// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. import 'dart:io'; import '../watcher.dart'; import 'custom_watcher_factory.dart'; import 'directory_watcher/linux/linux_directory_watcher.dart'; import 'directory_watcher/recursive/recursive_directory_watcher.dart'; /// Watches the contents of a directory and emits [WatchEvent]s when something /// in the directory has changed. /// /// On Windows, the underlying SDK `Directory.watch` fails if too many events /// are received while Dart is busy, for example during a long-running /// synchronous operation. When this happens, watching is re-established and a /// "modify" event is emitted for any file still present that lost tracking, in /// case it changed. By default, the watcher is started in a separate isolate to /// make this less likely. Pass `runInIsolateOnWindows = false` to not launch an /// isolate. /// /// On Linux, the underlying SDK `Directory.watch` fails if the system limit on /// watchers has been reached. If this happens the SDK exception is thrown, it /// is a `FileSystemException` with message `Failed to watch path` and /// OSError `No space left on device`, `errorCode = 28`. abstract class DirectoryWatcher implements Watcher { /// The directory whose contents are being monitored. @Deprecated('Expires in 1.0.0. Use DirectoryWatcher.path instead.') String get directory; /// Creates a new [DirectoryWatcher] monitoring [directory]. /// /// If a native directory watcher is available for this platform, this will /// use it. Otherwise, it will fall back to a [PollingDirectoryWatcher]. /// /// If [pollingDelay] is passed, it specifies the amount of time the watcher /// will pause between successive polls of the directory contents. Making this /// shorter will give more immediate feedback at the expense of doing more IO /// and higher CPU usage. Defaults to one second. Ignored for non-polling /// watchers. /// /// On Windows, pass [runInIsolateOnWindows] `false` to not run the watcher /// in a separate isolate to reduce buffer exhaustion failures. factory DirectoryWatcher(String directory, {Duration? pollingDelay, bool runInIsolateOnWindows = true}) { if (FileSystemEntity.isWatchSupported) { var customWatcher = createCustomDirectoryWatcher( directory, pollingDelay: pollingDelay, ); if (customWatcher != null) return customWatcher; if (Platform.isLinux) return LinuxDirectoryWatcher(directory); if (Platform.isMacOS) { return RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: false); } if (Platform.isWindows) { return RecursiveDirectoryWatcher(directory, runInIsolate: runInIsolateOnWindows); } } return PollingDirectoryWatcher(directory, pollingDelay: pollingDelay); } }