# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation

# Author: Barry Warsaw

# Contact: email-sig@python.org

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

__all__ = ['MIMEBase']

from email import message

class MIMEBase(message.Message):

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

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

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

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

        arguments.  Additional parameters for this header are taken from the

        keyword arguments.

        """

        message.Message.__init__(self)

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

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

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