Interface FileOwnerAttributeView

All Superinterfaces:: AttributeView, FileAttributeView

All Known Subinterfaces:: AclFileAttributeView, PosixFileAttributeView

public interface FileOwnerAttributeView extends FileAttributeView

A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file. This file attribute view is intended for file system implementations that support a file attribute that represents an identity that is the owner of the file. Often the owner of a file is the identity of the entity that created the file.

The getOwner or setOwner methods may be used to read or update the owner of the file.

The getAttribute and setAttribute methods may also be used to read or update the owner. In that case, the owner attribute is identified by the name "owner", and the value of the attribute is a UserPrincipal.

Since:: 1.7

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`UserPrincipal`	`getOwner()`	Read the file owner.
`String`	`name()`	Returns the name of the attribute view.
`void`	`setOwner(UserPrincipal owner)`	Updates the file owner.

Method Details

name

String name()

Returns the name of the attribute view. Attribute views of this type have the name "owner".

Specified by:: name in interface AttributeView
Returns:: the name of the attribute view

getOwner

UserPrincipal getOwner() throws IOException

Read the file owner.

It is implementation specific if the file owner can be a group.

Returns:: the file owner
Throws:: IOException - if an I/O error occurs

setOwner

void setOwner(UserPrincipal owner) throws IOException

Updates the file owner.

It is implementation specific if the file owner can be a group. To ensure consistent and correct behavior across platforms it is recommended that this method should only be used to set the file owner to a user principal that is not a group.

Parameters:: owner - the new file owner
Throws:: IOException - if an I/O error occurs, or the owner parameter is a group and this implementation does not support setting the owner to a group

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