gradle-master/subprojects/core-api/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/file/FileTreeElement.java
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package org.gradle.api.file;

import org.gradle.api.Incubating;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Information about a file in a directory/file tree.
 */
public interface FileTreeElement {
    /**
     * Returns the file being visited.
     *
     * @return The file. Never returns null.
     */
    File getFile();

    /**
     * Returns true if this element is a directory, or false if this element is a regular file.
     *
     * @return true if this element is a directory.
     */
    boolean isDirectory();

    /**
     * Returns the last modified time of this file at the time of file traversal.
     *
     * @return The last modified time.
     */
    long getLastModified();

    /**
     * Returns the size of this file at the time of file traversal.
     *
     * @return The size, in bytes.
     */
    long getSize();

    /**
     * Opens this file as an input stream. Generally, calling this method is more performant than calling {@code new
     * FileInputStream(getFile())}.
     *
     * @return The input stream. Never returns null. The caller is responsible for closing this stream.
     */
    InputStream open();

    /**
     * Copies the content of this file to an output stream. Generally, calling this method is more performant than
     * calling {@code new FileInputStream(getFile())}.
     *
     * @param output The output stream to write to. The caller is responsible for closing this stream.
     */
    void copyTo(OutputStream output);

    /**
     * Copies this file to the given target file. Does not copy the file if the target is already a copy of this file.
     *
     * @param target the target file.
     * @return true if this file was copied, false if it was up-to-date
     */
    boolean copyTo(File target);

    /**
     * Returns the base name of this file.
     *
     * @return The name. Never returns null.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the path of this file, relative to the root of the containing file tree. Always uses '/' as the hierarchy
     * separator, regardless of platform file separator. Same as calling <code>getRelativePath().getPathString()</code>.
     *
     * @return The path. Never returns null.
     */
    String getPath();

    /**
     * Returns the path of this file, relative to the root of the containing file tree.
     *
     * @return The path. Never returns null.
     */
    RelativePath getRelativePath();

    int getMode();

    /**
     * Provides a read-only view of access permissions of this file.
     * For details see {@link FilePermissions}.
     *
     * @since 8.3
     */
    @Incubating
    FilePermissions getPermissions();
}
