Metadata

[Mihai Radulescu]

Hi
I hope I am on the right forum.
I just study about nio and its features and a I don't know what means "file's metadata" ?

[Joe Ess]

Metadata is information about the file, like it's format, as opposed to the file's data, which is what is actually stored in the file.

[Jose Botella]

Also in the FileChannel API:

The file may also have some associated metadata such as access permissions, content type, and last-modification time; this class does not define methods for metadata access.

[Mihai Radulescu]

Ok, now all is clear, Thancks.