com.sun.jna.platform
Class FileMonitor

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.jna.platform.FileMonitor

Direct Known Subclasses:

W32FileMonitor

public abstract class FileMonitor
extends Object

Provides notification of file system changes. Actual capabilities may vary slightly by platform.

Watched files which are removed from the filesystem are no longer watched.

Author:

twall

FILE_CREATED

public static final int FILE_CREATED

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FILE_DELETED

public static final int FILE_DELETED

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FILE_MODIFIED

public static final int FILE_MODIFIED

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FILE_ACCESSED

public static final int FILE_ACCESSED

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FILE_NAME_CHANGED_OLD

public static final int FILE_NAME_CHANGED_OLD

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FILE_NAME_CHANGED_NEW

public static final int FILE_NAME_CHANGED_NEW

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FILE_RENAMED

public static final int FILE_RENAMED

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FILE_SIZE_CHANGED

public static final int FILE_SIZE_CHANGED

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FILE_ATTRIBUTES_CHANGED

public static final int FILE_ATTRIBUTES_CHANGED

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FILE_SECURITY_CHANGED

public static final int FILE_SECURITY_CHANGED

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FILE_ANY

public static final int FILE_ANY

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FileMonitor

public FileMonitor()

watch

protected abstract void watch(File file,
                              int mask,
                              boolean recursive)
                       throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

unwatch

protected abstract void unwatch(File file)

dispose

public abstract void dispose()

addWatch

public void addWatch(File dir)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

addWatch

public void addWatch(File dir,
                     int mask)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

addWatch

public void addWatch(File dir,
                     int mask,
                     boolean recursive)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

removeWatch

public void removeWatch(File file)

notify

protected void notify(FileMonitor.FileEvent e)

addFileListener

public void addFileListener(FileMonitor.FileListener listener)

removeFileListener

public void removeFileListener(FileMonitor.FileListener x)

finalize

protected void finalize()

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finalize in class Object

getInstance

public static FileMonitor getInstance()