jdk/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/attribute/AclEntryFlag.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
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+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package java.nio.file.attribute;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the flags for used by the flags component of an ACL {@link AclEntry
+ * entry}.
+ *
+ * <p> In this release, this class does not define flags related to {@link
+ * AclEntryType#AUDIT} and {@link AclEntryType#ALARM} entry types.
+ *
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+
+public enum AclEntryFlag {
+
+    /**
+     * Can be placed on a directory and indicates that the ACL entry should be
+     * added to each new non-directory file created.
+     */
+    FILE_INHERIT,
+
+    /**
+     * Can be placed on a directory and indicates that the ACL entry should be
+     * added to each new directory created.
+     */
+    DIRECTORY_INHERIT,
+
+    /**
+     * Can be placed on a directory to indicate that the ACL entry should not
+     * be placed on the newly created directory which is inheritable by
+     * subdirectories of the created directory.
+     */
+    NO_PROPAGATE_INHERIT,
+
+    /**
+     * Can be placed on a directory but does not apply to the directory,
+     * only to newly created files/directories as specified by the
+     * {@link #FILE_INHERIT} and {@link #DIRECTORY_INHERIT} flags.
+     */
+    INHERIT_ONLY;
+}