class AttributeProvider {

  /** Returns the view name that's used to get attributes from this provider. */
  public abstract String name();

  /** Returns the names of other providers that this provider inherits attributes from. */
  public ImmutableSet<String> inherits() {
    return ImmutableSet.of();
  }

  /** Returns the type of the view interface that this provider supports. */
  public abstract Class<? extends FileAttributeView> viewType();

  /**
   * Returns a view of the file located by the given lookup callback. The given map contains the
   * views inherited by this view.
   */
  public abstract FileAttributeView view(
      FileLookup lookup, ImmutableMap<String, FileAttributeView> inheritedViews);

  /**
   * Returns a map containing the default attribute values for this provider. The keys of the map
   * are attribute identifier strings (in "view:attribute" form) and the value for each is the
   * default value that should be set for that attribute when creating a new file.
   *
   * <p>The given map should be in the same format and contains user-provided default values. If the
   * user provided any default values for attributes handled by this provider, those values should
   * be checked to ensure they are of the correct type. Additionally, if any changes to a
   * user-provided attribute are necessary (for example, creating an immutable defensive copy), that
   * should be done. The resulting values should be included in the result map along with default
   * values for any attributes the user did not provide a value for.
   */
  public ImmutableMap<String, ?> defaultValues(Map<String, ?> userDefaults) {
    return ImmutableMap.of();
  }

  /** Returns the set of attributes that are always available from this provider. */
  public abstract ImmutableSet<String> fixedAttributes();

  /** Returns whether or not this provider supports the given attribute directly. */
  public boolean supports(String attribute) {
    return fixedAttributes().contains(attribute);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the set of attributes supported by this view that are present in the given file. For
   * most providers, this will be a fixed set of attributes.
   */
  public ImmutableSet<String> attributes(File file) {
    return fixedAttributes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of the given attribute in the given file or null if the attribute is not
   * supported by this provider.
   */
  public abstract @Nullable Object get(File file, String attribute);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the given attribute in the given file object. The {@code create} parameter
   * indicates whether or not the value is being set upon creation of a new file via a user-provided
   * {@code FileAttribute}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given attribute is one supported by this provider but
   *     it is not allowed to be set by the user
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the given attribute is one supported by this provider
   *     and is allowed to be set by the user, but not on file creation and {@code create} is true
   */
  public abstract void set(File file, String view, String attribute, Object value, boolean create);

  // optional

  /**
   * Returns the type of file attributes object this provider supports, or null if it doesn't
   * support reading its attributes as an object.
   */
  public @Nullable Class<? extends BasicFileAttributes> attributesType() {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Reads this provider's attributes from the given file as an attributes object.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this provider does not support reading an attributes
   *     object
   */
  public BasicFileAttributes readAttributes(File file) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  // exception helpers

  /** Throws a runtime exception indicating that the given attribute cannot be set. */
  protected static RuntimeException unsettable(String view, String attribute, boolean create) {<FILL_FUNCTION_BODY>}

  /**
   * Checks that the attribute is not being set by the user on file creation, throwing an
   * unsupported operation exception if it is.
   */
  protected static void checkNotCreate(String view, String attribute, boolean create) {
    if (create) {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
          "cannot set attribute '" + view + ":" + attribute + "' during file creation");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Checks that the given value is of the given type, returning the value if so and throwing an
   * exception if not.
   */
  protected static <T> T checkType(String view, String attribute, Object value, Class<T> type) {
    checkNotNull(value);
    if (type.isInstance(value)) {
      return type.cast(value);
    }

    throw invalidType(view, attribute, value, type);
  }

  /**
   * Throws an illegal argument exception indicating that the given value is not one of the expected
   * types for the given attribute.
   */
  protected static IllegalArgumentException invalidType(
      String view, String attribute, Object value, Class<?>... expectedTypes) {
    Object expected =
        expectedTypes.length == 1 ? expectedTypes[0] : "one of " + Arrays.toString(expectedTypes);
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
        "invalid type "
            + value.getClass()
            + " for attribute '"
            + view
            + ":"
            + attribute
            + "': expected "
            + expected);
  }
}

    // This matches the behavior of the real file system implementations: if the attempt to set the
    // attribute is being made during file creation, throw UOE even though the attribute is one
    // that cannot be set under any circumstances
    checkNotCreate(view, attribute, create);
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("cannot set attribute '" + view + ":" + attribute + "'");
  
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