com.phloc.commons.io.monitor

Class FileMonitor

java.lang.Object

com.phloc.commons.io.monitor.FileMonitor

public class FileMonitor
extends Object

A polling file monitor implementation. Use FileMonitorManager.createFileMonitor(IFileListener) to use this class effectively. All files that have the same callback (IFileListener) can be encapsulated in the same FileMonitor.

Author:

Philip Helger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileMonitor(IFileListener aListener)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
EChange	addMonitoredFile(File aFile) Adds a file to be monitored.
boolean	isRecursive() Access method to get the recursive setting when adding files for monitoring.
EChange	removeMonitoredFile(File aFile) Removes a file from being monitored.
FileMonitor	setRecursive(boolean bRecursive) Access method to set the recursive setting when adding files for monitoring.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FileMonitor

public FileMonitor(@Nonnull
           IFileListener aListener)

Method Detail

isRecursive

public boolean isRecursive()

Access method to get the recursive setting when adding files for monitoring.

Returns:

true if monitoring is enabled for children.

setRecursive

@Nonnull
public FileMonitor setRecursive(boolean bRecursive)

Access method to set the recursive setting when adding files for monitoring.

Parameters:

bRecursive - true if monitoring should be enabled for children.

Returns:

this

addMonitoredFile

@Nonnull
public EChange addMonitoredFile(@Nonnull
                               File aFile)

Adds a file to be monitored.

Parameters:

aFile - The File to monitor.

Returns:

EChange

removeMonitoredFile

@Nonnull
public EChange removeMonitoredFile(@Nonnull
                                  File aFile)

Removes a file from being monitored.

Parameters:

aFile - The File to remove from monitoring.

Returns:

EChange

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object