1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2007, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
4  *
5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
8  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
9  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
10  *
11  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
12  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
13  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
14  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
15  * accompanied this code).
16  *
17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
20  *
21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
23  * questions.
24  */
25 
26 package java.nio.file.attribute;
27 
28 /**
29  * Defines the flags for used by the flags component of an ACL {@link AclEntry
30  * entry}.
31  *
32  * <p> In this release, this class does not define flags related to {@link
33  * AclEntryType#AUDIT} and {@link AclEntryType#ALARM} entry types.
34  *
35  * @since 1.7
36  */
37 
38 public enum AclEntryFlag {
39 
40     /**
41      * Can be placed on a directory and indicates that the ACL entry should be
42      * added to each new non-directory file created.
43      */
44     FILE_INHERIT,
45 
46     /**
47      * Can be placed on a directory and indicates that the ACL entry should be
48      * added to each new directory created.
49      */
50     DIRECTORY_INHERIT,
51 
52     /**
53      * Can be placed on a directory to indicate that the ACL entry should not
54      * be placed on the newly created directory which is inheritable by
55      * subdirectories of the created directory.
56      */
57     NO_PROPAGATE_INHERIT,
58 
59     /**
60      * Can be placed on a directory but does not apply to the directory,
61      * only to newly created files/directories as specified by the
62      * {@link #FILE_INHERIT} and {@link #DIRECTORY_INHERIT} flags.
63      */
64     INHERIT_ONLY;
65 }
66