name.pachler.nio.file

Class FileSystem

java.lang.Object

name.pachler.nio.file.FileSystem

public abstract class FileSystem
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a file system. Use this class to instantiate a new WatchService in a way that is source compatible with JDK7. An alternative is to use Bootstrapper.newWatchService().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract WatchService	newWatchService() Creates a new WatchService instance by selecting an implementation that best fits the current platform. Note that a watch service consumes valuable system resources.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newWatchService

public abstract WatchService newWatchService()

Creates a new WatchService instance by selecting an implementation that best fits the current platform.
Note that a watch service consumes valuable system resources. Make sure that to call WatchService.close() when you don't need it any longer; with many instances failure to do so may result in the system running out of file descriptors and degraded performance. Typically, you'll only need one such instance.

Returns:

a new watch service instance.