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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).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * 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
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.nio.file.attribute;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * An object that provides a read-only or updatable <em>view</em> of non-opaque
+ * values associated with an object in a filesystem. This interface is extended
+ * or implemented by specific attribute views that define the attributes
+ * supported by the view. A specific attribute view will typically define
+ * type-safe methods to read or update the attributes that it supports. It also
+ * provides <em>dynamic access</em> where the {@link #readAttributes
+ * readAttributes}, {@link #getAttribute getAttribute} and {@link #setAttribute
+ * setAttributs} methods are used to access the attributes by names defined
+ * by the attribute view. Implementations must ensure that the attribute names
+ * do not contain the colon (':') or comma (',') characters.
+ *
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+
+public interface AttributeView {
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the attribute view.
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the value of an attribute.
+     *
+     * @param   attribute
+     *          The attribute name (case sensitive)
+     *
+     * @return  The value of the attribute, or {@code null} if the attribute is
+     *          not supported
+     *
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          If a security manager is set and it denies access
+     */
+    Object getAttribute(String attribute) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets/updates the value of an attribute.
+     *
+     * @param   attribute
+     *          The attribute name (case sensitive)
+     * @param   value
+     *          The attribute value
+     *
+     * @throws  UnsupportedOperationException
+     *          If the attribute is not supported or this attribute view does
+     *          not support updating the value of the attribute
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
+     *          If the attribute value is of the correct type but has an
+     *          inappropriate value
+     * @throws  ClassCastException
+     *          If the attribute value is not of the expected type or is a
+     *          collection containing elements that are not of the expected
+     *          type
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          If a security manager is set and it denies access
+     */
+    void setAttribute(String attribute, Object value) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Reads all, or a subset, of the attributes supported by this file attribute
+     * view.
+     *
+     * <p> The {@code first} and {@code rest} parameters are the names of the
+     * attributes to read. If any of the parameters has the value {@code "*"}
+     * then all attributes are read. Attributes that are not supported are
+     * ignored and will not be present in the returned map. It is implementation
+     * specific if all attributes are read as an atomic operation with respect
+     * to other file system operations.
+     *
+     * @param   first
+     *          The name of an attribute to read (case sensitive)
+     * @param   rest
+     *          The names of others attributes to read (case sensitive)
+     *
+     * @return  An unmodifiable map of the attributes; may be empty. Its keys are
+     *          the attribute names, its values are the attribute values
+     *
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          If a security manager is set and it denies access
+     */
+    Map<String,?> readAttributes(String first, String... rest) throws IOException;
+}