Java detect changes in filesystem

Question

I have a folder in which continuously new files are being dumped.In Java,what is the best way to detect changes in file-system (ie. a specified folder in which the files are

Answer 1

Continuously polling is the way to do it in Java as of now - though don't poll too often, it can be quite a heavy operation if the directory contains lots of entries.

JDK 7 will have a specific API for doing just this java.nio.file.WatchFile