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'