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Niall Pemberton updated IO-132:
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Attachment: (was: AbstractFileObserverTestCase.java)
> File Listener/Monitor
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> Key: IO-132
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-132
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Niall Pemberton
> Assignee: Niall Pemberton
> Fix For: 2.x
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> Commons JCI has a "fam" (file alteration monitor) module[1] which provides a
> listener for file and directory create/change/delete events. I have done some
> work refactoring the JCI implementation and propose adding to to Commons IO.
> There is already an existing request/propsal to add similar functionality in
> IO-79 from Jim Harrington (which includes code).
> There are IMO two main differences (IMO improvements) in this implementation
> over exsiting JCI fam module:
> 1) It uses a matching array technique to compare previous and current
> directory contents which minimizes object creation
> 2) FileFilters can be specified to monitor only portions of the file system,
> ignoring files/directories of no interest. This is more efficient and reduces
> the amount of noise from un-wanted file/directory events
> From a quick look at IO-79, the above also applies to that proposal.
> Additionally IMO the solution in IO-79 would benefit from been broken out
> from the two DirectoryPoller and FilePoller artifacts.
> There are also some changes to the API specified in JCI's fam:
> 1) FileObserver (FilesystemAlterationObserver in fam) has additional init()
> and destroy() methods
> 2) FileMonitor (FilesystemAlterationMonitor in fam) has
> addObserver/removeObserver methods rather than addListener/removeListener
> methods. The issue (IMO) with fam is that the monitor is fixed to the
> FilesystemAlterationObserverImpl implementation, rather than any
> FilesystemAlterationObserver implementation. Also the ability to specify file
> filters means that there is a need to be able to add more than one observer
> for the same root directory.
> [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/jci/trunk/fam/
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