jdk/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
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+ */
+
+package java.nio.file.attribute;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * A file attribute view that provides a view of a <em>basic set</em> of file
+ * attributes common to many file systems. The basic set of file attributes
+ * consist of <em>mandatory</em> and <em>optional</em> file attributes as
+ * defined by the {@link BasicFileAttributes} interface.
+
+ * <p> The file attributes are retrieved from the file system as a <em>bulk
+ * operation</em> by invoking the {@link #readAttributes() readAttributes} method.
+ * This class also defines the {@link #setTimes setTimes} method to update the
+ * file's time attributes.
+ *
+ * <p> Where dynamic access to file attributes is required, the attributes
+ * supported by this attribute view have the following names and types:
+ * <blockquote>
+ *  <table border="1" cellpadding="8">
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <th> Name </th>
+ *     <th> Type </th>
+ *   </tr>
+ *  <tr>
+ *     <td> "lastModifiedTime" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Long} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "lastAccessTime" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Long} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "creationTime" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Long} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *  <tr>
+ *     <td> "resolution" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "size" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Long} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "isRegularFile" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Boolean} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "isDirectory" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Boolean} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "isSymbolicLink" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Boolean} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "isOther" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Boolean} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "linkCount" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Integer} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ *   <tr>
+ *     <td> "fileKey" </td>
+ *     <td> {@link Object} </td>
+ *   </tr>
+ * </table>
+ * </blockquote>
+ *
+ * <p> The {@link #getAttribute getAttribute} or {@link
+ * #readAttributes(String,String[]) readAttributes(String,String[])} methods may
+ * be used to read any of these attributes as if by invoking the {@link
+ * #readAttributes() readAttributes()} method.
+ *
+ * <p> The {@link #setAttribute setAttribute} method may be used to update the
+ * file's last modified time, last access time or create time attributes as if
+ * by invoking the {@link #setTimes setTimes} method. In that case, the time
+ * value is interpreted in {@link TimeUnit#MILLISECONDS milliseconds} and
+ * converted to the precision supported by the file system.
+ *
+ * @since 1.7
+ * @see Attributes
+ */
+
+public interface BasicFileAttributeView
+    extends FileAttributeView
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the attribute view. Attribute views of this type
+     * have the name {@code "basic"}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the basic file attributes as a bulk operation.
+     *
+     * <p> It is implementation specific if all file attributes are read as an
+     * atomic operation with respect to other file system operations.
+     *
+     * @return  The file attributes
+     *
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
+     *          installed, its {@link SecurityManager#checkRead(String) checkRead}
+     *          method is invoked to check read access to the file
+     */
+    BasicFileAttributes readAttributes() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Updates any or all of the file's last modified time, last access time,
+     * and create time attributes.
+     *
+     * <p> This method updates the file's timestamp attributes. The values are
+     * measured since the epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970) and converted to
+     * the precision supported by the file system. Converting from finer to
+     * coarser granularities result in precision loss. If a value is larger
+     * than the maximum supported by the file system then the corresponding
+     * timestamp is set to its maximum value.
+     *
+     * <p> If any of the {@code lastModifiedTime}, {@code lastAccessTime},
+     * or {@code createTime} parameters has the value {@code null} then the
+     * corresponding timestamp is not changed. An implementation may require to
+     * read the existing values of the file attributes when only some, but not
+     * all, of the timestamp attributes are updated. Consequently, this method
+     * may not be an atomic operation with respect to other file system
+     * operations. If all of the {@code lastModifiedTime}, {@code
+     * lastAccessTime} and {@code createTime} parameters are {@code null} then
+     * this method has no effect.
+     *
+     * @param   lastModifiedTime
+     *          The new last modified time, or {@code -1L} to update it to
+     *          the current time, or {@code null} to not change the attribute
+     * @param   lastAccessTime
+     *          The last access time, or {@code -1L} to update it to
+     *          the current time, or {@code null} to not change the attribute.
+     * @param   createTime
+     *          The file's create time, or {@code -1L} to update it to
+     *          the current time, or {@code null} to not change the attribute
+     * @param   unit
+     *          A {@code TimeUnit} determining how to interpret the time values
+     *
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
+     *          If any of the parameters is a negative value other than {@code
+     *          -1L}
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
+     *          installed, its  {@link SecurityManager#checkWrite(String) checkWrite}
+     *          method is invoked to check write access to the file
+     */
+    void setTimes(Long lastModifiedTime,
+                  Long lastAccessTime,
+                  Long createTime,
+                  TimeUnit unit) throws IOException;
+}