Java Directory Watcher

Watch and receive notifications on filesystem changes using Java 7 NIO's WatchService

License	DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
GroupId	com.darylteo
ArtifactId	directorywatcher
Last Version	1.1.0
Release Date	Jun 23, 2013
Type	jar
Description	Java Directory Watcher Watch and receive notifications on filesystem changes using Java 7 NIO's WatchService
Project URL	http://github.com/darylteo/directorywatcher
Source Code Management	http://github.com/darylteo/directorywatcher

Download directorywatcher

Filename	Size
directorywatcher-1.1.0.pom
directorywatcher-1.1.0.jar	10 KB
directorywatcher-1.1.0-sources.jar	4 KB
directorywatcher-1.1.0-javadoc.jar	38 KB

How to add to project

Apache Maven

<!-- https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/com.darylteo/directorywatcher/ -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.darylteo</groupId>
    <artifactId>directorywatcher</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Gradle Groovy

// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/com.darylteo/directorywatcher/
implementation 'com.darylteo:directorywatcher:1.1.0'

Gradle Kotlin

// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/com.darylteo/directorywatcher/
implementation ("com.darylteo:directorywatcher:1.1.0")

Apache Buildr

'com.darylteo:directorywatcher:jar:1.1.0'

Apache Ivy

<dependency org="com.darylteo" name="directorywatcher" rev="1.1.0">
  <artifact name="directorywatcher" type="jar" />
</dependency>

Groovy Grape

@Grapes(
@Grab(group='com.darylteo', module='directorywatcher', version='1.1.0')
)

Scala SBT

libraryDependencies += "com.darylteo" % "directorywatcher" % "1.1.0"

Leiningen

[com.darylteo/directorywatcher "1.1.0"]

Dependencies

test (1)

Group / Artifact	Type	Version
junit : junit	jar	4.+

Project Modules

There are no modules declared in this project.

Directory Watcher for Java 7

Watches for changes in files and folders recursively. Features Ant style filtering patterns.

Distribution

Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.darylteo</groupId>
  <artifactId>directory-watcher</artifactId>
  <version>1.2.0</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

dependencies {
  compile 'com.darylteo~directory-watcher~1.2.0'
}

Example

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get Watcher
    ThreadPoolDirectoryWatchService factory = new ThreadPoolDirectoryWatchService(); // or PollingDirectoryWatchService
    DirectoryWatcher watcher = factory.newWatcher("");
    
    // Configure 
    watcher.include("src/**");
    watcher.exclude("bin");
    watcher.exclude("build");
    watcher.exclude("bin/**");
    watcher.exclude("build/**");
    
    // Subscribe
    watcher.subscribe(new DirectoryChangedSubscriber() {
      public void directoryChanged(DirectoryWatcher watcher, Path path) {
        System.out.println("Something changed! " + path.toString());
      }
    });
    
    // Cleanup
    factory.close();
  }
}

Documentation

Javadoc

Versions

Version
1.1.0 Jun 23, 2013
1.0.1 Jun 22, 2013
1.0.0 Jun 22, 2013