java.nio.file.attribute
Interface BasicFileAttributes

All Known Subinterfaces:

DosFileAttributes, PosixFileAttributes

public interface BasicFileAttributes

Disabled: no SafeJ information.

Basic attributes associated with a file in a file system.

Basic file attributes are attributes that are common to many file systems and consist of mandatory and optional file attributes as defined by this interface.

Usage Example:

    FileRef file = ...
    BasicFileAttributes attrs = Attributes.readBasicFileAttributes(file);
 

Since:

1.7

See Also:

BasicFileAttributeView

Method Summary

FileTime	creationTime() Returns the creation time if supported.
Object	fileKey() Returns an object that uniquely identifies the given file, or null if a file key is not available.
boolean	isDirectory() Tells whether the file is a directory.
boolean	isOther() Tells whether the file is something other than a regular file, directory, or symbolic link.
boolean	isRegularFile() Tells whether the file is a regular file with opaque content.
boolean	isSymbolicLink() Tells whether the file is a symbolic link.
FileTime	lastAccessTime() Returns the time of last access if supported.
FileTime	lastModifiedTime() Returns the time of last modification.
long	size() Returns the size of the file (in bytes).

Method Detail

lastModifiedTime

FileTime lastModifiedTime()

Class is disabled.

Returns the time of last modification.

Returns:

a FileTime representing the time the file was last modified or null if the attribute is not supported.

lastAccessTime

FileTime lastAccessTime()

Class is disabled.

Returns the time of last access if supported.

Returns:

a FileTime representing the time of last access or null if the attribute is not supported.

creationTime

FileTime creationTime()

Class is disabled.

Returns the creation time if supported. The creation time is the time that the file was created.

Returns:

a FileTime representing the time the file was created or null if the attribute is not supported.

isRegularFile

boolean isRegularFile()

Class is disabled.

Tells whether the file is a regular file with opaque content.

isDirectory

boolean isDirectory()

Class is disabled.

Tells whether the file is a directory.

isSymbolicLink

boolean isSymbolicLink()

Class is disabled.

Tells whether the file is a symbolic link.

isOther

boolean isOther()

Class is disabled.

Tells whether the file is something other than a regular file, directory, or symbolic link.

size

long size()

Class is disabled.

Returns the size of the file (in bytes). The size may differ from the actual size on the file system due to compression, support for sparse files, or other reasons. The size of files that are not regular files is implementation specific and therefore unspecified.

Returns:

the file size, in bytes

fileKey

Object fileKey()

Class is disabled.

Returns an object that uniquely identifies the given file, or null if a file key is not available. On some platforms or file systems it is possible to use an identifier, or a combination of identifiers to uniquely identify a file. Such identifiers are important for operations such as file tree traversal in file systems that support symbolic links or file systems that allow a file to be an entry in more than one directory. On UNIX file systems, for example, the device ID and inode are commonly used for such purposes.

The file key returned by this method can only be guaranteed to be unique if the file system and files remain static. Whether a file system re-uses identifiers after a file is deleted is implementation dependent and therefore unspecified.

File keys returned by this method can be compared for equality and are suitable for use in collections. If the file system and files remain static, and two files are the same with non-null file keys, then their file keys are equal.

See Also:

Files.walkFileTree(java.nio.file.Path, java.util.Set, int, java.nio.file.FileVisitor)