// // DirectoryWatcher.h // // $Id: //poco/1.4/Foundation/include/Poco/DirectoryWatcher.h#2 $ // // Library: Foundation // Package: Filesystem // Module: DirectoryWatcher // // Definition of the DirectoryWatcher class. // // Copyright (c) 2012, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH. // and Contributors. // // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0 // #ifndef Foundation_DirectoryWatcher_INCLUDED #define Foundation_DirectoryWatcher_INCLUDED #include "Poco/Foundation.h" #ifndef POCO_NO_INOTIFY #include "Poco/File.h" #include "Poco/BasicEvent.h" #include "Poco/Runnable.h" #include "Poco/Thread.h" #include "Poco/AtomicCounter.h" namespace Poco { class DirectoryWatcherStrategy; class Foundation_API DirectoryWatcher: protected Runnable /// This class is used to get notifications about changes /// to the filesystem, more specifically, to a specific /// directory. Changes to a directory are reported via /// events. /// /// A thread will be created that watches the specified /// directory for changes. Events are reported in the context /// of this thread. /// /// Note that changes to files in subdirectories of the watched /// directory are not reported. Separate DirectoryWatcher objects /// must be created for these directories if they should be watched. /// /// Changes to file attributes are not reported. /// /// On Windows, this class is implemented using FindFirstChangeNotification()/FindNextChangeNotification(). /// On Linux, this class is implemented using inotify. /// On FreeBSD and Darwin (Mac OS X, iOS), this class uses kevent/kqueue. /// On all other platforms, the watched directory is periodically scanned /// for changes. This can negatively affect performance if done too often. /// Therefore, the interval in which scans are done can be specified in /// the constructor. Note that periodic scanning will also be done on FreeBSD /// and Darwin if events for changes to files (DW_ITEM_MODIFIED) are enabled. /// /// DW_ITEM_MOVED_FROM and DW_ITEM_MOVED_TO events will only be reported /// on Linux. On other platforms, a file rename or move operation /// will be reported via a DW_ITEM_REMOVED and a DW_ITEM_ADDED event. /// The order of these two events is not defined. /// /// An event mask can be specified to enable only certain events. { public: enum DirectoryEventType { DW_ITEM_ADDED = 1, /// A new item has been created and added to the directory. DW_ITEM_REMOVED = 2, /// An item has been removed from the directory. DW_ITEM_MODIFIED = 4, /// An item has been modified. DW_ITEM_MOVED_FROM = 8, /// An item has been renamed or moved. This event delivers the old name. DW_ITEM_MOVED_TO = 16 /// An item has been renamed or moved. This event delivers the new name. }; enum DirectoryEventMask { DW_FILTER_ENABLE_ALL = 31, /// Enables all event types. DW_FILTER_DISABLE_ALL = 0 /// Disables all event types. }; enum { DW_DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL = 5 /// Default scan interval for platforms that don't provide a native notification mechanism. }; struct DirectoryEvent { DirectoryEvent(const File& f, DirectoryEventType ev): item(f), event(ev) { } const File& item; /// The directory or file that has been changed. DirectoryEventType event; /// The kind of event. }; BasicEvent itemAdded; /// Fired when a file or directory has been created or added to the directory. BasicEvent itemRemoved; /// Fired when a file or directory has been removed from the directory. BasicEvent itemModified; /// Fired when a file or directory has been modified. BasicEvent itemMovedFrom; /// Fired when a file or directory has been renamed. This event delivers the old name. BasicEvent itemMovedTo; /// Fired when a file or directory has been moved. This event delivers the new name. BasicEvent scanError; /// Fired when an error occurs while scanning for changes. DirectoryWatcher(const std::string& path, int eventMask = DW_FILTER_ENABLE_ALL, int scanInterval = DW_DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL); /// Creates a DirectoryWatcher for the directory given in path. /// To enable only specific events, an eventMask can be specified by /// OR-ing the desired event IDs (e.g., DW_ITEM_ADDED | DW_ITEM_MODIFIED). /// On platforms where no native filesystem notifications are available, /// scanInterval specifies the interval in seconds between scans /// of the directory. DirectoryWatcher(const File& directory, int eventMask = DW_FILTER_ENABLE_ALL, int scanInterval = DW_DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL); /// Creates a DirectoryWatcher for the specified directory /// To enable only specific events, an eventMask can be specified by /// OR-ing the desired event IDs (e.g., DW_ITEM_ADDED | DW_ITEM_MODIFIED). /// On platforms where no native filesystem notifications are available, /// scanInterval specifies the interval in seconds between scans /// of the directory. ~DirectoryWatcher(); /// Destroys the DirectoryWatcher. void suspendEvents(); /// Suspends sending of events. Can be called multiple times, but every /// call to suspendEvent() must be matched by a call to resumeEvents(). void resumeEvents(); /// Resumes events, after they have been suspended with a call to suspendEvents(). bool eventsSuspended() const; /// Returns true iff events are suspended. int eventMask() const; /// Returns the value of the eventMask passed to the constructor. int scanInterval() const; /// Returns the scan interval in seconds. const File& directory() const; /// Returns the directory being watched. bool supportsMoveEvents() const; /// Returns true iff the platform supports DW_ITEM_MOVED_FROM/itemMovedFrom and /// DW_ITEM_MOVED_TO/itemMovedTo events. protected: void init(); void stop(); void run(); private: DirectoryWatcher(); DirectoryWatcher(const DirectoryWatcher&); DirectoryWatcher& operator = (const DirectoryWatcher&); Thread _thread; File _directory; int _eventMask; AtomicCounter _eventsSuspended; int _scanInterval; DirectoryWatcherStrategy* _pStrategy; }; // // inlines // inline bool DirectoryWatcher::eventsSuspended() const { return _eventsSuspended.value() > 0; } inline int DirectoryWatcher::eventMask() const { return _eventMask; } inline int DirectoryWatcher::scanInterval() const { return _scanInterval; } inline const File& DirectoryWatcher::directory() const { return _directory; } } // namespace Poco #endif // POCO_NO_INOTIFY #endif // Foundation_DirectoryWatcher_INCLUDED