Field Detail

• serialVersionUID

  @Deprecated
  static final long serialVersionUID

  Deprecated. Only public by accident.

  See Also:

  Constant Field Values

Method Detail

• readAttribute

  java.lang.Object readAttribute​(java.lang.String name,
                                 java.lang.String attrName)

  Get the file attribute with the specified name.

  Parameters:

  name - the file

  attrName - name of the attribute

  Returns:

  appropriate (serializable) value or null if the attribute is unset (or could not be properly restored for some reason)

• writeAttribute

  void writeAttribute​(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String attrName,
                      java.lang.Object value)
               throws java.io.IOException

  Set the file attribute with the specified name.

  Parameters:

  name - the file

  attrName - name of the attribute

  value - new value or null to clear the attribute. Must be serializable, although particular filesystems may or may not use serialization to store attribute values.

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - if the attribute cannot be set. If serialization is used to store it, this may in fact be a subclass such as NotSerializableException.

• attributes

  java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> attributes​(java.lang.String name)

  Get all file attribute names for the file.

  Parameters:

  name - the file

  Returns:

  enumeration of keys (as strings)

• renameAttributes

  void renameAttributes​(java.lang.String oldName,
                        java.lang.String newName)

  Called when a file is renamed, to appropriately update its attributes.

  Parameters:

  oldName - old name of the file

  newName - new name of the file

• deleteAttributes

  void deleteAttributes​(java.lang.String name)

  Called when a file is deleted, to also delete its attributes.

  Parameters:

  name - name of the file