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1# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
2# Author: Barry Warsaw
3# Contact: email-sig@python.org
5"""Base class for MIME specializations."""
6from __future__ import absolute_import, division, unicode_literals
7from future.backports.email import message
9__all__ = ['MIMEBase']
12class MIMEBase(message.Message):
13 """Base class for MIME specializations."""
15 def __init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params):
16 """This constructor adds a Content-Type: and a MIME-Version: header.
18 The Content-Type: header is taken from the _maintype and _subtype
19 arguments. Additional parameters for this header are taken from the
20 keyword arguments.
21 """
22 message.Message.__init__(self)
23 ctype = '%s/%s' % (_maintype, _subtype)
24 self.add_header('Content-Type', ctype, **_params)
25 self['MIME-Version'] = '1.0'