com.teamdev.filewatch
Class FileEvent

java.lang.Object
  java.util.EventObject
      com.teamdev.filewatch.FileEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileEvent.Added, FileEvent.Changed, FileEvent.Deleted, FileEvent.Renamed

public abstract class FileEvent
extends java.util.EventObject

Class that represents a file system event.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class	FileEvent.Added The event for a new file.
static class	FileEvent.Changed The event for a changed file.
static class	FileEvent.Deleted The event for a deleted file.
static class	FileEvent.Moved Artificial event that represents add-delete event pair for the file reallocated from one folder to another.
static class	FileEvent.Renamed The event for a renamed file.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

FileEvent(FileWatcher source, java.io.File file)
Constructs a new event ocurred to the file

Method Summary

protected abstract void	dispatch(FileEventsListener listener) Implementing events should call an appropriate method of the listener passing itself as a parameter of the corresponding listener's method.
long	getEventId() Returns event id of this event if supported by filesystem
java.io.File	getFile() Returns file of this event.
protected java.lang.String	getNativeKind()
void	setEventId(long eventId)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileEvent

public FileEvent(FileWatcher source,
                 java.io.File file)

Constructs a new event ocurred to the file

Parameters:

source - the watcher object that originated the event

file - the file for which the event ocurred. Never null.

Method Detail

getFile

public java.io.File getFile()

Returns file of this event.

Returns:

file

getEventId

public long getEventId()

Returns event id of this event if supported by filesystem

Returns:

file

setEventId

public void setEventId(long eventId)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.util.EventObject

getNativeKind

protected java.lang.String getNativeKind()

dispatch

protected abstract void dispatch(FileEventsListener listener)

Implementing events should call an appropriate method of the listener passing itself as a parameter of the corresponding listener's method.

Parameters:

listener - a listener to notify.