When I'm trying to register a file instead of a directory java.nio.file.NotDirectoryException
is thrown. Can I listen for a single file change, not the whole directory?
Just filter the events for the file you want in the directory:
final Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(System.getProperty("user.home"), "Desktop");
System.out.println(path);
try (final WatchService watchService = FileSystems.getDefault().newWatchService()) {
final WatchKey watchKey = path.register(watchService, StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_MODIFY);
while (true) {
final WatchKey wk = watchService.take();
for (WatchEvent<?> event : wk.pollEvents()) {
//we only register "ENTRY_MODIFY" so the context is always a Path.
final Path changed = (Path) event.context();
System.out.println(changed);
if (changed.endsWith("myFile.txt")) {
System.out.println("My file has changed");
}
}
// reset the key
boolean valid = wk.reset();
if (!valid) {
System.out.println("Key has been unregisterede");
}
}
}
Here we check whether the changed file is "myFile.txt", if it is then do whatever.