org.eclipse.core.resources
Class ResourceAttributes

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourceAttributes

public class ResourceAttributes
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents platform specific attributes of files. Any attributes can be added, but only the attributes that are supported by the platform will be used. These methods do not set the attributes in the file system.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Red Hat Incorporated

See Also:

IResource.getResourceAttributes(), IResource.setResourceAttributes(ResourceAttributes)

Constructor Summary

ResourceAttributes()
Creates a new instance of ResourceAttributes.

Method Summary

static ResourceAttributes	fromFile(java.io.File file) Creates a new resource attributes instance with attributes taken from the specified file in the file system.
boolean	isArchive() Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked archive.
boolean	isExecutable() Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked executable.
boolean	isHidden() Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked hidden.
boolean	isReadOnly() Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked read only.
boolean	isSymbolicLink() Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked read only.
void	setArchive(boolean archive) Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked archive.
void	setExecutable(boolean executable) Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked executable.
void	setHidden(boolean hidden) Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked hidden
void	setReadOnly(boolean readOnly) Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked read only.
void	setSymbolicLink(boolean symLink) Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked as symbolic link.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the attributes, suitable for debugging purposes only.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ResourceAttributes

public ResourceAttributes()

Creates a new instance of ResourceAttributes.

Method Detail

fromFile

public static ResourceAttributes fromFile(java.io.File file)

Creates a new resource attributes instance with attributes taken from the specified file in the file system. If the specified file does not exist or is not accessible, this method has the same effect as calling the default constructor.

Parameters:

file - The file to get attributes from

Returns:

A resource attributes object

isArchive

public boolean isArchive()

Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked archive.

Returns:

true if this resource is marked archive, false otherwise

See Also:

setArchive(boolean)

isExecutable

public boolean isExecutable()

Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked executable.

Returns:

true if this resource is marked executable, false otherwise

See Also:

setExecutable(boolean)

isHidden

public boolean isHidden()

Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked hidden.

Returns:

true if this resource is marked hidden, false otherwise

Since:

3.2

See Also:

setHidden(boolean)

isReadOnly

public boolean isReadOnly()

Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked read only.

Returns:

true if this resource is marked as read only, false otherwise

See Also:

setReadOnly(boolean)

isSymbolicLink

public boolean isSymbolicLink()

Returns whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked read only.

Returns:

true if this resource is marked as symbolic link, false otherwise

Since:

3.4

See Also:

setSymbolicLink(boolean)

setArchive

public void setArchive(boolean archive)

Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked archive.

Parameters:

archive - true to set it to be archive, false to unset

See Also:

isArchive()

setExecutable

public void setExecutable(boolean executable)

Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked executable.

Parameters:

executable - true to set it to be executable, false to unset

See Also:

isExecutable()

setHidden

public void setHidden(boolean hidden)

Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked hidden

Parameters:

hidden - true to set it to be marked hidden, false to unset

Since:

3.2

See Also:

isHidden()

setReadOnly

public void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)

Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked read only.

Parameters:

readOnly - true to set it to be marked read only, false to unset

See Also:

isReadOnly()

setSymbolicLink

public void setSymbolicLink(boolean symLink)

Sets or unsets whether this ResourceAttributes object is marked as symbolic link.

Parameters:

symLink - true to set it to be marked as symbolic link, false to unset

Since:

3.4

See Also:

isSymbolicLink()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the attributes, suitable for debugging purposes only.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object