Added in [API level 26](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels) Summary: [Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/AttributeView#pubmethods)

# AttributeView

` public interface AttributeView `   
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| java.nio.file.attribute.AttributeView |

Known indirect subclasses [AclFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/AclFileAttributeView), [BasicFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView), [DosFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/DosFileAttributeView), [FileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/FileAttributeView), [FileOwnerAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/FileOwnerAttributeView), [FileStoreAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/FileStoreAttributeView), [PosixFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFileAttributeView), [UserDefinedFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/UserDefinedFileAttributeView) [AclFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/AclFileAttributeView) A file attribute view that supports reading or updating a file's Access Control Lists (ACL) or file owner attributes. [BasicFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView) A file attribute view that provides a view of a *basic set* of file attributes common to many file systems. [DosFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/DosFileAttributeView) A file attribute view that provides a view of the legacy "DOS" file attributes. [FileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/FileAttributeView) An attribute view that is a read-only or updatable view of non-opaque values associated with a file in a filesystem. [FileOwnerAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/FileOwnerAttributeView) A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file. [FileStoreAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/FileStoreAttributeView) An attribute view that is a read-only or updatable view of the attributes of a `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/FileStore`. [PosixFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/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. [UserDefinedFileAttributeView](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/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

| ### Public methods ||
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| ` abstract https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/file/attribute/AttributeView#name()() ` Returns the name of the attribute view. |

## Public methods

### name

Added in [API level 26](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public abstract String name ()
```

Returns the name of the attribute view.

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| Returns ||
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| `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String` | the name of the attribute view <br /> |