Java 7 WatchService - Ignoring multiple occurrences of the same event

Question

The javadoc for StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_MODIFY says:

Directory entry modified. When a directory is registered for this event the

Answer 1

If you are trying the same in Scala using better-files-akka library, I have comeup with this work around based on the solution proposed in the accepted answer.

https://github.com/pathikrit/better-files/issues/313

trait ConfWatcher {

  implicit def actorSystem: ActorSystem

  private val confPath = "/home/codingkapoor/application.conf"
  private val appConfFile = File(confPath)
  private var appConfLastModified = appConfFile.lastModifiedTime

  val watcher: ActorRef = appConfFile.newWatcher(recursive = false)

  watcher ! on(EventType.ENTRY_MODIFY) { file =>
    if (appConfLastModified.compareTo(file.lastModifiedTime) < 0) {
      // TODO
      appConfLastModified = file.lastModifiedTime
    }
  }

}