Interface FileOwnerAttributeView

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.

Methods

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

Returns:

the file owner

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

SecurityException - In the case of the default provider, a security manager is installed, and it denies RuntimePermission("accessUserInformation") or its checkRead method denies read access to the file.

setOwner

void setOwner(UserPrincipal owner)
       throws IOException

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

SecurityException - In the case of the default provider, a security manager is installed, and it denies RuntimePermission("accessUserInformation") or its checkWrite method denies write access to the file.