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FileAttributeView
interface FileAttributeView : AttributeView
Known Direct Subclasses
| 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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| FileOwnerAttributeView |
A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file.
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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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Known Indirect Subclasses
| 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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| DosFileAttributeView |
A file attribute view that provides a view of the legacy "DOS" file attributes.
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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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| 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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An attribute view that is a read-only or updatable view of non-opaque values associated with a file in a filesystem. This interface is extended or implemented by specific file attribute views that define methods to read and/or update the attributes of a file.
Summary
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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Known Direct Subclasses [BasicFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView), [FileOwnerAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/FileOwnerAttributeView), [UserDefinedFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/UserDefinedFileAttributeView) |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [BasicFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/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. | | [FileOwnerAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/FileOwnerAttributeView) | A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file. | | [UserDefinedFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/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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Known Indirect Subclasses [AclFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/AclFileAttributeView), [DosFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/DosFileAttributeView), [PosixFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFileAttributeView)[PosixFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/PosixFileAttributeView) |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AclFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/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. | | [DosFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/DosFileAttributeView) | A file attribute view that provides a view of the legacy \"DOS\" file attributes. | | [PosixFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/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. | | [PosixFileAttributeView](/reference/kotlin/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. | |\n\nAn attribute view that is a read-only or updatable view of non-opaque values associated with a file in a filesystem. This interface is extended or implemented by specific file attribute views that define methods to read and/or update the attributes of a file.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| Inherited functions ||\n|---|---|\n| From class [AttributeView](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/AttributeView) |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [name](/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/attribute/AttributeView#name())`()` Returns the name of the attribute view. \u003cbr /\u003e | ||"]]
