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implements <a href="DataSource.html" title="interface in jakarta.activation">DataSource</a></span></div>
<div class="block">The FileDataSource class implements a simple DataSource object
 that encapsulates a file. It provides data typing services via
 a FileTypeMap object. <p>

 <b>FileDataSource Typing Semantics</b><p>

 The FileDataSource class delegates data typing of files
 to an object subclassed from the FileTypeMap class.
 The <code>setFileTypeMap</code> method can be used 