How do I programmatically change file permissions?

Question

In Java, I\'m dynamically creating a set of files and I\'d like to change the file permissions on these files on a linux/unix file system. I\'d like to be able to execute t

Answer 1

for Oralce Java 6:

private static int chmod(String filename, int mode) {
    try {
        Class fspClass = Class.forName("java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences");
        Method chmodMethod = fspClass.getDeclaredMethod("chmod", String.class, Integer.TYPE);
        chmodMethod.setAccessible(true);
        return (Integer)chmodMethod.invoke(null, filename, mode);
    } catch (Throwable ex) {
        return -1;
    }
}

works under solaris/linux.