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package java.nio.file.attribute;
A UserPrincipal representing a group identity, used to
determine access rights to objects in a file system. The exact definition of
a group is implementation specific, but typically, it represents an identity
created for administrative purposes so as to determine the access rights for
the members of the group. Whether an entity can be a member of multiple
groups, and whether groups can be nested, are implementation specified and
therefore not specified.
See Also: Since: 1.7
/**
* A {@code UserPrincipal} representing a <em>group identity</em>, used to
* determine access rights to objects in a file system. The exact definition of
* a group is implementation specific, but typically, it represents an identity
* created for administrative purposes so as to determine the access rights for
* the members of the group. Whether an entity can be a member of multiple
* groups, and whether groups can be nested, are implementation specified and
* therefore not specified.
*
* @since 1.7
*
* @see UserPrincipalLookupService#lookupPrincipalByGroupName
*/
public interface GroupPrincipal extends UserPrincipal { }