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25 
26 package java.nio.file.attribute;
27 
28 import java.nio.file.*;
29 import java.util.List;
30 import java.io.IOException;
31 
32 /**
33  * A file attribute view that supports reading or updating a file's Access
34  * Control Lists (ACL) or file owner attributes.
35  *
36  * <p> ACLs are used to specify access rights to file system objects. An ACL is
37  * an ordered list of {@link AclEntry access-control-entries}, each specifying a
38  * {@link UserPrincipal} and the level of access for that user principal. This
39  * file attribute view defines the {@link #getAcl() getAcl}, and {@link
40  * #setAcl(List) setAcl} methods to read and write ACLs based on the ACL
41  * model specified in <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3530.txt"><i>RFC&nbsp;3530:
42  * Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol</i></a>. This file attribute view
43  * is intended for file system implementations that support the NFSv4 ACL model
44  * or have a <em>well-defined</em> mapping between the NFSv4 ACL model and the ACL
45  * model used by the file system. The details of such mapping are implementation
46  * dependent and are therefore unspecified.
47  *
48  * <p> This class also extends {@code FileOwnerAttributeView} so as to define
49  * methods to get and set the file owner.
50  *
51  * <p> When a file system provides access to a set of {@link FileStore
52  * file-systems} that are not homogeneous then only some of the file systems may
53  * support ACLs. The {@link FileStore#supportsFileAttributeView
54  * supportsFileAttributeView} method can be used to test if a file system
55  * supports ACLs.
56  *
57  * <h2>Interoperability</h2>
58  *
59  * RFC&nbsp;3530 allows for special user identities to be used on platforms that
60  * support the POSIX defined access permissions. The special user identities
61  * are "{@code OWNER@}", "{@code GROUP@}", and "{@code EVERYONE@}". When both
62  * the {@code AclFileAttributeView} and the {@link PosixFileAttributeView}
63  * are supported then these special user identities may be included in ACL {@link
64  * AclEntry entries} that are read or written. The file system's {@link
65  * UserPrincipalLookupService} may be used to obtain a {@link UserPrincipal}
66  * to represent these special identities by invoking the {@link
67  * UserPrincipalLookupService#lookupPrincipalByName lookupPrincipalByName}
68  * method.
69  *
70  * <p> <b>Usage Example:</b>
71  * Suppose we wish to add an entry to an existing ACL to grant "joe" access:
72  * <pre>
73  *     // lookup "joe"
74  *     UserPrincipal joe = file.getFileSystem().getUserPrincipalLookupService()
75  *         .lookupPrincipalByName("joe");
76  *
77  *     // get view
78  *     AclFileAttributeView view = Files.getFileAttributeView(file, AclFileAttributeView.class);
79  *
80  *     // create ACE to give "joe" read access
81  *     AclEntry entry = AclEntry.newBuilder()
82  *         .setType(AclEntryType.ALLOW)
83  *         .setPrincipal(joe)
84  *         .setPermissions(AclEntryPermission.READ_DATA, AclEntryPermission.READ_ATTRIBUTES)
85  *         .build();
86  *
87  *     // read ACL, insert ACE, re-write ACL
88  *     List&lt;AclEntry&gt; acl = view.getAcl();
89  *     acl.add(0, entry);   // insert before any DENY entries
90  *     view.setAcl(acl);
91  * </pre>
92  *
93  * <h2> Dynamic Access </h2>
94  * <p> Where dynamic access to file attributes is required, the attributes
95  * supported by this attribute view are as follows:
96  * <blockquote>
97  * <table border="1" cellpadding="8" summary="Supported attributes">
98  *   <tr>
99  *     <th> Name </th>
100  *     <th> Type </th>
101  *   </tr>
102  *   <tr>
103  *     <td> "acl" </td>
104  *     <td> {@link List}&lt;{@link AclEntry}&gt; </td>
105  *   </tr>
106  *   <tr>
107  *     <td> "owner" </td>
108  *     <td> {@link UserPrincipal} </td>
109  *   </tr>
110  * </table>
111  * </blockquote>
112  *
113  * <p> The {@link Files#getAttribute getAttribute} method may be used to read
114  * the ACL or owner attributes as if by invoking the {@link #getAcl getAcl} or
115  * {@link #getOwner getOwner} methods.
116  *
117  * <p> The {@link Files#setAttribute setAttribute} method may be used to
118  * update the ACL or owner attributes as if by invoking the {@link #setAcl setAcl}
119  * or {@link #setOwner setOwner} methods.
120  *
121  * <h2> Setting the ACL when creating a file </h2>
122  *
123  * <p> Implementations supporting this attribute view may also support setting
124  * the initial ACL when creating a file or directory. The initial ACL
125  * may be provided to methods such as {@link Files#createFile createFile} or {@link
126  * Files#createDirectory createDirectory} as an {@link FileAttribute} with {@link
127  * FileAttribute#name name} {@code "acl:acl"} and a {@link FileAttribute#value
128  * value} that is the list of {@code AclEntry} objects.
129  *
130  * <p> Where an implementation supports an ACL model that differs from the NFSv4
131  * defined ACL model then setting the initial ACL when creating the file must
132  * translate the ACL to the model supported by the file system. Methods that
133  * create a file should reject (by throwing {@link IOException IOException})
134  * any attempt to create a file that would be less secure as a result of the
135  * translation.
136  *
137  * @since 1.7
138  */
139 
140 public interface AclFileAttributeView
141     extends FileOwnerAttributeView
142 {
143     /**
144      * Returns the name of the attribute view. Attribute views of this type
145      * have the name {@code "acl"}.
146      */
147     @Override
name()148     String name();
149 
150     /**
151      * Reads the access control list.
152      *
153      * <p> When the file system uses an ACL model that differs from the NFSv4
154      * defined ACL model, then this method returns an ACL that is the translation
155      * of the ACL to the NFSv4 ACL model.
156      *
157      * <p> The returned list is modifiable so as to facilitate changes to the
158      * existing ACL. The {@link #setAcl setAcl} method is used to update
159      * the file's ACL attribute.
160      *
161      * @return  an ordered list of {@link AclEntry entries} representing the
162      *          ACL
163      *
164      * @throws  IOException
165      *          if an I/O error occurs
166      * @throws  SecurityException
167      *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
168      *          installed, and it denies {@link RuntimePermission}<tt>("accessUserInformation")</tt>
169      *          or its {@link SecurityManager#checkRead(String) checkRead} method
170      *          denies read access to the file.
171      */
getAcl()172     List<AclEntry> getAcl() throws IOException;
173 
174     /**
175      * Updates (replace) the access control list.
176      *
177      * <p> Where the file system supports Access Control Lists, and it uses an
178      * ACL model that differs from the NFSv4 defined ACL model, then this method
179      * must translate the ACL to the model supported by the file system. This
180      * method should reject (by throwing {@link IOException IOException}) any
181      * attempt to write an ACL that would appear to make the file more secure
182      * than would be the case if the ACL were updated. Where an implementation
183      * does not support a mapping of {@link AclEntryType#AUDIT} or {@link
184      * AclEntryType#ALARM} entries, then this method ignores these entries when
185      * writing the ACL.
186      *
187      * <p> If an ACL entry contains a {@link AclEntry#principal user-principal}
188      * that is not associated with the same provider as this attribute view then
189      * {@link ProviderMismatchException} is thrown. Additional validation, if
190      * any, is implementation dependent.
191      *
192      * <p> If the file system supports other security related file attributes
193      * (such as a file {@link PosixFileAttributes#permissions
194      * access-permissions} for example), the updating the access control list
195      * may also cause these security related attributes to be updated.
196      *
197      * @param   acl
198      *          the new access control list
199      *
200      * @throws  IOException
201      *          if an I/O error occurs or the ACL is invalid
202      * @throws  SecurityException
203      *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
204      *          installed, it denies {@link RuntimePermission}<tt>("accessUserInformation")</tt>
205      *          or its {@link SecurityManager#checkWrite(String) checkWrite}
206      *          method denies write access to the file.
207      */
setAcl(List<AclEntry> acl)208     void setAcl(List<AclEntry> acl) throws IOException;
209 }
210