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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: wx/fswatcher.h
3// Purpose: wxFileSystemWatcher
4// Author: Bartosz Bekier
5// Created: 2009-05-23
6// RCS-ID: $Id$
7// Copyright: (c) 2009 Bartosz Bekier <bartosz.bekier@gmail.com>
8// Licence: wxWindows licence
9/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10
11/**
12 @class wxFileSystemWatcher
13
14 The wxFileSystemWatcher class allows to receive notifications of file
15 system changes.
16
17 @note Implementation limitations: this class is currently implemented for
18 MSW, OS X and GTK ports but doesn't detect all changes correctly
19 everywhere: under MSW accessing the file is not detected (only
20 modifying it is) and under OS X neither accessing nor modifying is
21 detected (only creating and deleting files is). Moreover, OS X
22 version doesn't currently collapse pairs of create/delete events in a
23 rename event, unlike the other ones.
24
25 For the full list of change types that are reported see wxFSWFlags.
26
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27 This class notifies the application about the file system changes by
28 sending events of wxFileSystemWatcherEvent class. By default these events
29 are sent to the wxFileSystemWatcher object itself so you can derive from it
30 and use the event table @c EVT_FSWATCHER macro to handle these events in a
31 derived class method. Alternatively, you can use
32 wxFileSystemWatcher::SetOwner() to send the events to another object. Or
33 you could use wxEvtHandler::Connect() with @c wxEVT_FSWATCHER to handle
34 these events in any other object. See the fswatcher sample for an example
35 of the latter approach.
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36
37 @library{wxbase}
38 @category{file}
39
40 @since 2.9.1
41 */
42class wxFileSystemWatcher: public wxEvtHandler
43{
44public:
45 /**
2b6259fe 46 Default constructor.
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47 */
48 wxFileSystemWatcher();
49
50 /**
51 Destructor. Stops all paths from being watched and frees any system
52 resources used by this file system watcher object.
53 */
54 virtual ~wxFileSystemWatcher();
55
56 /**
2b6259fe 57 Adds @a path to currently watched files.
6b8ef0b3 58
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59 The @a path argument can currently only be a directory and any changes
60 to this directory itself or its immediate children will generate the
61 events. Use AddTree() to monitor the directory recursively.
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63 @param path
64 The name of the path to watch.
65 @param events
66 An optional filter to receive only events of particular types.
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67 */
68 virtual bool Add(const wxFileName& path, int events = wxFSW_EVENT_ALL);
69
70 /**
71 This is the same as Add(), but recursively adds every file/directory in
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72 the tree rooted at @a path.
73
74 Additionally a file mask can be specified to include only files
75 matching that particular mask.
76
77 This method is implemented efficiently under MSW but shouldn't be used
78 for the directories with a lot of children (such as e.g. the root
79 directory) under the other platforms as it calls Add() there for each
80 subdirectory potentially creating a lot of watches and taking a long
81 time to execute.
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82 */
83 virtual bool AddTree(const wxFileName& path, int events = wxFSW_EVENT_ALL,
293a6aaf 84 const wxString& filter = wxEmptyString);
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85
86 /**
87 Removes @a path from the list of watched paths.
88 */
89 virtual bool Remove(const wxFileName& path);
90
91 /**
92 Same as Remove(), but also removes every file/directory belonging to
93 the tree rooted at @a path.
94 */
95 virtual bool RemoveTree(const wxFileName& path);
96
97 /**
98 Clears the list of currently watched paths.
99 */
100 virtual bool RemoveAll();
101
102 /**
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103 Returns the number of currently watched paths.
104
105 @see GetWatchedPaths()
6b8ef0b3 106 */
c6eea7ff 107 int GetWatchedPathsCount() const;
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108
109 /**
110 Retrieves all watched paths and places them in @a paths. Returns
111 the number of watched paths, which is also the number of entries added
112 to @a paths.
113 */
114 int GetWatchedPaths(wxArrayString* paths) const;
115
116 /**
117 Associates the file system watcher with the given @a handler object.
118
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119 All the events generated by this object will be passed to the specified
120 owner.
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121 */
122 void SetOwner(wxEvtHandler* handler);
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123};
124
125
126
127/**
128 @class wxFileSystemWatcherEvent
129
130 A class of events sent when a file system event occurs. Types of events
d13b34d3 131 reported may vary depending on a platform, however all platforms report
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132 at least creation of new file/directory and access, modification, move
133 (rename) or deletion of an existing one.
134
135 @library{wxcore}
136 @category{events}
137
138 @see wxFileSystemWatcher
139 @see @ref overview_events
140
141 @since 2.9.1
142*/
143class wxFileSystemWatcherEvent : public wxEvent
144{
145public:
146 /**
147 Returns the path at which the event occurred.
148 */
149 const wxFileName& GetPath() const;
150
151 /**
152 Returns the new path of the renamed file/directory if this is a rename
153 event.
154
155 Otherwise it returns the same path as GetPath().
156 */
157 const wxFileName& GetNewPath() const;
158
159 /**
160 Returns the type of file system change that occurred. See wxFSWFlags for
161 the list of possible file system change types.
162 */
163 int GetChangeType() const;
164
165 /**
166 Returns @c true if this error is an error event
167
168 Error event is an event generated when a warning or error condition
169 arises.
170 */
171 bool IsError() const;
172
173 /**
174 Return a description of the warning or error if this is an error event.
175 */
176 wxString GetErrorDescription() const;
177
178 /**
179 Returns a wxString describing an event, useful for logging, debugging
180 or testing.
181 */
182 wxString ToString() const;
183};
184
185
186/**
187 These are the possible types of file system change events.
188 All of these events are reported on all supported platforms.
189
190 @since 2.9.1
191 */
192enum wxFSWFlags
193{
194 wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE = 0x01, ///< File or directory was created
195 wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE = 0x02, ///< File or directory was deleted
196 wxFSW_EVENT_RENAME = 0x04, ///< File or directory was renamed
197 wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY = 0x08, ///< File or directory was modified
198 wxFSW_EVENT_ACCESS = 0x10, ///< File or directory was accessed
199
200 wxFSW_EVENT_WARNING = 0x20, ///< A warning condition arose.
201 wxFSW_EVENT_ERROR = 0x40, ///< An error condition arose.
202
203 wxFSW_EVENT_ALL = wxFSW_EVENT_CREATE | wxFSW_EVENT_DELETE |
204 wxFSW_EVENT_RENAME | wxFSW_EVENT_MODIFY |
205 wxFSW_EVENT_ACCESS |
206 wxFSW_EVENT_WARNING | wxFSW_EVENT_ERROR
207};
208