README.md

File-Watcher-Service

File Watcher Service, that monitors the file system and notify the listeners.

Maven artifact details:

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.varra4u/file-watcher-service -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.varra4u</groupId>
    <artifactId>file-watcher-service</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

To use this, just a single statement, you will start getting the notifications!

It provides a very flexible and convenient interface to monitor the file system:

log.info("Started the job directory watcher service, monitoring: {}", getRootJobDirPath());
FileWatcher watcher = FileWatcher.builder().interval(monitoringInterval)
         .initialScanNotificationRequired(false)
         .build()
         .registerListener(this::validateAndProcess, getRootJobDirPath().toString())
         .start();

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watcher.shutdown();