org.codehaus.groovy.grails.compiler

Class DirectoryWatcher

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

org.codehaus.groovy.grails.compiler.DirectoryWatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class DirectoryWatcher
extends java.lang.Thread

Utility class to watch directories for changes.

Since:

2.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	DirectoryWatcher.FileChangeListener Interface for FileChangeListeners

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	SVN_DIR_NAME

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DirectoryWatcher() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addListener(DirectoryWatcher.FileChangeListener listener) Adds a file listener that can react to change events
void	addWatchDirectory(java.io.File dir) Adds a directory to watch for the given file.
void	addWatchDirectory(java.io.File dir, java.util.List<java.lang.String> fileExtensions) Adds a directory to watch for the given file and extensions.
void	addWatchDirectory(java.io.File dir, java.lang.String extension) Adds a directory to watch for the given file and extensions.
void	addWatchFile(java.io.File fileToWatch) Adds a file to the watch list
void	run()
void	setActive(boolean active) Sets whether to stop the directory watcher
void	setSleepTime(long sleepTime) Sets the amount of time to sleep between checks

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SVN_DIR_NAME

public static final java.lang.String SVN_DIR_NAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DirectoryWatcher

public DirectoryWatcher()

Constructor. Automatically selects the best means of watching for file system changes.

Method Detail

setActive

public void setActive(boolean active)

Sets whether to stop the directory watcher

Parameters:

active - False if you want to stop watching

setSleepTime

public void setSleepTime(long sleepTime)

Sets the amount of time to sleep between checks

Parameters:

sleepTime - The sleep time

addListener

public void addListener(DirectoryWatcher.FileChangeListener listener)

Adds a file listener that can react to change events

Parameters:

listener - The file listener

addWatchFile

public void addWatchFile(java.io.File fileToWatch)

Adds a file to the watch list

Parameters:

fileToWatch - The file to watch

addWatchDirectory

public void addWatchDirectory(java.io.File dir,
                              java.util.List<java.lang.String> fileExtensions)

Adds a directory to watch for the given file and extensions.

Parameters:

dir - The directory

fileExtensions - The extensions

addWatchDirectory

public void addWatchDirectory(java.io.File dir)

Adds a directory to watch for the given file. All files and subdirectories in the directory will be watched.

Parameters:

dir - The directory

addWatchDirectory

public void addWatchDirectory(java.io.File dir,
                              java.lang.String extension)

Adds a directory to watch for the given file and extensions.

Parameters:

dir - The directory

extension - The extension

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread