Hello, Our application monitors multiple folders for new files to import. Once a new file is detected, it is moved to a working folder where it is processed and then moved to an archive folder. Files are never updated, and ones that are deleted before processing are skipped. The current implementation has the folders on the same server as the application. We are using Java's WatchService to do the monitoring. For security reasons, we have to move to a new design where the folders will be on a different server. My understanding is that WatchService will not work well for this. I am evaluating FileAlterationMonitor as an alternative. I have several questions. Is there additional documentation I can reference? If the folder being monitored is on a mapped network drive and the connection is lost, what happens? Can the monitor detect files that already exist when it starts? It is also important that the files remain in the order they were created to be imported.
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