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AttributeView
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  AttributeView
  
  
  
  
    
    | java.nio.file.attribute.AttributeView
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        | AclFileAttributeView | 
        
          A file attribute view that supports reading or updating a file's Access
 Control Lists (ACL) or file owner attributes. 
          
    
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        | BasicFileAttributeView | 
        
          A file attribute view that provides a view of a basic set of file
 attributes common to many file systems. 
          
    
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        | DosFileAttributeView | 
        
          A file attribute view that provides a view of the legacy "DOS" file attributes. 
          
    
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        | FileAttributeView | 
        
          An attribute view that is a read-only or updatable view of non-opaque
 values associated with a file in a filesystem. 
          
    
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        | FileOwnerAttributeView | 
        
          A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file. 
          
    
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        | FileStoreAttributeView | 
        
          An attribute view that is a read-only or updatable view of the attributes of
 a FileStore. 
          
    
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        | 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. 
          
    
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        | UserDefinedFileAttributeView | 
        
          A file attribute view that provides a view of a file's user-defined
 attributes, sometimes known as extended attributes. 
          
    
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  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.
Summary
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        String
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      name()
      
      
        Returns the name of the attribute view.
        
    
 
      
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public abstract String name ()
    
    
    
  Returns the name of the attribute view.
    
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        String | 
        the name of the attribute view | 
      
    
 
 
 
  
  
    
  
 
  
    
      
      
    
    
      
    
    
  
       
    
    
      
    
  
  
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