Document object model API for MIME
View Patent ↗The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate interpreting Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) data. An interface can obtain MIME data. For instance, a stream of MIME data can be obtained, MIME data can be loaded from a static file, etc. Moreover, any disparate type of RFC 822 data can additionally or alternatively be received by the interface. Also, a MIME reader can analyze the MIME data (and/or normalized RFC 822 data) to interpret encoded structural information and generate at least one primitive based on the encoded structural information. Further, a hierarchical model can be built utilizing the at least one primitive.
1. A system for converting data having a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) format to data having a second format, the system comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor performs a method comprising:
receiving data in a MIME format;
identifying structural information encoded within the data having the MIME format, wherein identifying structural information includes identifying corrupted data having the MIME format and correcting the identified corrupted data using a MIME correction component;
analyzing the structural information encoded within the data having the MIME format to generate at least one primitive; and
generating data having a second format from the at least one primitive.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein identifying corrupted data comprises offering logical interpretation of malformed data having the MIME format.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the structural information encoded with the data having the MIME format comprises one or more of: a header, a body, a start of a child message, a subject, and an attachment.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein identifying structural information encoded within the data having the MIME format comprises identifying a hierarchical structure associated with the data having the MIME format.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one primitive is generated from the hierarchical structure associated with the data having the second format.
6. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving one or more changes to the hierarchical model; and
in response to the one or more changes, altering the data having the MIME format.
7. A method for converting data having a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) format to data having a second format, the method comprising:
receiving data in a MIME format;
identifying structural information encoded within the data having the MIME format, wherein identifying structural information includes identifying corrupted data having the MIME format and correcting the identified corrupted data using a MIME correction component; and
generating data having a second format.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein identifying structural information comprises identifying a hierarchical structure associated with the data having the MIME format.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the data having the second format is RFC 822 data.
10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising: analyzing the structural information encoded within the data having the MIME format to generate at least one primitive.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein analyzing the structural information comprises normalizing the data having a first format.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the data having the second format is generated from the at least one primitive.