FileAttributeView

public interface FileAttributeView
implements AttributeView

java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttributeView

Known indirect subclasses

AclFileAttributeView, BasicFileAttributeView, DosFileAttributeView, FileOwnerAttributeView, PosixFileAttributeView, UserDefinedFileAttributeView

AclFileAttributeView	A file attribute view that supports reading or updating a file's Access Control Lists (ACL) or file owner attributes.
BasicFileAttributeView	A file attribute view that provides a view of a basic set of file attributes common to many file systems.
DosFileAttributeView	A file attribute view that provides a view of the legacy "DOS" file attributes.
FileOwnerAttributeView	A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file.
PosixFileAttributeView	A file attribute view that provides a view of the file attributes commonly associated with files on file systems used by operating systems that implement the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) family of standards.
UserDefinedFileAttributeView	A file attribute view that provides a view of a file's user-defined attributes, sometimes known as extended attributes.

An attribute view that is a read-only or updatable view of non-opaque values associated with a file in a filesystem. This interface is extended or implemented by specific file attribute views that define methods to read and/or update the attributes of a file.

See also:

Files.getFileAttributeView(Path, Class, java.nio.file.LinkOption[])

Summary

Inherited methods

From interface


        
          java.nio.file.attribute.AttributeView


        abstract
        
        
        
        
        String


      name()

Returns the name of the attribute view.