Interface AttributeView

All Known Subinterfaces:

AclFileAttributeView, BasicFileAttributeView, DosFileAttributeView, FileAttributeView, FileOwnerAttributeView, FileStoreAttributeView, PosixFileAttributeView, UserDefinedFileAttributeView

public interface AttributeView

An object that provides a read-only or updatable view of non-opaque values associated with an object in a filesystem. This interface is extended or implemented by specific attribute views that define the attributes supported by the view. A specific attribute view will typically define type-safe methods to read or update the attributes that it supports.

Since:

1.7

Methods

name

String name()

Returns the name of the attribute view.

Returns:

the name of the attribute view