A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIX :
  Bug Description : java.io.File can provide access to created and last-access times.
Subset of Releases affected : 1.5.0, Mustang b41.
Platforms affected : Windows, Solaris, Linux
Test case : See Test case section.
Diff baseline : Mustang b41
Diff :
--- G:\jdk6.0 ea ausgepackt\src-b41\j2se\src\share\classes\java\io\File.java	2005-08-04 21:55:42.000000000 +0200
+++ ..\src\share\classes\java\io\File.java	2005-08-09 02:46:30.256833600 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
+ *
+ * Contributors: Ulf Zibis, Germany, mailto:###@###.###
  */
 
 package java.io;
@@ -798,6 +800,54 @@


The fix and test case are too large to include here.  Refer to the attached file
508675.txt.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIX :
  Bug Description : java.io.File can provide access to created and last-access times.
Subset of Releases affected : 1.5.0, Mustang b41.
Platforms affected : Windows, Solaris, Linux
Test case : See Test case section.
Diff baseline : Mustang b41
Diff :
--- G:\jdk6.0 ea ausgepackt\src-b41\j2se\src\share\classes\java\io\File.java	2005-08-04 21:55:42.000000000 +0200
+++ ..\src\share\classes\java\io\File.java	2005-08-09 02:46:30.256833600 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
+ *
+ * Contributors: Ulf Zibis, Germany, mailto:###@###.###
  */
 
 package java.io;
@@ -798,6 +800,54 @@
 
     /**
      * Returns the time that the file denoted by this abstract pathname was
+     * created.
+     *
+     * @return  A <code>long</code> value representing the time the file was
+     *          created, measured in milliseconds since the epoch
+     *          (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970), or <code>0L</code> if the
+     *          file does not exist or if an I/O error occurs
+     *
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          If a security manager exists and its <code>{@link
+     *          java.lang.SecurityManager#checkRead(java.lang.String)}</code>
+     *          method denies read access to the file
+     *
+     * @since 6.0
+     */
+    public long created() {
+	SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
+	if (security != null) {
+	    security.checkRead(path);
+	}
+	return fs.getCreatedTime(this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the time that the file denoted by this abstract pathname was
+     * last accessed.
+     *
+     * @return  A <code>long</code> value representing the time the file was
+     *          last accessed, measured in milliseconds since the epoch
+     *          (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970), or <code>0L</code> if the
+     *          file does not exist or if an I/O error occurs
+     *
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          If a security manager exists and its <code>{@link
+     *          java.lang.SecurityManager#checkRead(java.lang.String)}</code>
+     *          method denies read access to the file
+     *
+     * @since 6.0
+     */
+    public long lastAccessed() {
+	SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
+	if (security != null) {
+	    security.checkRead(path);
+	}
+	return fs.getLastAccessedTime(this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the time that the file denoted by this abstract pathname was
      * last modified.
      *
      * @return  A <code>long</code> value representing the time the file was
@@ -1216,6 +1266,78 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Sets the created time of the file or directory named by this
+     * abstract pathname.
+     *
+     * <p> All platforms support file-creation times to the nearest second,
+     * but some provide more precision.  The argument will be truncated to fit
+     * the supported precision.  If the operation succeeds and no intervening
+     * operations on the file take place, then the next invocation of the
+     * <code>{@link #created}</code> method will return the (possibly
+     * truncated) <code>time</code> argument that was passed to this method.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Note:</b> this method is not available on UNIX systems.
+     *
+     * @param  time  The new created time, measured in milliseconds since
+     *               the epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970)
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if and only if the operation succeeded;
+     *          <code>false</code> otherwise
+     *
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException  If the argument is negative
+     *
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          If a security manager exists and its <code>{@link
+     *          java.lang.SecurityManager#checkWrite(java.lang.String)}</code>
+     *          method denies write access to the named file
+     *
+     * @since 6.0
+     */
+    public boolean setCreated(long time) {
+	if (time < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative time");
+	SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
+	if (security != null) {
+	    security.checkWrite(path);
+	}
+	return fs.setCreatedTime(this, time);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the last-accessed time of the file or directory named by this
+     * abstract pathname.
+     *
+     * <p> All platforms support file-access times to the nearest second,
+     * but some provide more precision.  The argument will be truncated to fit
+     * the supported precision.  If the operation succeeds and no intervening
+     * operations on the file take place, then the next invocation of the
+     * <code>{@link #lastAccessed}</code> method will return the (possibly
+     * truncated) <code>time</code> argument that was passed to this method.
+     *
+     * @param  time  The new last-accessed time, measured in milliseconds since
+     *               the epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970)
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if and only if the operation succeeded;
+     *          <code>false</code> otherwise
+     *
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException  If the argument is negative
+     *
+     * @throws  SecurityException
+     *          If a security manager exists and its <code>{@link
+     *          java.lang.SecurityManager#checkWrite(java.lang.String)}</code>
+     *          method denies write access to the named file
+     *
+     * @since 6.0
+     */
+    public boolean setLastAccessed(long time) {
+	if (time < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative time");
+	SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
+	if (security != null) {
+	    security.checkWrite(path);
+	}
+	return fs.setLastAccessedTime(this, time);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Sets the last-modified time of the file or directory named by this
      * abstract pathname.
      *


--- G:\jdk6.0 ea ausgepackt\src-b41\j2se\src\share\classes\java\io\FileSystem.java	2005-08-04 21:55:42.000000000 +0200
+++ ..\src\share\classes\java\io\FileSystem.java	2005-08-09 02:38:14.914566400 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
+ *
+ * Contributors: Ulf Zibis, Germany, mailto:###@###.###
  */
 
 package java.io;
@@ -111,6 +113,20 @@
 
     /**
      * Return the time at which the file or directory denoted by the given
+     * abstract pathname was created, or zero if it does not exist or
+     * some other I/O error occurs.
+     */
+    public abstract long getCreatedTime(File f);
+
+    /**
+     * Return the time at which the file or directory denoted by the given
+     * abstract pathname was last accessed, or zero if it does not exist or
+     * some other I/O error occurs.
+     */
+    public abstract long getLastAccessedTime(File f);
+
+    /**
+     * Return the time at which the file or directory denoted by the given
      * abstract pathname was last modified, or zero if it does not exist or
      * some other I/O error occurs.
      */
@@ -169,6 +185,20 @@
     public abstract boolean rename(File f1, File f2);
 
     /**
+     * Set the created time of the file or directory denoted by the
+     * given abstract pathname, returning <code>true</code> if and only if the
+     * operation succeeds.
+     */
+    public abstract boolean setCreatedTime(File f, long time);
+
+    /**
+     * Set the last-accessed time of the file or directory denoted by the
+     * given abstract pathname, returning <code>true</code> if and only if the
+     * operation succeeds.
+     */
+    public abstract boolean setLastAccessedTime(File f, long time);
+
+    /**
      * Set the last-modified time of the file or directory denoted by the
      * given abstract pathname, returning <code>true</code> if and only if the
      * operation succeeds.


--- G:\jdk6.0 ea ausgepackt\src-b41\j2se\src\windows\classes\java\io\Win32FileSystem.java	2005-08-04 21:56:52.000000000 +0200
+++ ..\src\windows\classes\java\io\Win32FileSystem.java	2005-08-09 02:36:24.255446400 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
+ *
+ * Contributors: Ulf Zibis, Germany, mailto:###@###.###
  */
 
 package java.io;
@@ -485,6 +487,9 @@
 
     public native int getBooleanAttributes(File f);
     public native boolean checkAccess(File f, boolean write);
+
+    public native long getCreatedTime(File f);
+    public native long getLastAccessedTime(File f);
     public native long getLastModifiedTime(File f);
     public native long getLength(File f);
 
@@ -518,6 +523,9 @@
         return rename0(f1, f2);
     }
     protected native boolean rename0(File f1, File f2);
+
+    public native boolean setCreatedTime(File f, long time);
+    public native boolean setLastAccessedTime(File f, long time);
     public native boolean setLastModifiedTime(File f, long time);
     public native boolean setReadOnly(File f);
 

--- G:\jdk6.0 ea ausgepackt\src-b41\j2se\src\windows\classes\java\io\WinNTFileSystem.java	2005-08-04 21:56:52.000000000 +0200
+++ ..\src\windows\classes\java\io\WinNTFileSystem.java	2005-08-09 02:36:21.571587200 +0200
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /*
+ * @(#)WinNTFileSystem.java	1.9 04/03/20
+ *
  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
- */
-
-/*
- * @(#)WinNTFileSystem.java	1.9 04/03/20
+ *
+ * Contributors: Ulf Zibis, Germany, mailto:###@###.###
  */
 
 package java.io;
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
     public native int getBooleanAttributes(File f);
     public native boolean checkAccess(File f, boolean write);
+    public native long getCreatedTime(File f);
+    public native long getLastAccessedTime(File f);
     public native long getLastModifiedTime(File f);
     public native long getLength(File f);
 
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@
     public native String[] list(File f);
     public native boolean createDirectory(File f);
     protected native boolean rename0(File f1, File f2);
+    public native boolean setCreatedTime(File f, long time);
+    public native boolean setLastAccessedTime(File f, long time);
     public native boolean setLastModifiedTime(File f, long time);
     public native boolean setReadOnly(File f);
     protected native String getDriveDirectory(int drive);


--- G:\jdk6.0 ea ausgepackt\src-b41\j2se\src\solaris\classes\java\io\UnixFileSystem.java	2005-08-04 21:56:46.000000000 +0200
+++ ..\src\solaris\classes\java\io\UnixFileSystem.java	2005-08-09 02:37:57.219121600 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
+ *
+ * Contributors: Ulf Zibis, Germany, mailto:###@###.###
  */
 
 package java.io;
@@ -232,6 +234,9 @@
     }
 
     public native boolean checkAccess(File f, boolean write);
+
+    public native long getCreatedTime(File f);
+    public native long getLastAccessedTime(File f);
     public native long getLastModifiedTime(File f);
     public native long getLength(File f);
 
@@ -265,6 +270,12 @@
         return rename0(f1, f2);
     }
     private native boolean rename0(File f1, File f2);
+
+    //public native boolean setCreatedTime(File f, long time); // TODO by UNIX experts
+    public boolean setCreatedTime(File f, long time) {
+      return false; // Not available for UNIX systems ? (Ulf Zibis)
+    }
+    public native boolean setLastAccessedTime(File f, long time);
     public native boolean setLastModifiedTime(File f, long time);
     public native boolean setReadOnly(File f);
 

--- G:\jdk6.0 ea ausgepackt\src-b41\j2se\src\windows\native\java\io\Win32FileSystem_md.c	2005-08-02 20:28:36.000000000 +0200
+++ ..\src\windows\native\java\io\Win32FileSystem_md.c	2005-08-09 02:51:55.594646400 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
+ *
+ * Contributors: Ulf Zibis, Germany, mailto:###@###.###
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -134,24 +136,62 @@
 }
 
 
+jlong
+javaTime(FILETIME t)
+{
+    LARGE_INTEGER time;
+	time.LowPart = (DWORD) t.dwLowDateTime;
+	time.HighPart = (LONG) t.dwHighDateTime;
+	return (jlong) time.QuadPart / 10000 - 11644473600000;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+Java_java_io_Win32FileSystem_getCreatedTime(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
+						 jobject file)
+{
+    jlong rv = 0;
+    WITH_NATIVE_PATH(env, file, ids.path, path) {
+		/* Win95, Win98, WinME */
+		WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
+		HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(path, &fd);
+		if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+			FindClose(h);
+			rv = javaTime(fd.ftCreationTime);
+		}
+    } END_NATIVE_PATH(env, path);
+    return rv;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+Java_java_io_Win32FileSystem_getLastAccessedTime(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
+						 jobject file)
+{
+    jlong rv = 0;
+    WITH_NATIVE_PATH(env, file, ids.path, path) {
+		/* Win95, Win98, WinME */
+		WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
+		HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(path, &fd);
+		if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+			FindClose(h);
+			rv = javaTime(fd.ftLastAccessTime);
+		}
+    } END_NATIVE_PATH(env, path);
+    return rv;
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
 Java_java_io_Win32FileSystem_getLastModifiedTime(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
 						 jobject file)
 {
     jlong rv = 0;
     WITH_NATIVE_PATH(env, file, ids.path, path) {
-    /* Win95, Win98, WinME */
-    WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
-    jlong temp = 0;
-    LARGE_INTEGER modTime;
-    HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(path, &fd);
-    if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        FindClose(h);
-        modTime.LowPart = (DWORD) fd.ftLastWriteTime.dwLowDateTime;
-        modTime.HighPart = (LONG) fd.ftLastWriteTime.dwHighDateTime;
-        rv = modTime.QuadPart / 10000;
-        rv -= 11644473600000;
-    }
+		/* Win95, Win98, WinME */
+		WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
+		HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(path, &fd);
+		if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+			FindClose(h);
+			rv = javaTime(fd.ftLastWriteTime);
+		}
     } END_NATIVE_PATH(env, path);
     return rv;
 }
@@ -328,6 +368,61 @@
 }
 
 
+HANDLE
+createSetFileTimeHandle()
+{
+    return CreateFileW(path, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+		           FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0);
+}
+
+FILETIME
+j2FileTime(jlong time)
+{
+	FILETIME t;
+	((LARGE_INTEGER)time).QuadPart = (time + 11644473600000L) * 10000L;
+	t.dwLowDateTime = (DWORD)((LARGE_INTEGER)time).LowPart;
+	t.dwHighDateTime = (DWORD)((LARGE_INTEGER)time).HighPart;
+	return t;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_java_io_Win32FileSystem_setCreatedTime(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
+						 jobject file, jlong time)
+{
+    jboolean rv = JNI_FALSE;
+
+    WITH_NATIVE_PATH(env, file, ids.path, path) {
+		HANDLE h = createSetFileTimeHandle();
+		if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+			FILETIME t = j2FileTime(time);
+			if (SetFileTime(h, &t, NULL, NULL))
+				rv = JNI_TRUE;
+			CloseHandle(h);
+		}
+    } END_NATIVE_PATH(env, path);
+
+    return rv;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_java_io_Win32FileSystem_setLastAccessedTime(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
+						 jobject file, jlong time)
+{
+    jboolean rv = JNI_FALSE;
+
+    WITH_NATIVE_PATH(env, file, ids.path, path) {
+		HANDLE h = createSetFileTimeHandle();
+		if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+			FILETIME t = j2FileTime(time);
+			if (SetFileTime(h, NULL, &t, NULL))
+				rv = JNI_TRUE;
+			CloseHandle(h);
+		}
+    } END_NATIVE_PATH(env, path);
+
+    return rv;
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 Java_java_io_Win32FileSystem_setLastModifiedTime(JNIEnv *env, jobject this,
 						 jobject file, jlong time)
@@ -335,20 +430,13 @@
     jboolean rv = JNI_FALSE;
 
     WITH_NATIVE_PATH(env, file, ids.path, path) {
-	HANDLE h;
-	h = CreateFile(path, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
-		       FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0);
-	if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-	    LARGE_INTEGER modTime;
-	    FILETIME t;
-	    modTime.QuadPart = (time + 11644473600000L) * 10000L;
-	    t.dwLowDateTime = (DWORD)modTime.LowPart;
-	    t.dwHighDateTime = (DWORD)modTime.HighPart;
-	    if (SetFileTime(h, NULL, NULL, &t)) {
-		rv = JNI_TRUE;
-	    }
-