Move function for classifying a string as a mime type into MimeUtil

net/base/mime_util.h

Index: net/base/mime_util.h
diff --git a/net/base/mime_util.h b/net/base/mime_util.h
index ba3e25dd389d8ceca03a52b2a723dc1e9ee067c1..f83b3f2bd919a84db8a40e4907535965041baa7a 100644
--- a/net/base/mime_util.h
+++ b/net/base/mime_util.h
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ NET_EXPORT bool IsSupportedMimeType(const std::string& mime_type);
 NET_EXPORT bool MatchesMimeType(const std::string& mime_type_pattern,
                                 const std::string& mime_type);
 
+// Returns true if the |type_string| is a correctly-formed mime type specifier.
+// Allows strings of the form x/y[;params], where "x" is a legal mime type name.
+// Also allows wildcard types -- "x/*", "*/*", and "*".
+NET_EXPORT bool IsStringMimeType(const std::string& type_string);

[rvargas (doing something else), 2012/06/05 17:54:07]

nit: maybe IsMimeType is a better name (and blends better with the rest)

[Greg Billock, 2012/06/05 18:09:53]

Good point. Changed.

+
 // Returns true if and only if all codecs are supported, false otherwise.
 NET_EXPORT bool AreSupportedMediaCodecs(const std::vector<std::string>& codecs);