(fs) Files.isWritable method returns false when the path is writable (win)

FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin>java -version
java version "1.7.0_05"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_05-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.1-b03, mixed mode)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The java.nio.file.Files.isWritable(path) method returns false when the path is writable by Java.

I wonder whether the Windows 7 default practice of giving Read-Execute access to users in the Users group, and Modify access to users in the Authenticated Users group might have contributed to this bug. However, this is just a hunch as I haven't tried to work through the source code (as I know that the Windows file access attributes are a bit messy).

The default access applying to the file used, which is inherited from the drive root is as described in the previous paragraph. The bug does not occur if I use Windows Explorer to specifically give Full Control access to a file for my userid. My userid is not part of the Administrators user group, but would belong to both the Users and Authenticated Users groups.



STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Please run the source code below.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
java.vm.name: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
java.vm.version: 23.1-b03
java.vm.vendor: Oracle Corporation
java.version: 1.7.0_05
java.vendor: Oracle Corporation
java.class.path: E:\work\niotests\build\classes
java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\CollabNet\Subversion Client;C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY;C:\Utils;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\13.0\DLLShared\;;.
java.ext.dirs: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\jre\lib\ext;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\lib\ext
os.name: Windows 7
os.arch: amd64
os.version: 6.1
user.name: desk3200id
user.dir: E:\work\niotests
user.home: C:\Users\desk3200id
Default FileSystem Provider: file
Absolute path of demo file: E:\work\niotests\demofile.txt
Result of deleteIfExists: true
Result of isWritable: true
Result of isWritable: true
Line read: First line of text
Line read: Second line of text

ACTUAL -
java.vm.name: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
java.vm.version: 23.1-b03
java.vm.vendor: Oracle Corporation
java.version: 1.7.0_05
java.vendor: Oracle Corporation
java.class.path: E:\work\niotests\build\classes
java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\CollabNet\Subversion Client;C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY;C:\Utils;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\13.0\DLLShared\;;.
java.ext.dirs: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\jre\lib\ext;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\lib\ext
os.name: Windows 7
os.arch: amd64
os.version: 6.1
user.name: desk3200id
user.dir: E:\work\niotests
user.home: C:\Users\desk3200id
Default FileSystem Provider: file
Absolute path of demo file: E:\work\niotests\demofile.txt
Result of deleteIfExists: true
Result of isWritable: false
Result of isWritable: false
Line read: First line of text
Line read: Second line of text


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
No crashes or error messages occurred.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
package com.rosebell.niotests;

//=====================================================================================================IsWritableBugDemo
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
import java.util.List;
class
  IsWritableBugDemo
  {
  final static String
    NL = System.getProperty("line.separator")
   ;
  //..............................................................................................................main
  public static void
    main(final String[] p_params)
    {
                                                                                //--------------------------------------
                                                                                //Show environment.
                                                                                //--------------------------------------
    System.err.println("java.vm.name: "+System.getProperty("java.vm.name"));
    System.err.println("java.vm.version: "+System.getProperty("java.vm.version"));
    System.err.println("java.vm.vendor: "+System.getProperty("java.vm.vendor"));
    System.err.println("java.version: "+System.getProperty("java.version"));
    System.err.println("java.vendor: "+System.getProperty("java.vendor"));
    System.err.println("java.class.path: "+System.getProperty("java.class.path"));
    System.err.println("java.library.path: "+System.getProperty("java.library.path"));
    System.err.println("java.ext.dirs: "+System.getProperty("java.ext.dirs"));
    System.err.println("os.name: "+System.getProperty("os.name"));
    System.err.println("os.arch: "+System.getProperty("os.arch"));
    System.err.println("os.version: "+System.getProperty("os.version"));
    System.err.println("user.name: "+System.getProperty("user.name"));
    System.err.println("user.dir: "+System.getProperty("user.dir"));
    System.err.println("user.home: "+System.getProperty("user.home"));
    System.err.println("Default FileSystem Provider: "+FileSystems.getDefault().provider().getScheme());

    final Path
      demoPath = Paths.get("demofile.txt")
     ;
    System.err.println("Absolute path of demo file: "+demoPath.toAbsolutePath().toString());
    try
      {
      System.err.println("Result of deleteIfExists: "+Files.deleteIfExists(demoPath));

      OutputStream
        demoOutputStream = Files.newOutputStream(demoPath)
       ;
      demoOutputStream.write(("First line of text"+NL).getBytes());
      demoOutputStream.close();

      System.err.println("Result of isWritable: "+Files.isWritable(demoPath));
      demoOutputStream = Files.newOutputStream(demoPath
                                              ,StandardOpenOption.APPEND
                                              );
      demoOutputStream.write(("Second line of text"+NL).getBytes());
      demoOutputStream.close();

      System.err.println("Result of isWritable: "+Files.isWritable(demoPath));

      final List<String>
        linesRead = Files.readAllLines(demoPath
                                      ,Charset.defaultCharset()
                                      );
      for (String line : linesRead)
        {
        System.err.println("Line read: "+line);
        } // for line
      }
    catch (IOException e)
      {
      System.err.println("IOException occurred: ");
      e.printStackTrace(System.err);
      }
    } // main method
  //..................................................................................................................
  } // IsWritableBugDemo class
//======================================================================================================================

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
I have just commented out calls to this isWritable method.

I do appreciate that you have added these java.nio.file.Files methods, as those provided by java.io.File look only at the DOS file attributes and are well out-of-date.