Added in API level 26

DosFileAttributeView

interface DosFileAttributeView : BasicFileAttributeView

java.nio.file.attribute.DosFileAttributeView

A file attribute view that provides a view of the legacy "DOS" file attributes. These attributes are supported by file systems such as the File Allocation Table (FAT) format commonly used in consumer devices.

A DosFileAttributeView is a BasicFileAttributeView that additionally supports access to the set of DOS attribute flags that are used to indicate if the file is read-only, hidden, a system file, or archived.

Where dynamic access to file attributes is required, the attributes supported by this attribute view are as defined by BasicFileAttributeView, and in addition, the following attributes are supported:

Supported attributes

Name	Type
readonly	Boolean
hidden	Boolean
system	Boolean
archive	Boolean

The getAttribute method may be used to read any of these attributes, or any of the attributes defined by BasicFileAttributeView as if by invoking the readAttributes() method.

The setAttribute method may be used to update the file's last modified time, last access time or create time attributes as defined by BasicFileAttributeView. It may also be used to update the DOS attributes as if by invoking the setReadOnly, setHidden, setSystem, and setArchive methods respectively.

Summary

Public methods
abstract String!	name() Returns the name of the attribute view.
abstract DosFileAttributes!	readAttributes()
abstract Unit	setArchive(value: Boolean) Updates the value of the archive attribute.
abstract Unit	setHidden(value: Boolean) Updates the value of the hidden attribute.
abstract Unit	setReadOnly(value: Boolean) Updates the value of the read-only attribute.
abstract Unit	setSystem(value: Boolean) Updates the value of the system attribute.

Inherited functions

From class BasicFileAttributeView Unit setTimes(lastModifiedTime: FileTime!, lastAccessTime: FileTime!, createTime: FileTime!) Updates any or all of the file's last modified time, last access time, and create time attributes. This method updates the file's timestamp attributes. The values are converted to the epoch and precision supported by the file system. Converting from finer to coarser granularities result in precision loss. The behavior of this method when attempting to set a timestamp that is not supported or to a value that is outside the range supported by the underlying file store is not defined. It may or not fail by throwing an IOException. If any of the lastModifiedTime, lastAccessTime, or createTime parameters has the value null then the corresponding timestamp is not changed. An implementation may require to read the existing values of the file attributes when only some, but not all, of the timestamp attributes are updated. Consequently, this method may not be an atomic operation with respect to other file system operations. Reading and re-writing existing values may also result in precision loss. If all of the lastModifiedTime, lastAccessTime and createTime parameters are null then this method has no effect. Usage Example: Suppose we want to change a file's last access time. Path path = ... FileTime time = ... Files.getFileAttributeView(path, BasicFileAttributeView.class).setTimes(null, time, null);

Public methods

name

Added in API level 26

abstract fun name(): String!

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

Return
String!	the name of the attribute view

readAttributes

Added in API level 26

abstract fun readAttributes(): DosFileAttributes!

Return
DosFileAttributes!	the file attributes

Exceptions
java.io.IOException	if an I/O error occurs
java.lang.SecurityException	In the case of the default provider, a security manager is installed, its checkRead method is invoked to check read access to the file

setArchive

Added in API level 26

abstract fun setArchive(value: Boolean): Unit

Updates the value of the archive attribute.

It is implementation specific if the attribute can be updated as an atomic operation with respect to other file system operations. An implementation may, for example, require to read the existing value of the DOS attribute in order to update this attribute.

Parameters
value	Boolean: the new value of the attribute

Exceptions
java.io.IOException	if an I/O error occurs
java.lang.SecurityException	In the case of the default, and a security manager is installed, its checkWrite method is invoked to check write access to the file

setHidden

Added in API level 26

abstract fun setHidden(value: Boolean): Unit

Updates the value of the hidden attribute.

It is implementation specific if the attribute can be updated as an atomic operation with respect to other file system operations. An implementation may, for example, require to read the existing value of the DOS attribute in order to update this attribute.

Parameters
value	Boolean: the new value of the attribute

Exceptions
java.io.IOException	if an I/O error occurs
java.lang.SecurityException	In the case of the default, and a security manager is installed, its checkWrite method is invoked to check write access to the file

setReadOnly

Added in API level 26

abstract fun setReadOnly(value: Boolean): Unit

Updates the value of the read-only attribute.

It is implementation specific if the attribute can be updated as an atomic operation with respect to other file system operations. An implementation may, for example, require to read the existing value of the DOS attribute in order to update this attribute.

Parameters
value	Boolean: the new value of the attribute

Exceptions
java.io.IOException	if an I/O error occurs
java.lang.SecurityException	In the case of the default, and a security manager is installed, its checkWrite method is invoked to check write access to the file

setSystem

Added in API level 26

abstract fun setSystem(value: Boolean): Unit

Updates the value of the system attribute.

It is implementation specific if the attribute can be updated as an atomic operation with respect to other file system operations. An implementation may, for example, require to read the existing value of the DOS attribute in order to update this attribute.

Parameters
value	Boolean: the new value of the attribute

Exceptions
java.io.IOException	if an I/O error occurs
java.lang.SecurityException	In the case of the default, and a security manager is installed, its checkWrite method is invoked to check write access to the file