/**
* This file is part of muCommander, http://www.mucommander.com
* Copyright (C) 2002-2016 Maxence Bernard
*
* muCommander is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* muCommander 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package com.mucommander.commons.file;
/**
* This interface defines getters for the following file attributes:
* <dl>
* <dt>path</dt>
* <dd>the file's path, <code>null</code> by default. The type of path (relative or absolute) separator character
* are unspecified and context-dependant.</dd>
*
* <dt>exists</dt>
* <dd>specifies whether the file exists physically on the underlying filesystem, <code>false</code> by default</dd>
*
* <dt>date</dt>
* <dd>the file's date in milliseconds since the epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970),
* <code>0 (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970)</code> by default</dd>
*
* <dt>size</dt>
* <dd>the file's size in bytes, <code>0</code> by default</dd>
*
* <dt>isDirectory</dt>
* <dd>specifies whether the file is a directory or a regular file, <code>false</code> by default</dd>
*
* <dt>permissions</dt>
* <dd>represents the file permissions as a {@link com.mucommander.commons.file.FilePermissions} object, <code>null</code> if
* undefined</dd>
*
* <dt>owner</dt>
* <dd>the file's owner, <code>null</code> by default</dd>
*
* <dt>group</dt>
* <dd>the file's group, <code>null</code> by default</dd>
* </dl>
*
* <p>See the {@link MutableFileAttributes} for an extended interface that include file attribute setters.</p>
*
* @see MutableFileAttributes
* @see SimpleFileAttributes
* @author Maxence Bernard
*/
public interface FileAttributes {
/**
* Returns the file's path, <code>null</code> by default.
*
* <p>The format and separator character of the path are filesystem-dependent.</p>
*
* @return the file's path, <code>null</code> by default
*/
String getPath();
/**
* Returns <code>true</code> if the file exists physically on the underlying filesystem, <code>false</code>
* by default.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if the file exists physically on the underlying filesystem, <code>false</code> by default
*/
boolean exists();
/**
* Returns the file's date in milliseconds since the epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970), <code>0</code> by default
*
* @return the file's date in milliseconds since the epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970), <code>0</code> by default
*/
long getDate();
/**
* Returns the file's size in bytes.
*
* @return the file's size in bytes
*/
long getSize();
/**
* Returns <code>true</code> if the file is a directory, <code>false</code> if it is a regular file
* (defaults to <code>false</code>).
*
* @return <code>true</code> if the file is a directory, <code>false</code> if it is a regular file or undefined
*/
boolean isDirectory();
/**
* Returns the file's permissions, <code>null</code> by default.
*
* @return the file's permissions, <code>null</code> by default
*/
FilePermissions getPermissions();
/**
* Returns the file's owner, <code>null</code> by default.
*
* @return the file's owner, <code>null</code> by default
*/
String getOwner();
/**
* Returns the file's group, <code>null</code> by default.
*
* @return the file's group, <code>null</code> by default
*/
String getGroup();
}