PosixFileAttributes (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• All Superinterfaces:
  BasicFileAttributes

public interface PosixFileAttributes
extends BasicFileAttributes
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

• • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  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](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html "interface in java.nio.file.attribute")  
     `[creationTime](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#creationTime--), [fileKey](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#fileKey--), [isDirectory](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#isDirectory--), [isOther](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#isOther--), [isRegularFile](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#isRegularFile--), [isSymbolicLink](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#isSymbolicLink--), [lastAccessTime](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#lastAccessTime--), [lastModifiedTime](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#lastModifiedTime--), [size](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributes.html#size--)`

• • Method Detail

     * #### owner  
     [UserPrincipal](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/UserPrincipal.html "interface in java.nio.file.attribute") owner()  
     Returns the owner of the file.  
     Returns:  
     the file owner  
     See Also:  
     [FileOwnerAttributeView.setOwner(java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipal)](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/FileOwnerAttributeView.html#setOwner-java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipal-)  
     * #### group  
     [GroupPrincipal](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/GroupPrincipal.html "interface in java.nio.file.attribute") group()  
     Returns the group owner of the file.  
     Returns:  
     the file group owner  
     See Also:  
     [PosixFileAttributeView.setGroup(java.nio.file.attribute.GroupPrincipal)](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFileAttributeView.html#setGroup-java.nio.file.attribute.GroupPrincipal-)  
     * #### permissions  
     [Set](../../../../java/util/Set.html "interface in java.util")<[PosixFilePermission](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFilePermission.html "enum in java.nio.file.attribute")> permissions()  
     Returns the permissions of the file. The file permissions are returned as a set of [PosixFilePermission](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFilePermission.html "enum in java.nio.file.attribute") 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](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFileAttributeView.html#setPermissions-java.util.Set-) method to update the file's permissions.  
     Returns:  
     the file permissions  
     See Also:  
     [PosixFileAttributeView.setPermissions(java.util.Set<java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission>)](../../../../java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFileAttributeView.html#setPermissions-java.util.Set-)

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