jfilewatcher

jfilewatcher is 100% java file watcher service to monitor files and folders - with file name patterns.

It polls file system to identify new, modified and deleted files. It keeps track all such changes and returns a new event context object when you ask for changes.

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Features

Global file lock to prevent mutliple file watchers watching same folder
Specify multiple file name patterns for same folder
Java 7 style single queue to get matching files
Caches file timestamps to prevent duplicates notifications
Notifications for NEW, DELETED and MODIFIED files
Uses plain old Runnable objects and java threads

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Eclipse Public License

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Additional Project Details

Intended Audience

Developers

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

Java

Related Categories

Java Software Development Software, Java Folder Lock Software

Registered

2011-06-09

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