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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
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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+ */
+
+package java.nio.file.attribute;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * A file attribute view that supports reading or updating the owner of a file.
+ * This file attribute view is intended for file system implementations that
+ * support a file attribute that represents an identity that is the owner of
+ * the file. Often the owner of a file is the identity of the entity that
+ * created the file.
+ *
+ * <p> The {@link #getOwner getOwner} or {@link #setOwner setOwner} methods may
+ * be used to read or update the owner of the file.
+ *
+ * <p> Where dynamic access to file attributes is required, the owner attribute
+ * is identified by the name {@code "owner"}, and the value of the attribute is
+ * a {@link UserPrincipal}. The {@link #readAttributes readAttributes}, {@link
+ * #getAttribute getAttribute} and {@link #setAttribute setAttributes} methods
+ * may be used to read or update the file owner.
+ *
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+
+public interface FileOwnerAttributeView
+    extends FileAttributeView
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the attribute view. Attribute views of this type
+     * have the name {@code "owner"}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * Read the file owner.
+     *
+     * <p> It it implementation specific if the file owner can be a {@link
+     * GroupPrincipal group}.
+     *
+     * @return  the file owner
+     *
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
+     *          installed, and it denies {@link
+     *          RuntimePermission}<tt>("accessUserInformation")</tt> or its
+     *          {@link SecurityManager#checkRead(String) checkRead} method
+     *          denies read access to the file.
+     */
+    UserPrincipal getOwner() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the file owner.
+     *
+     * <p> It it implementation specific if the file owner can be a {@link
+     * GroupPrincipal group}. To ensure consistent and correct behavior
+     * across platforms it is recommended that this method should only be used
+     * to set the file owner to a user principal that is not a group.
+     *
+     * @param   owner
+     *          The new file owner
+     *
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs, or the {@code owner} parameter is a
+     *          group and this implementation does not support setting the owner
+     *          to a group
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          In the case of the default provider, a security manager is
+     *          installed, and it denies {@link
+     *          RuntimePermission}<tt>("accessUserInformation")</tt> or its
+     *          {@link SecurityManager#checkWrite(String) checkWrite} method
+     *          denies write access to the file.
+     */
+    void setOwner(UserPrincipal owner) throws IOException;
+}