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Operating systems that implement the * POSIX family of standards commonly use file systems that have a * file owner, group-owner, and related access * permissions. This file attribute view provides read and write access * to these attributes. * *

The {@link #readAttributes() readAttributes} method is used to read the * file's attributes. The file {@link PosixFileAttributes#owner() owner} is * represented by a {@link UserPrincipal} that is the identity of the file owner * for the purposes of access control. The {@link PosixFileAttributes#group() * group-owner}, represented by a {@link GroupPrincipal}, is the identity of the * group owner, where a group is an identity created for administrative purposes * so as to determine the access rights for the members of the group. * *

The {@link PosixFileAttributes#permissions() permissions} attribute is a * set of access permissions. This file attribute view provides access to the nine * permission defined by the {@link PosixFilePermission} class. * These nine permission bits determine the read, write, and * execute access for the file owner, group, and others (others * meaning identities other than the owner and members of the group). Some * operating systems and file systems may provide additional permission bits * but access to these other bits is not defined by this class in this release. * *

Usage Example: * Suppose we need to print out the owner and access permissions of a file: *

 *     Path file = ...
 *     PosixFileAttributes attrs = Files.getFileAttributeView(file, PosixFileAttributeView.class)
 *         .readAttributes();
 *     System.out.format("%s %s%n",
 *         attrs.owner().getName(),
 *         PosixFilePermissions.toString(attrs.permissions()));
 * 
* *

Dynamic Access

*

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

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Name Type
"permissions" {@link Set}<{@link PosixFilePermission}>
"group" {@link GroupPrincipal}
*
* *

The {@link Files#getAttribute getAttribute} method may be used to read * any of these attributes, or any of the attributes defined by {@link * BasicFileAttributeView} as if by invoking the {@link #readAttributes * readAttributes()} method. * *

The {@link Files#setAttribute setAttribute} method may be used to update * the file's last modified time, last access time or create time attributes as * defined by {@link BasicFileAttributeView}. It may also be used to update * the permissions, owner, or group-owner as if by invoking the {@link * #setPermissions setPermissions}, {@link #setOwner setOwner}, and {@link * #setGroup setGroup} methods respectively. * *

Setting Initial Permissions

*

Implementations supporting this attribute view may also support setting * the initial permissions when creating a file or directory. The * initial permissions are provided to the {@link Files#createFile createFile} * or {@link Files#createDirectory createDirectory} methods as a {@link * FileAttribute} with {@link FileAttribute#name name} {@code "posix:permissions"} * and a {@link FileAttribute#value value} that is the set of permissions. The * following example uses the {@link PosixFilePermissions#asFileAttribute * asFileAttribute} method to construct a {@code FileAttribute} when creating a * file: * *

 *     Path path = ...
 *     Set<PosixFilePermission> perms =
 *         EnumSet.of(OWNER_READ, OWNER_WRITE, OWNER_EXECUTE, GROUP_READ);
 *     Files.createFile(path, PosixFilePermissions.asFileAttribute(perms));
 * 
* *

When the access permissions are set at file creation time then the actual * value of the permissions may differ that the value of the attribute object. * The reasons for this are implementation specific. On UNIX systems, for * example, a process has a umask that impacts the permission bits * of newly created files. Where an implementation supports the setting of * the access permissions, and the underlying file system supports access * permissions, then it is required that the value of the actual access * permissions will be equal or less than the value of the attribute * provided to the {@link Files#createFile createFile} or {@link * Files#createDirectory createDirectory} methods. In other words, the file may * be more secure than requested. * * @since 1.7 */ public interface PosixFileAttributeView extends BasicFileAttributeView, FileOwnerAttributeView { /** * Returns the name of the attribute view. Attribute views of this type * have the name {@code "posix"}. */ @Override String name(); /** * @throws IOException {@inheritDoc} * @throws SecurityException * In the case of the default provider, a security manager is * installed, and it denies {@link RuntimePermission}("accessUserInformation") * or its {@link SecurityManager#checkRead(String) checkRead} method * denies read access to the file. */ @Override PosixFileAttributes readAttributes() throws IOException; /** * Updates the file permissions. * * @param perms * the new set of permissions * * @throws ClassCastException * if the sets contains elements that are not of type {@code * PosixFilePermission} * @throws IOException * if an I/O error occurs * @throws SecurityException * In the case of the default provider, a security manager is * installed, and it denies {@link RuntimePermission}("accessUserInformation") * or its {@link SecurityManager#checkWrite(String) checkWrite} * method denies write access to the file. */ void setPermissions(Set perms) throws IOException; /** * Updates the file group-owner. * * @param group * the new file group-owner * * @throws IOException * if an I/O error occurs * @throws SecurityException * In the case of the default provider, and a security manager is * installed, it denies {@link RuntimePermission}("accessUserInformation") * or its {@link SecurityManager#checkWrite(String) checkWrite} * method denies write access to the file. */ void setGroup(GroupPrincipal group) throws IOException; }