【Content Provider】getType

    /**
     * Listing 8-8: Defining a UriMatcher to determine if a request is for all
     * elements or a single row
     */
    // Create the constants used to differentiate between the different URI
    // requests.
    private static final int ALLROWS = 1;
    private static final int SINGLE_ROW = 2;

    private static final UriMatcher uriMatcher;

    // Populate the UriMatcher object, where a URI ending in
    // 'elements' will correspond to a request for all items,
    // and 'elements/[rowID]' represents a single row.
    static {
        uriMatcher = new UriMatcher(UriMatcher.NO_MATCH);
        uriMatcher.addURI("com.paad.skeletondatabaseprovider", "elements",
                ALLROWS);
        uriMatcher.addURI("com.paad.skeletondatabaseprovider", "elements/#",
                SINGLE_ROW);
    }

    /**
     * Listing 8-11: Returning a Content Provider MIME type
     */
    @Override
    public String getType(Uri uri) {
        // Return a string that identifies the MIME type
        // for a Content Provider URI
        switch (uriMatcher.match(uri)) {
        case ALLROWS:
            return "vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.paad.elemental";
        case SINGLE_ROW:
            return "vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.paad.elemental";
        default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported URI: " + uri);
        }
    }

返回的类型应该包括两种形式，一种表示单一的项，另一种表示所有的项。

单一项：

vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.<companyname>.<contenttype>

所有项：

vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.<companyname>.<contenttype>

使用UriMatcher ，基于传入的URI，返回正确的MIME类型。