1 # Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation

     2 # Author: Barry Warsaw

     3 # Contact: email-sig@python.org

     4 

     5 """Base class for MIME specializations."""

     6 

     7 __all__ = ['MIMEBase']

     8 

     9 from email import message

    10 

    11 

    12 

    13 class MIMEBase(message.Message):

    14     """Base class for MIME specializations."""

    15 

    16     def __init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params):

    17         """This constructor adds a Content-Type: and a MIME-Version: header.

    18 

    19         The Content-Type: header is taken from the _maintype and _subtype

    20         arguments.  Additional parameters for this header are taken from the

    21         keyword arguments.

    22         """

    23         message.Message.__init__(self)

    24         ctype = '%s/%s' % (_maintype, _subtype)

    25         self.add_header('Content-Type', ctype, **_params)

    26         self['MIME-Version'] = '1.0'