class Mime::Type

def parse(accept_header)
  if !accept_header.include?(",")
    if (index = accept_header.index(PARAMETER_SEPARATOR_REGEXP))
      accept_header = accept_header[0, index]
    end
    return [] if accept_header.blank?
    parse_trailing_star(accept_header) || Array(Mime::Type.lookup(accept_header))
  else
    list, index = [], 0
    accept_header.scan(ACCEPT_HEADER_REGEXP).each do |header|
      params, q = header.split(PARAMETER_SEPARATOR_REGEXP)
      next unless params
      params.strip!
      next if params.empty?
      params = parse_trailing_star(params) || [params]
      params.each do |m|
        list << AcceptItem.new(index, m.to_s, q)
        index += 1
      end
    end
    AcceptList.sort! list
  end
end