PosixFileAttributes (Java SE 11 & JDK 11 )

All Superinterfaces:

BasicFileAttributes
```
public interface PosixFileAttributes
extends BasicFileAttributes
```
File attributes associated with files on file systems used by operating systems that implement the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) family of standards.
The POSIX attributes of a file are retrieved using a PosixFileAttributeView by invoking its readAttributes method.

Since:

1.7

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`GroupPrincipal`	`group()`	Returns the group owner of the file.
`UserPrincipal`	`owner()`	Returns the owner of the file.
`Set<PosixFilePermission>`	`permissions()`	Returns the permissions of the file.

Methods declared in interface java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes
creationTime, fileKey, isDirectory, isOther, isRegularFile, isSymbolicLink, lastAccessTime, lastModifiedTime, size

- Method Detail
  - owner
```
UserPrincipal owner()
```
    Returns the owner of the file.
    
    Returns:
    
    the file owner
    
    See Also:
    
    FileOwnerAttributeView.setOwner(java.nio.file.attribute.UserPrincipal)
  - group
```
GroupPrincipal group()
```
    Returns the group owner of the file.
    
    Returns:
    
    the file group owner
    
    See Also:
    
    PosixFileAttributeView.setGroup(java.nio.file.attribute.GroupPrincipal)
  - permissions
```
Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions()
```
    Returns the permissions of the file. The file permissions are returned as a set of PosixFilePermission elements. The returned set is a copy of the file permissions and is modifiable. This allows the result to be modified and passed to the setPermissions method to update the file's permissions.
    
    Returns:
    
    the file permissions
    
    See Also:
    
    PosixFileAttributeView.setPermissions(java.util.Set<java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission>)