Package io.github.qishr.cascara.common.io.filewatcher

Class FileWatcher

java.lang.Object
io.github.qishr.cascara.common.io.filewatcher.FileWatcher

public class FileWatcher

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
FileWatcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
public void	watchFile(Path path, Runnable onEvent)	Simple delegate, as true file-specific watching is complicated.
public void	watchDirectory(Path path, Runnable onEvent)	Watch a specific directory and run onEvent when any event occurs.
public void	watchDirectory(Path path, FileChangeHandler handler)	Watch a specific directory and receive granular event details via a callback.
public void	watchDirectory(Path path, FileChangeHandler handler, String[] extensions)
public void	watchDirectoryRecursively(Path path, Runnable onEvent)	Watch a specific directory and all subdirectories, and run onEvent when any event occurs.
public void	resumeWatching()	Start watching for file changes.
public void	pauseWatching()	Stop watching for file changes until `resumeWatching()` is called.
public void	clear()	Stop watching all currently watched files and directories.
public static void	clearAll()	Clears all file watchers globally

Method Details

watchFile

public void watchFile(Path path, Runnable onEvent)

Simple delegate, as true file-specific watching is complicated.

Throws:

IOException

watchDirectory

public void watchDirectory(Path path, Runnable onEvent)

Watch a specific directory and run onEvent when any event occurs.

Throws:

IOException

watchDirectory

public void watchDirectory(Path path, FileChangeHandler handler)

Watch a specific directory and receive granular event details via a callback.

Throws:

IOException

watchDirectory

public void watchDirectory(Path path, FileChangeHandler handler, String[] extensions)

Throws:

IOException

watchDirectoryRecursively

public void watchDirectoryRecursively(Path path, Runnable onEvent)

Watch a specific directory and all subdirectories, and run onEvent when any event occurs.This registers the current tree and dynamically registers new subdirectories.

Throws:

IOException

resumeWatching

public void resumeWatching()

Start watching for file changes.

pauseWatching

public void pauseWatching()

Stop watching for file changes until resumeWatching() is called.

clear

public void clear()

Stop watching all currently watched files and directories.

clearAll

public static void clearAll()

Clears all file watchers globally