public interface UserDefinedFileAttributeView extends FileAttributeView
This FileAttributeView
provides a view of a file's user-defined
attributes as a set of name/value pairs, where the attribute name is
represented by a String
. An implementation may require to encode and
decode from the platform or file system representation when accessing the
attribute. The value has opaque content. This attribute view defines the
read
and write
methods to read the value into
or write from a ByteBuffer
. This FileAttributeView
is not
intended for use where the size of an attribute value is larger than Integer.MAX_VALUE
.
User-defined attributes may be used in some implementations to store
security related attributes so consequently, in the case of the default
provider at least, all methods that access user-defined attributes require the
RuntimePermission("accessUserDefinedAttributes")
permission when a
security manager is installed.
The supportsFileAttributeView
method may be used to test if a specific FileStore
supports the storage of user-defined
attributes.
Where dynamic access to file attributes is required, the getAttribute
method may be used to read
the attribute value. The attribute value is returned as a byte array (byte[]).
The setAttribute
method may be used
to write the value of a user-defined attribute from a buffer (as if by
invoking the write
method), or byte array (byte[]).
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
---|---|
void |
delete(String name)
Deletes a user-defined attribute.
|
List<String> |
list()
Returns a list containing the names of the user-defined attributes.
|
String |
name()
Returns the name of this attribute view.
|
int |
read(String name,
ByteBuffer dst)
Read the value of a user-defined attribute into a buffer.
|
int |
size(String name)
Returns the size of the value of a user-defined attribute.
|
int |
write(String name,
ByteBuffer src)
Writes the value of a user-defined attribute from a buffer.
|
String name()
"user"
.name
in interface AttributeView
List<String> list() throws IOException
IOException
- If an I/O error occursSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
installed, and it denies RuntimePermission
("accessUserDefinedAttributes")
or its checkRead
method
denies read access to the file.int size(String name) throws IOException
name
- The attribute nameArithmeticException
- If the size of the attribute is larger than Integer.MAX_VALUE
IOException
- If an I/O error occursSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
installed, and it denies RuntimePermission
("accessUserDefinedAttributes")
or its checkRead
method
denies read access to the file.int read(String name, ByteBuffer dst) throws IOException
This method reads the value of the attribute into the given buffer
as a sequence of bytes, failing if the number of bytes remaining in
the buffer is insufficient to read the complete attribute value. The
number of bytes transferred into the buffer is n
, where n
is the size of the attribute value. The first byte in the sequence is at
index p
and the last byte is at index p + n - 1
, where
p
is the buffer's position. Upon return the buffer's position
will be equal to p + n
; its limit will not have changed.
Usage Example:
Suppose we want to read a file's MIME type that is stored as a user-defined
attribute with the name "user.mimetype
".
UserDefinedFileAttributeView view = Files.getFileAttributeView(path, UserDefinedFileAttributeView.class); String name = "user.mimetype"; ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(view.size(name)); view.read(name, buf); buf.flip(); String value = Charset.defaultCharset().decode(buf).toString();
name
- The attribute namedst
- The destination bufferIllegalArgumentException
- If the destination buffer is read-onlyIOException
- If an I/O error occurs or there is insufficient space in the
destination buffer for the attribute valueSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
installed, and it denies RuntimePermission
("accessUserDefinedAttributes")
or its checkRead
method
denies read access to the file.size(java.lang.String)
int write(String name, ByteBuffer src) throws IOException
This method writes the value of the attribute from a given buffer as
a sequence of bytes. The size of the value to transfer is r
,
where r
is the number of bytes remaining in the buffer, that is
src.remaining()
. The sequence of bytes is transferred from the
buffer starting at index p
, where p
is the buffer's
position. Upon return, the buffer's position will be equal to p + n
, where n
is the number of bytes transferred; its limit
will not have changed.
If an attribute of the given name already exists then its value is replaced. If the attribute does not exist then it is created. If it implementation specific if a test to check for the existence of the attribute and the creation of attribute are atomic with repect to other file system activities.
Where there is insufficient space to store the attribute, or the
attribute name or value exceed an implementation specific maximum size
then an IOException
is thrown.
Usage Example: Suppose we want to write a file's MIME type as a user-defined attribute:
UserDefinedFileAttributeView view = FIles.getFileAttributeView(path, UserDefinedFileAttributeView.class); view.write("user.mimetype", Charset.defaultCharset().encode("text/html"));
name
- The attribute namesrc
- The buffer containing the attribute valueIOException
- If an I/O error occursSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
installed, and it denies RuntimePermission
("accessUserDefinedAttributes")
or its checkWrite
method denies write access to the file.void delete(String name) throws IOException
name
- The attribute nameIOException
- If an I/O error occurs or the attribute does not existSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
installed, and it denies RuntimePermission
("accessUserDefinedAttributes")
or its checkWrite
method denies write access to the file. Submit a bug or feature
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