use mime types only if we can load it

lib/mongo/gridfs/grid_io.rb

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 # ++
 
 require 'digest/md5'
+begin
 require 'mime/types'
+rescue LoadError
+end
 
 module Mongo
 
@@ -44,8 +47,8 @@ module Mongo
     # @options opts [ObjectID] :_id (ObjectID) a unique id for
     #   the file to be use in lieu of an automatically generated one.
     # @options opts [String] :content_type ('binary/octet-stream') If no content type is specified,
-    #   the content type will be inferred from the filename extension. If that can't be done, the default
-    #   content type of 'binary/octet-stream' will be used.
+    #   the content type will may be inferred from the filename extension if the mime-types gem can be
+    #   loaded. Otherwise, the content type 'binary/octet-stream' will be used.
     # @options opts [Boolean] :safe (false) When safe mode is enabled, the chunks sent to the server
     #   will be validated using an md5 hash. If validation fails, an exception will be raised.
     def initialize(files, chunks, filename, mode, opts={})
@@ -284,7 +287,7 @@ module Mongo
     # Initialize the class for writing a file.
     def init_write(opts)
       @files_id      = opts[:_id] || Mongo::ObjectID.new
-      @content_type  = opts[:content_type] || get_content_type || DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE
+      @content_type  = opts[:content_type] || (defined? MIME) && get_content_type || DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE
       @chunk_size    = opts[:chunk_size] || DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE
       @file_length   = 0
       @metadata      = opts[:metadata] if opts[:metadata]

test/grid_io_test.rb

@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ class GridIOTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     context "Content types" do
-      should "determine common content types from the extension" do
-        file = GridIO.new(@files, @chunks, 'sample.pdf', 'w')
-        assert_equal 'application/pdf', file.content_type
 
-        file = GridIO.new(@files, @chunks, 'sample.txt', 'w')
-        assert_equal 'text/plain', file.content_type
+      if defined?(MIME)
+        should "determine common content types from the extension" do
+          file = GridIO.new(@files, @chunks, 'sample.pdf', 'w')
+          assert_equal 'application/pdf', file.content_type
+
+          file = GridIO.new(@files, @chunks, 'sample.txt', 'w')
+          assert_equal 'text/plain', file.content_type
+        end
       end
 
       should "default to binary/octet-stream when type is unknown" do