com.google.code.play2.watcher.api

Interface FileWatchService

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFileWatchService

public interface FileWatchService

A service that can watch files.

Author:

Grzegorz Slowikowski

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	initialize(FileWatchLogger log) Initializes watch service
FileWatcher	watch(List<File> filesToWatch, FileWatchCallback onChange) Watch the given sequence of files or directories.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(FileWatchLogger log)
         throws FileWatchException

Initializes watch service

Parameters:

log - logger

Throws:

FileWatchException - when initialization fails

watch

FileWatcher watch(List<File> filesToWatch,
                  FileWatchCallback onChange)
           throws FileWatchException

Watch the given sequence of files or directories.

Parameters:

filesToWatch - The files to watch.

onChange - A callback that is executed whenever something changes.

Returns:

A watcher

Throws:

FileWatchException - when unexpected problems occur