | Files with XLS extension represent Excel Binary File Format. |
| XLT | Files with .XLT extension are template files created with Microsoft Excel which is a spreadsheet application which comes as part of Microsoft Office suite. |
| ODS | Files with ODS extension stand for OpenDocument Spreadsheet Document format that are editable by user. |
| OTS | Represents OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template file format. |
| PPS | PPS, PowerPoint Slide Show, files are created using Microsoft PowerPoint for Slide Show purpose. |
| Portable Document Format (PDF) is a type of document created by Adobe back in 1990s. | |
| RTF | Introduced and documented by Microsoft, the Rich Text Format (RTF) represents a method of encoding formatted text and graphics for use within applications. |
| XLSM | Files with XLSM extension is a type of Spreasheet files that support Macros. |
| PPSM | Files with PPSM extension represent Macro-enabled Slide Show file format created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or higher. |
| XLTM | The XLTM file extension represents files that are generated by Microsoft Excel as Macro-enabled template files. |
| DOTM | A file with DOTM extension represents template file created with Microsoft Word 2007 or higher. |
| PPTM | Files with PPTM extension are Macro-enabled Presentation files that are created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or higher versions. |
| DOCM | DOCM files are Microsoft Word 2007 or higher generated documents with the ability to run macros. |
| XLSB | XLSB file format specifies the Excel Binary File Format, which is a collection of records and structures that specify Excel workbook content. |
| EPUB | Files with .EPUB extension are an e-book file format that provide a standard digital publication format for publishers and consumers. |
| ODP | Files with ODP extension represent presentation file format used by OpenOffice.org in the OASIS Open standard. |
| ONE | File represented by .ONE extension are created by Microsoft OneNote application. |
| ZIP | ZIP file extension represents archives that can hold one or more files or directories. |
| CHM | The CHM file format represents Microsoft HTML help file that consists of a collection of HTML pages. |
| EML | EML file format represents email messages saved using Outlook and other relevant applications. |
| EMLX | The EMLX file format is implemented and developed by Apple. |
| MSG | MSG is a file format used by Microsoft Outlook and Exchange to store email messages, contact, appointment, or other tasks. |
| MD | Text files created with Markdown language dialects is saved with .MD or .MARKDOWN file extension. |
| POTM | Files with POTM extension are Microsoft PowerPoint template files with support for Macros. |
| CSV | Files with CSV (Comma Separated Values) extension represent plain text files that contain records of data with comma separated values. |
| XML | XML stands for Extensible Markup Language that is similar to HTML but different in using tags for defining objects. |
| TSV | A Tab-Separated Values (TSV) file format represents data separated with tabs in plain text format. |
| HTM | Files with HTM extension represent Hypertext Markup Language for creating web pages for display in web browsers. |
| HTML | HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the extension for web pages created for display in web browsers. |
| XHTML | The XHTML is a text based file format with markup in the XML, using a reformulation of HTML 4.0. |
| MHT | Files with MHT extension represent a web page archive format that can be created by a number of different applications. |
| MHTML | Files with MHTML extension represent a web page archive format that can be created by a number of different applications. |
| MP3 | Files with MP3 extension are digitally encoded file formats for audio files that are formally based on the MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III. |
| WAV | WAV, known for WAVE (Waveform Audio File Format), is a subset of Microsoft’s Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) specification for storing digital audio files. |
| BMP | Files having extension .BMP represent Bitmap Image files that are used to store bitmap digital images. |
| DJVU | DjVu is a graphics file format intended for scanned documents and books especially those which contain the combination of text, drawings, images and photographs. |
| DJV | DjVu is a graphics file format intended for scanned documents and books especially those which contain the combination of text, drawings, images and photographs. |
| GIF | A GIF or Graphical Interchange Format is a type of highly compressed image. |
| JPG | A JPEG is a type of image format that is saved using the method of lossy compression. |
| JPE | A JPEG is a type of image format that is saved using the method of lossy compression. |
| JPEG | A JPEG is a type of image format that is saved using the method of lossy compression. |
| JP2 | JPEG 2000 (JP2) is an image coding system and state-of-the-art image compression standard. |
| PNG | PNG, Portable Network Graphics, refers to a type of raster image file format that use loseless compression. |
| TIFF | TIFF or TIF, Tagged Image File Format, represents raster images that are meant for usage on a variety of devices that comply with this file format standard. |
| TIF | TIFF or TIF, Tagged Image File Format, represents raster images that are meant for usage on a variety of devices that comply with this file format standard. |
| WEBP | WebP, introduced by Google, is a modern raster web image file format that is based on lossless and lossy compression. |
| EMF | Enhanced metafile format (EMF) stores graphical images device-independently. |
| WMF | Files with WMF extension represent Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF) for storing vector as well as bitmap-format images data. |
| PSD | PSD, Photoshop Document, represents Adobe Photoshop’s native file format used for graphics designing and development. |
| MPP | MPP is proprietary file format developed by Microsoft as file format for Microsoft Project (MSP) which is a project management application software. |
| TORRENT | Represents TORRENT file type. |
| VSD | VSD files are drawings created with Microsoft Visio application to represent variety of graphical objects and the interconnection between these. |
| VSS | VSS are stencil files created with Microsoft Visio 2007 and earlier. |
| DCM | Files with .DCM extension represent digital image which stores medical information of patients such as MRIs, CT scans and ultrasound images. |
| DC3 | Represents DC3 file type. |
| DIC | Represents DIC file type. |
| DICOM | Represents DICOM file type. |
| AVI | The AVI file format is an Audio Video multimedia container file format that was introduced by Microsoft. |
| MOV | MOV or QuickTime File format is multimedia container which is developed by Apple: contains one or more tracks, each track holds a particular type of data i.e. |
| QT | MOV or QuickTime File format is multimedia container which is developed by Apple: contains one or more tracks, each track holds a particular type of data i.e. |
| FLV | Represents FLV file type. |
| ASF | The Advanced Systems Format (ASF) is a digital multimedia container designed primarily for storing and transmitting media streams. |
| XLA | Represents XLA file type. |
| XLAM | Represents XLAM file type. |
Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| getDescription() | Gets the file type description. |
| getExtension() | Gets the file extension. |
| getFormatFamily() | Gets the format family. |
| toString() | Returns a String that represents the current FileType . |
| getSupportedFileTypes() | Retrieves supported file types. |
Unknown
public static final FileType Unknown
Represents unknown file type.
FB2
public static final FileType FB2
Files with FB2 extension are FictionBook 2.0 eBook files that contains the structure of the eBook. It is based on XML format and contains special tags for describing each element of the book. Learn more about this file format here.
TXT
public static final FileType TXT
A file with .TXT extension represents a text document that contains plain text in the form of lines. Learn more about this file format here.
PPT
public static final FileType PPT
A file with PPT extension represents PowerPoint file that consists of a collection of slides for displaying as SlideShow. It specifies the Binary File Format used by Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003. Learn more about this file format here.
ODT
public static final FileType ODT
ODT files are type of documents created with word processing applications that are based on OpenDocument Text File format. These are created with word processor applications such as free OpenOffice Writer and can hold content such as text, images, objects and styles. Learn more about this file format here.
OTT
public static final FileType OTT
Files with OTT extension represent template documents generated by applications in compliance with the OASIS’ OpenDocument standard format. These are created with word processor applications such as free OpenOffice Writer and can hold settings that can be used to generate new documents from these template files. Learn more about this file format here.
DOT
public static final FileType DOT
Files with .DOT extension are template files created by Microsoft Word to have pre-formatted settings for generation of further DOC or DOCX files. Learn more about this file format here.
POT
public static final FileType POT
Files with .POT extension represent Microsoft PowerPoint template files in binary format created by PowerPoint 97-2003 versions. Learn more about this file format here.
PST
public static final FileType PST
Files with .PST extension represent Outlook Personal Storage Files (also called Personal Storage Table) that store variety of user information. Learn more about this file format here.
OST
public static final FileType OST
OST or Offline Storage Files represent user’s mailbox data in offline mode on local machine upon registration with Exchange Server using Microsoft Outlook. Learn more about this file format here.
DOC
public static final FileType DOC
Files with .doc extension represent documents generated by Microsoft Word or other word processing documents in binary file format. Learn more about this file format here.
DOCX
public static final FileType DOCX
DOCX is a well-known format for Microsoft Word documents. Introduced from 2007 with the release of Microsoft Office 2007, the structure of this new Document format was changed from plain binary to a combination of XML and binary files. Learn more about this file format here.
XLSX
public static final FileType XLSX
XLSX is well-known format for Microsoft Excel documents that was introduced by Microsoft with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. Learn more about this file format here.
PPSX
public static final FileType PPSX
PPSX, Power Point Slide Show, file are created using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and above for Slide Show purpose. Learn more about this file format here.
PPTX
public static final FileType PPTX
Files with PPTX extension are presentation files created with popular Microsoft PowerPoint application. Unlike the previous version of presentation file format PPT which was binary, the PPTX format is based on the Microsoft PowerPoint open XML presentation file format. Learn more about this file format here.
XLTX
public static final FileType XLTX
Files with XLTX extension represent Microsoft Excel Template files that are based on the Office OpenXML file format specifications. Learn more about this file format here.
DOTX
public static final FileType DOTX
Files with DOTX extension are template files created by Microsoft Word to have pre-formatted settings for generation of further DOCX files. Learn more about this file format here.
POTX
public static final FileType POTX
Files with .POTX extension represent Microsoft PowerPoint template presentations that are created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and above. Learn more about this file format here.
XLS
public static final FileType XLS
Files with XLS extension represent Excel Binary File Format. Such files can be created by Microsoft Excel as well as other similar spreadsheet programs such as OpenOffice Calc or Apple Numbers. Learn more about this file format here.
XLT
public static final FileType XLT
Files with .XLT extension are template files created with Microsoft Excel which is a spreadsheet application which comes as part of Microsoft Office suite. Learn more about this file format here.
ODS
public static final FileType ODS
Files with ODS extension stand for OpenDocument Spreadsheet Document format that are editable by user. Learn more about this file format here.
OTS
public static final FileType OTS
Represents OpenDocument Spreadsheet Template file format. Learn more about spreadsheet file formats here.
PPS
public static final FileType PPS
PPS, PowerPoint Slide Show, files are created using Microsoft PowerPoint for Slide Show purpose. PPS file reading and creation is supported by Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003. Learn more about this file format here.
public static final FileType PDF
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a type of document created by Adobe back in 1990s. The purpose of this file format was to introduce a standard for representation of documents and other reference material in a format that is independent of application software, hardware as well as Operating System. Learn more about this file format here.
RTF
public static final FileType RTF
Introduced and documented by Microsoft, the Rich Text Format (RTF) represents a method of encoding formatted text and graphics for use within applications. The format facilitates cross-platform document exchange with other Microsoft Products, thus serving the purpose of interoperability. Learn more about this file format here.
XLSM
public static final FileType XLSM
Files with XLSM extension is a type of Spreasheet files that support Macros. Learn more about this file format here.
PPSM
public static final FileType PPSM
Files with PPSM extension represent Macro-enabled Slide Show file format created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or higher. Learn more about this file format here.
XLTM
public static final FileType XLTM
The XLTM file extension represents files that are generated by Microsoft Excel as Macro-enabled template files. Learn more about this file format here.
DOTM
public static final FileType DOTM
A file with DOTM extension represents template file created with Microsoft Word 2007 or higher. Learn more about this file format here.
PPTM
public static final FileType PPTM
Files with PPTM extension are Macro-enabled Presentation files that are created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or higher versions. Learn more about this file format here.
DOCM
public static final FileType DOCM
DOCM files are Microsoft Word 2007 or higher generated documents with the ability to run macros. Learn more about this file format here.
XLSB
public static final FileType XLSB
XLSB file format specifies the Excel Binary File Format, which is a collection of records and structures that specify Excel workbook content. Learn more about this file format here.
EPUB
public static final FileType EPUB
Files with .EPUB extension are an e-book file format that provide a standard digital publication format for publishers and consumers. Learn more about this file format here.
ODP
public static final FileType ODP
Files with ODP extension represent presentation file format used by OpenOffice.org in the OASIS Open standard. Learn more about this file format here.
ONE
public static final FileType ONE
File represented by .ONE extension are created by Microsoft OneNote application. Learn more about this file format here.
ZIP
public static final FileType ZIP
ZIP file extension represents archives that can hold one or more files or directories. Learn more about this file format here.
CHM
public static final FileType CHM
The CHM file format represents Microsoft HTML help file that consists of a collection of HTML pages. Learn more about this file format here.
EML
public static final FileType EML
EML file format represents email messages saved using Outlook and other relevant applications. Learn more about this file format here.
EMLX
public static final FileType EMLX
The EMLX file format is implemented and developed by Apple. The Apple Mail application uses the EMLX file format for exporting the emails. Learn more about this file format here.
MSG
public static final FileType MSG
MSG is a file format used by Microsoft Outlook and Exchange to store email messages, contact, appointment, or other tasks. Learn more about this file format here.
MD
public static final FileType MD
Text files created with Markdown language dialects is saved with .MD or .MARKDOWN file extension. Learn more about this file format here.
POTM
public static final FileType POTM
Files with POTM extension are Microsoft PowerPoint template files with support for Macros. POTM files are created with PowerPoint 2007 or above and contains default settings that can be used to create further presentation files. Learn more about this file format here.
CSV
public static final FileType CSV
Files with CSV (Comma Separated Values) extension represent plain text files that contain records of data with comma separated values. Learn more about this file format here.
XML
public static final FileType XML
XML stands for Extensible Markup Language that is similar to HTML but different in using tags for defining objects. Learn more about this file format here.
TSV
public static final FileType TSV
A Tab-Separated Values (TSV) file format represents data separated with tabs in plain text format. Learn more about this file format here.
HTM
public static final FileType HTM
Files with HTM extension represent Hypertext Markup Language for creating web pages for display in web browsers. Learn more about this file format here.
HTML
public static final FileType HTML
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the extension for web pages created for display in web browsers. Learn more about this file format here.
XHTML
public static final FileType XHTML
The XHTML is a text based file format with markup in the XML, using a reformulation of HTML 4.0. Learn more about this file format here.
MHT
public static final FileType MHT
Files with MHT extension represent a web page archive format that can be created by a number of different applications. Learn more about this file format here.
MHTML
public static final FileType MHTML
Files with MHTML extension represent a web page archive format that can be created by a number of different applications. Learn more about this file format here.
MP3
public static final FileType MP3
Files with MP3 extension are digitally encoded file formats for audio files that are formally based on the MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III. Learn more about this file format here.
WAV
public static final FileType WAV
WAV, known for WAVE (Waveform Audio File Format), is a subset of Microsoft’s Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) specification for storing digital audio files. Learn more about this file format here.
BMP
public static final FileType BMP
Files having extension .BMP represent Bitmap Image files that are used to store bitmap digital images. These images are independent of graphics adapter and are also called device independent bitmap (DIB) file format. Learn more about this file format here.
DJVU
public static final FileType DJVU
DjVu is a graphics file format intended for scanned documents and books especially those which contain the combination of text, drawings, images and photographs. Learn more about this file format here.
DJV
public static final FileType DJV
DjVu is a graphics file format intended for scanned documents and books especially those which contain the combination of text, drawings, images and photographs. Learn more about this file format here.
GIF
public static final FileType GIF
A GIF or Graphical Interchange Format is a type of highly compressed image. Learn more about this file format here.
JPG
public static final FileType JPG
A JPEG is a type of image format that is saved using the method of lossy compression. Learn more about this file format here.
JPE
public static final FileType JPE
A JPEG is a type of image format that is saved using the method of lossy compression. Learn more about this file format here.
JPEG
public static final FileType JPEG
A JPEG is a type of image format that is saved using the method of lossy compression. Learn more about this file format here.
JP2
public static final FileType JP2
JPEG 2000 (JP2) is an image coding system and state-of-the-art image compression standard. Designed, using wavelet technology JPEG 2000 can code lossless content in any quality at once. Learn more about this file format here.
PNG
public static final FileType PNG
PNG, Portable Network Graphics, refers to a type of raster image file format that use loseless compression. Learn more about this file format here.
TIFF
public static final FileType TIFF
TIFF or TIF, Tagged Image File Format, represents raster images that are meant for usage on a variety of devices that comply with this file format standard. Learn more about this file format here.
TIF
public static final FileType TIF
TIFF or TIF, Tagged Image File Format, represents raster images that are meant for usage on a variety of devices that comply with this file format standard. Learn more about this file format here.
WEBP
public static final FileType WEBP
WebP, introduced by Google, is a modern raster web image file format that is based on lossless and lossy compression. It provides same image quality while considerably reducing the image size. Learn more about this file format here.
EMF
public static final FileType EMF
Enhanced metafile format (EMF) stores graphical images device-independently. Learn more about this file format here.
WMF
public static final FileType WMF
Files with WMF extension represent Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF) for storing vector as well as bitmap-format images data. Learn more about this file format here.
PSD
public static final FileType PSD
PSD, Photoshop Document, represents Adobe Photoshop’s native file format used for graphics designing and development. Learn more about this file format here.
MPP
public static final FileType MPP
MPP is proprietary file format developed by Microsoft as file format for Microsoft Project (MSP) which is a project management application software. Learn more about this file format here.
TORRENT
public static final FileType TORRENT
Represents TORRENT file type.
VSD
public static final FileType VSD
VSD files are drawings created with Microsoft Visio application to represent variety of graphical objects and the interconnection between these. Learn more about this file format here.
VSS
public static final FileType VSS
VSS are stencil files created with Microsoft Visio 2007 and earlier. Stencil files provide drawing objects that can be included in a .VSD Visio drawing. Learn more about this file format here.
DCM
public static final FileType DCM
Files with .DCM extension represent digital image which stores medical information of patients such as MRIs, CT scans and ultrasound images. Learn more about this file format here.
DC3
public static final FileType DC3
Represents DC3 file type.
DIC
public static final FileType DIC
Represents DIC file type.
DICOM
public static final FileType DICOM
Represents DICOM file type.
AVI
public static final FileType AVI
The AVI file format is an Audio Video multimedia container file format that was introduced by Microsoft. Learn more about this file format here.
MOV
public static final FileType MOV
MOV or QuickTime File format is multimedia container which is developed by Apple: contains one or more tracks, each track holds a particular type of data i.e. Video, Audio, text etc. Learn more about this file format here.
QT
public static final FileType QT
MOV or QuickTime File format is multimedia container which is developed by Apple: contains one or more tracks, each track holds a particular type of data i.e. Video, Audio, text etc. Learn more about this file format here.
FLV
public static final FileType FLV
Represents FLV file type.
ASF
public static final FileType ASF
The Advanced Systems Format (ASF) is a digital multimedia container designed primarily for storing and transmitting media streams. Microsoft Windows Media Video (WMV) is the compressed video format and Microsoft Windows Media Audio (WMA) is the compressed audio format along with additional metadata in the ASF container developed by Microsoft. Learn more about this file format here.
XLA
public static final FileType XLA
Represents XLA file type.
XLAM
public static final FileType XLAM
Represents XLAM file type.
getDescription()
public final String getDescription()
Gets the file type description.
Returns: java.lang.String - The file type description.
getExtension()
public final String getExtension()
Gets the file extension.
Returns: java.lang.String - The file extension.
getFormatFamily()
public final FormatFamily getFormatFamily()
Gets the format family.
Returns: FormatFamily - The format family.
toString()
public String toString()
Returns a String that represents the current FileType .
Returns: java.lang.String - A String that represents the current FileType .
getSupportedFileTypes()
public static Iterable<FileType> getSupportedFileTypes()
Retrieves supported file types.
Returns: java.lang.Iterable<com.groupdocs.search.results.FileType> - A collection of supported file types.