org.mortbay.util
Class Scanner

java.lang.Object
  org.mortbay.util.Scanner

public class Scanner
extends Object

Scanner Utility for scanning a directory for added, removed and changed files and reporting these events via registered Listeners. TODO AbstractLifeCycle

Nested Class Summary

static interface	Scanner.BulkListener
static interface	Scanner.DiscreteListener
static interface	Scanner.Listener Listener Marker for notifications re file changes.

Constructor Summary

Scanner()

Method Summary

void	addListener(Scanner.Listener listener) Add an added/removed/changed listener
FilenameFilter	getFilenameFilter() Get any filter applied to files in the scan dir.
File	getScanDir() Deprecated. use getScanDirs() instead
List	getScanDirs()
int	getScanInterval() Get the scan interval
void	removeListener(Scanner.Listener listener) Remove a registered listener
void	reportDifferences(Map currentScan, Map oldScan) Report the adds/changes/removes to the registered listeners
void	scan() Perform a pass of the scanner and report changes
Map	scanFiles() Recursively scan all files in the designated directories.
void	setFilenameFilter(FilenameFilter filter) Apply a filter to files found in the scan directory.
void	setReportExistingFilesOnStartup(boolean reportExisting) Whether or not an initial scan will report all files as being added.
void	setScanDir(File dir) Deprecated. use setScanDirs(List dirs) instead
void	setScanDirs(List dirs)
void	setScanInterval(int scanInterval) Set the scan interval
void	start() Start the scanning action.
void	stop() Stop the scanning.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Scanner

public Scanner()

Method Detail

getScanInterval

public int getScanInterval()

Get the scan interval

Returns:

interval between scans in seconds

setScanInterval

public void setScanInterval(int scanInterval)

Set the scan interval

Parameters:

scanInterval - pause between scans in seconds

setScanDir

public void setScanDir(File dir)

Deprecated. use setScanDirs(List dirs) instead

Set the location of the directory to scan.

Parameters:

dir -

getScanDir

public File getScanDir()

Deprecated. use getScanDirs() instead

Get the location of the directory to scan

Returns:

setScanDirs

public void setScanDirs(List dirs)

getScanDirs

public List getScanDirs()

setFilenameFilter

public void setFilenameFilter(FilenameFilter filter)

Apply a filter to files found in the scan directory. Only files matching the filter will be reported as added/changed/removed.

Parameters:

filter -

getFilenameFilter

public FilenameFilter getFilenameFilter()

Get any filter applied to files in the scan dir.

Returns:

setReportExistingFilesOnStartup

public void setReportExistingFilesOnStartup(boolean reportExisting)

Whether or not an initial scan will report all files as being added.

Parameters:

reportExisting - if true, all files found on initial scan will be reported as being added, otherwise not

addListener

public void addListener(Scanner.Listener listener)

Add an added/removed/changed listener

Parameters:

listener -

removeListener

public void removeListener(Scanner.Listener listener)

Remove a registered listener

Parameters:

listener - the Listener to be removed

start

public void start()

Start the scanning action.

stop

public void stop()

Stop the scanning.

scan

public void scan()

Perform a pass of the scanner and report changes

scanFiles

public Map scanFiles()

Recursively scan all files in the designated directories.

Returns:

Map of name of file to last modified time

reportDifferences

public void reportDifferences(Map currentScan,
                              Map oldScan)

Report the adds/changes/removes to the registered listeners

Parameters:

currentScan - the info from the most recent pass

oldScan - info from the previous pass