konradrenner / jxattr

java library for accessing extended file attributes (comments, tags, etc), defined by the freedesktop project

jxattr

Java library for accessing extended file attributes (comments, tags, etc), defined by the freedesktop project.

HowTo use the org.freedesktop.Attributes class for manipulating/read user attributes:

//Initialize with java.nio.file.Path
Attributes userAttributes = Attributes.loadUserAttributes(path);
//Read Tags an display it
Tags tags = userAttributes.getAttribute(UserAttributes.Types.TAGS.getAttributeID(), Tags.class);

tags.stream().forEach((tag) -> {
    System.out.println(tag);
});

//Set a comment and some other attribute into the file
AttributeID myID = AttributeID.newInstance().name("someTest").namespace("jxattr").build();
GenericAttribute myAttribute = GenericAttribute.newInstance(myID).value("Hello World").build();
userAttributes.setAttributes(UserAttributes.Types.COMMENT.createInstance("Some comment"), myAttribute);

//Remove the other attribute
userAttributes.removeAttributes(myID);

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