Java.io.FilePermission.getActions() Method

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Description

The java.io.FileOutputStream.getActions() method returns the "canonical string representation" of the actions. This means, the method always returns actions in the following order: read, write, execute, delete, readlink. E.g., if this FilePermission object allows both write and read actions, a invoke to getActions will return the string "read,write".

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.FilePermission.getActions() method −

public String getActions()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the canonical string representation of the actions.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.FilePermission.getActions() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.FilePermission;
import java.io.IOException;

public class FilePermissionDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
      FilePermission fp = null;
      
      try {
         fp = new FilePermission("C://test.txt", "read");
         
         // the canonical string representation of the action
         String s = fp.getActions();
         
         // prints
         System.out.print("Action: "+s);
         
      } catch(Exception ex) {
         // if an error occurs
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Action: read