Package com.vaadin.base.devserver

Class FileWatcher

java.lang.Object

com.vaadin.base.devserver.FileWatcher

public class FileWatcher
extends Object

Watches for the file or sub-directory changes in the given directory.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileWatcher(SerializableConsumer<File> onChangeConsumer, File watchDirectory)	Creates an instance of the file watcher for the given directory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	start()	Starts the file watching.
void	stop()	Stops the file watching.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

FileWatcher

public FileWatcher(SerializableConsumer<File> onChangeConsumer,
 File watchDirectory)
            throws IOException

Creates an instance of the file watcher for the given directory.

Reports the changed file or directory as a File instance to the provided consumer.

Watches the files create/delete and directory create/delete events.

Parameters:

onChangeConsumer - to be called when any change detected

watchDirectory - the directory to watch for changes, cannot be empty

Throws:

IOException

Method Details

start

public void start()

Starts the file watching.

stop

public void stop()
          throws IOException

Stops the file watching.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during stop