contentType vs mimeType

[MInu]

Hi...

What is the difference between

<%@ page contentType="text/html"%>
<%@ page mimeType="text/html"%>

Thanks

[Colin Fletcher]

Mime types are definitions of what kind of file. The content type uses mime types to tell the browser what to expect.

eg.

Mime Type: application/x-pdf = PDF File
Mime Type: text/plain = plain text file (no html formatting)
Mime Type: text/html = text file with html formatting..

Hope this helps.

[Jose Esteban]

Originally posted by minu su:
What is the difference between

<%@ page contentType="text/html"%>
<%@ page mimeType="text/html"%>

The main difference is that the second one is incorrect since mimeType is not an attribute of the page directive.

Besides, the contentType attribute defines the MIME type and the character encoding for the response of the JSP page.