Read an ACL Using Files.getAttribute() - Java File Path IO

Java examples for File Path IO:ACL File

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Introduction

You can also use the getAttribute() method to read an ACL:

Demo Code

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.AclEntry;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    List<AclEntry> acllist = null;
    Path path = Paths.get("C:/folder1/folder2/folder4", "test.txt");

    try {//from   w w w  . j  av a2 s. c om
      acllist = (List<AclEntry>) Files.getAttribute(path, "acl:acl",
          LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }
  }
}

Result

ACL attributes can be required with the following names:

  • acl
  • owner

The generally accepted form is [view-name:]attribute-name.

The view-name is acl.


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