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25 
26 package java.nio.file.attribute;
27 
28 /**
29  * A {@code UserPrincipal} representing a <em>group identity</em>, used to
30  * determine access rights to objects in a file system. The exact definition of
31  * a group is implementation specific, but typically, it represents an identity
32  * created for administrative purposes so as to determine the access rights for
33  * the members of the group. Whether an entity can be a member of multiple
34  * groups, and whether groups can be nested, are implementation specified and
35  * therefore not specified.
36  *
37  * @since 1.7
38  *
39  * @see UserPrincipalLookupService#lookupPrincipalByGroupName
40  */
41 
42 public interface GroupPrincipal extends UserPrincipal { }
43