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25 
26 package java.nio.file.attribute;
27 
28 import java.io.IOException;
29 
30 /**
31  * A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file.
32  * This file attribute view is intended for file system implementations that
33  * support a file attribute that represents an identity that is the owner of
34  * the file. Often the owner of a file is the identity of the entity that
35  * created the file.
36  *
37  * <p> The {@link #getOwner getOwner} or {@link #setOwner setOwner} methods may
38  * be used to read or update the owner of the file.
39  *
40  * <p> The {@link java.nio.file.Files#getAttribute getAttribute} and
41  * {@link java.nio.file.Files#setAttribute setAttribute} methods may also be
42  * used to read or update the owner. In that case, the owner attribute is
43  * identified by the name {@code "owner"}, and the value of the attribute is
44  * a {@link UserPrincipal}.
45  *
46  * @since 1.7
47  */
48 
49 public interface FileOwnerAttributeView
50     extends FileAttributeView
51 {
52     /**
53      * Returns the name of the attribute view. Attribute views of this type
54      * have the name {@code "owner"}.
55      */
56     @Override
name()57     String name();
58 
59     /**
60      * Read the file owner.
61      *
62      * <p> It it implementation specific if the file owner can be a {@link
63      * GroupPrincipal group}.
64      *
65      * @return  the file owner
66      *
67      * @throws  IOException
68      *          if an I/O error occurs
69      * @throws  SecurityException
70      *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
71      *          installed, and it denies {@link
72      *          RuntimePermission}<tt>("accessUserInformation")</tt> or its
73      *          {@link SecurityManager#checkRead(String) checkRead} method
74      *          denies read access to the file.
75      */
getOwner()76     UserPrincipal getOwner() throws IOException;
77 
78     /**
79      * Updates the file owner.
80      *
81      * <p> It it implementation specific if the file owner can be a {@link
82      * GroupPrincipal group}. To ensure consistent and correct behavior
83      * across platforms it is recommended that this method should only be used
84      * to set the file owner to a user principal that is not a group.
85      *
86      * @param   owner
87      *          the new file owner
88      *
89      * @throws  IOException
90      *          if an I/O error occurs, or the {@code owner} parameter is a
91      *          group and this implementation does not support setting the owner
92      *          to a group
93      * @throws  SecurityException
94      *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
95      *          installed, and it denies {@link
96      *          RuntimePermission}<tt>("accessUserInformation")</tt> or its
97      *          {@link SecurityManager#checkWrite(String) checkWrite} method
98      *          denies write access to the file.
99      */
setOwner(UserPrincipal owner)100     void setOwner(UserPrincipal owner) throws IOException;
101 }
102