public abstract <V extends FileAttributeView> V getFileAttributeView (Path path, Class<V> type, LinkOption… options)

Returns a file attribute view of a given type. This method works in exactly the manner specified by the Files.getFileAttributeView method.

Parameters:
<V>     The FileAttributeView type
path     the path to the file
type     the Class object corresponding to the file attribute view
options     options indicating how symbolic links are handled

Returns:  a file attribute view of the specified type, or null if the attribute view type is not available