Class DefaultFileMonitor

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.vfs.impl.DefaultFileMonitor
All Implemented Interfaces:
Runnable, FileMonitor
public class DefaultFileMonitor extends Object implements Runnable, FileMonitor
A polling FileMonitor implementation.

The DefaultFileMonitor is a Thread based polling file system monitor with a 1 second delay.

Design:

There is a Map of monitors known as FileMonitorAgents. With the thread running, each FileMonitorAgent object is asked to "check" on the file it is responsible for. To do this check, the cache is cleared.

  • If the file existed before the refresh and it no longer exists, a delete event is fired.
  • If the file existed before the refresh and it still exists, check the last modified timestamp to see if that has changed.
  • If it has, fire a change event.

With each file delete, the FileMonitorAgent of the parent is asked to re-build its list of children, so that they can be accurately checked when there are new children.
New files are detected during each "check" as each file does a check for new children. If new children are found, create events are fired recursively if recursive descent is enabled.

For performance reasons, added a delay that increases as the number of files monitored increases. The default is a delay of 1 second for every 1000 files processed.


Example usage:

FileSystemManager fsManager = VFS.getManager();
FileObject listendir = fsManager.resolveFile("/home/username/monitored/");


DefaultFileMonitor fm = new DefaultFileMonitor(new CustomFileListener());
fm.setRecursive(true);
fm.addFile(listendir);
fm.start();
(where CustomFileListener is a class that implements the FileListener interface.)
Version:
$Revision: 484943 $ $Date: 2006-12-09 08:42:06 +0100 (Sat, 09 Dec 2006) $
Author:
Christopher Ottley

  • Constructor Details

    • DefaultFileMonitor

      public DefaultFileMonitor(FileListener listener)

  • Method Details

    • isRecursive

      public boolean isRecursive()
      Access method to get the recursive setting when adding files for monitoring.

    • setRecursive

      public void setRecursive(boolean newRecursive)
      Access method to set the recursive setting when adding files for monitoring.

    • addFile

      public void addFile(FileObject file)
      Adds a file to be monitored.
      Specified by:
      addFile in interface FileMonitor

    • removeFile

      public void removeFile(FileObject file)
      Removes a file from being monitored.
      Specified by:
      removeFile in interface FileMonitor

    • queueRemoveFile

      protected void queueRemoveFile(FileObject file)
      Queues a file for removal from being monitored.

    • getDelay

      public long getDelay()
      Get the delay between runs

    • setDelay

      public void setDelay(long delay)
      Set the delay between runs

    • getChecksPerRun

      public int getChecksPerRun()
      get the number of files to check per run

    • setChecksPerRun

      public void setChecksPerRun(int checksPerRun)
      set the number of files to check per run. a additional delay will be added if there are more files to check
      Parameters:
      checksPerRun - a value less than 1 will disable this feature

    • queueAddFile

      protected void queueAddFile(FileObject file)
      Queues a file for addition to be monitored.

    • start

      public void start()
      Starts monitoring the files that have been added.

    • stop

      public void stop()
      Stops monitoring the files that have been added.

    • run

      public void run()
      Asks the agent for each file being monitored to check its file for changes.
      Specified by:
      run in interface Runnable