Enum WatchEventType

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<WatchEventType>

    public enum WatchEventType
    extends java.lang.Enum<WatchEventType>
    The watch event type. Abstracts over WatchEvent since the default OS X uses polling which is slow.
    Since:
    1.1.0
    • Enum Constant Summary

      Enum Constants 
      Enum Constant Description
      CREATE
      A file / directory was created.
      DELETE
      A file / directory was deleted.
      MODIFY
      A file / directory was modified.
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static WatchEventType of​(java.nio.file.WatchEvent.Kind kind)
      Produces a WatchEventType for the given WatchEvent.kind().
      static WatchEventType valueOf​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
      static WatchEventType[] values()
      Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

        clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
    • Enum Constant Detail

      • CREATE

        public static final WatchEventType CREATE
        A file / directory was created.
      • MODIFY

        public static final WatchEventType MODIFY
        A file / directory was modified.
      • DELETE

        public static final WatchEventType DELETE
        A file / directory was deleted.
    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static WatchEventType[] values()
        Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
        for (WatchEventType c : WatchEventType.values())
            System.out.println(c);
        
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
      • valueOf

        public static WatchEventType valueOf​(java.lang.String name)
        Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
        Returns:
        the enum constant with the specified name
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null
      • of

        public static WatchEventType of​(java.nio.file.WatchEvent.Kind kind)
        Produces a WatchEventType for the given WatchEvent.kind().
        Parameters:
        kind - The kind
        Returns:
        The event type