java.nio.file.attribute
Interface PosixFileAttributes

All Superinterfaces:

BasicFileAttributes

public interface PosixFileAttributes
extends BasicFileAttributes

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File attributes associated with files on file systems used by operating systems that implement the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) family of standards.

The POSIX attributes of a file are retrieved using a PosixFileAttributeView by invoking its readAttributes method.

Since:

1.7

See Also:

Attributes.readPosixFileAttributes(java.nio.file.FileRef, java.nio.file.LinkOption...)

Method Summary

GroupPrincipal	group() Returns the group owner of the file.
UserPrincipal	owner() Returns the owner of the file.
Set<PosixFilePermission>	permissions() Returns the permissions of the file.

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes

creationTime, fileKey, isDirectory, isOther, isRegularFile, isSymbolicLink, lastAccessTime, lastModifiedTime, size

Method Detail

owner

UserPrincipal owner()

Class is disabled.

Returns the owner of the file.

Returns:

the file owner

See Also:

FileOwnerAttributeView.setOwner(java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipal)

group

GroupPrincipal group()

Class is disabled.

Returns the group owner of the file.

Returns:

the file group owner

See Also:

PosixFileAttributeView.setGroup(java.nio.file.attribute.GroupPrincipal)

permissions

Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions()

Class is disabled.

Returns the permissions of the file. The file permissions are returned as a set of PosixFilePermission elements. The returned set is a copy of the file permissions and is modifiable. This allows the result to be modified and passed to the setPermissions method to update the file's permissions.

Returns:

the file permissions

See Also:

PosixFileAttributeView.setPermissions(java.util.Set)