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This is used to allow recognition of encoded files for which the encoding and the type are indicated by the same extension. For example, the <span class="file">.tgz</span> extension is mapped to <span class="file">.tar.gz</span> to allow the encoding and type to be recognized separately. This is initially a copy of the global <code>suffix_map</code> defined in the module. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2940"><tt>encodings_map</tt></a></b> <dd> Dictionary mapping filename extensions to encoding types. This is initially a copy of the global <code>encodings_map</code> defined in the module. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2941"><tt>types_map</tt></a></b> <dd> Dictionary mapping filename extensions to MIME types. This is initially a copy of the global <code>types_map</code> defined in the module. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2942"><tt>common_types</tt></a></b> <dd> Dictionary mapping filename extensions to non-standard, but commonly found MIME types. This is initially a copy of the global <code>common_types</code> defined in the module. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2943"><tt class="method">guess_extension</tt></a></b>(<var>type</var><big>[</big><var>, strict</var><big>]</big>) <dd> Similar to the <tt class="function">guess_extension()</tt> function, using the tables stored as part of the object. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2944"><tt class="method">guess_type</tt></a></b>(<var>url</var><big>[</big><var>, strict</var><big>]</big>) <dd> Similar to the <tt class="function">guess_type()</tt> function, using the tables stored as part of the object. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2945"><tt class="method">read</tt></a></b>(<var>path</var>) <dd> Load MIME information from a file named <var>path</var>. This uses <tt class="method">readfp()</tt> to parse the file. </dl> <P> <dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2946"><tt class="method">readfp</tt></a></b>(<var>file</var>) <dd> Load MIME type information from an open file. 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