/* * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package android.os; import android.util.Log; import com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit; import java.lang.ref.WeakReference; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashMap; /** * Monitors files (using inotify) * to fire an event after files are accessed or changed by by any process on * the device (including this one). FileObserver is an abstract class; * subclasses must implement the event handler {@link #onEvent(int, String)}. * *

Each FileObserver instance monitors a single file or directory. * If a directory is monitored, events will be triggered for all files and * subdirectories (recursively) inside the monitored directory.

* *

An event mask is used to specify which changes or actions to report. * Event type constants are used to describe the possible changes in the * event mask as well as what actually happened in event callbacks.

* *

Warning: If a FileObserver is garbage collected, it * will stop sending events. To ensure you keep receiving events, you must * keep a reference to the FileObserver instance from some other live object.

*/ public abstract class FileObserver { /** Event type: Data was read from a file */ public static final int ACCESS = 0x00000001; /** Event type: Data was written to a file */ public static final int MODIFY = 0x00000002; /** Event type: Metadata (permissions, owner, timestamp) was changed explicitly */ public static final int ATTRIB = 0x00000004; /** Event type: Someone had a file or directory open for writing, and closed it */ public static final int CLOSE_WRITE = 0x00000008; /** Event type: Someone had a file or directory open read-only, and closed it */ public static final int CLOSE_NOWRITE = 0x00000010; /** Event type: A file or directory was opened */ public static final int OPEN = 0x00000020; /** Event type: A file or subdirectory was moved from the monitored directory */ public static final int MOVED_FROM = 0x00000040; /** Event type: A file or subdirectory was moved to the monitored directory */ public static final int MOVED_TO = 0x00000080; /** Event type: A new file or subdirectory was created under the monitored directory */ public static final int CREATE = 0x00000100; /** Event type: A file was deleted from the monitored directory */ public static final int DELETE = 0x00000200; /** Event type: The monitored file or directory was deleted; monitoring effectively stops */ public static final int DELETE_SELF = 0x00000400; /** Event type: The monitored file or directory was moved; monitoring continues */ public static final int MOVE_SELF = 0x00000800; /** Event mask: All valid event types, combined */ public static final int ALL_EVENTS = ACCESS | MODIFY | ATTRIB | CLOSE_WRITE | CLOSE_NOWRITE | OPEN | MOVED_FROM | MOVED_TO | DELETE | CREATE | DELETE_SELF | MOVE_SELF; private static final String LOG_TAG = "FileObserver"; private static class ObserverThread extends Thread { private HashMap m_observers = new HashMap(); private int m_fd; public ObserverThread() { super("FileObserver"); m_fd = init(); } public void run() { observe(m_fd); } public int startWatching(String path, int mask, FileObserver observer) { int wfd = startWatching(m_fd, path, mask); Integer i = new Integer(wfd); if (wfd >= 0) { synchronized (m_observers) { m_observers.put(i, new WeakReference(observer)); } } return i; } public void stopWatching(int descriptor) { stopWatching(m_fd, descriptor); } public void onEvent(int wfd, int mask, String path) { // look up our observer, fixing up the map if necessary... FileObserver observer = null; synchronized (m_observers) { WeakReference weak = m_observers.get(wfd); if (weak != null) { // can happen with lots of events from a dead wfd observer = (FileObserver) weak.get(); if (observer == null) { m_observers.remove(wfd); } } } // ...then call out to the observer without the sync lock held if (observer != null) { try { observer.onEvent(mask, path); } catch (Throwable throwable) { Log.wtf(LOG_TAG, "Unhandled exception in FileObserver " + observer, throwable); } } } private native int init(); private native void observe(int fd); private native int startWatching(int fd, String path, int mask); private native void stopWatching(int fd, int wfd); } private static ObserverThread s_observerThread; static { s_observerThread = new ObserverThread(); s_observerThread.start(); } // instance private String m_path; private Integer m_descriptor; private int m_mask; /** * Equivalent to FileObserver(path, FileObserver.ALL_EVENTS). */ public FileObserver(String path) { this(path, ALL_EVENTS); } /** * Create a new file observer for a certain file or directory. * Monitoring does not start on creation! You must call * {@link #startWatching()} before you will receive events. * * @param path The file or directory to monitor * @param mask The event or events (added together) to watch for */ public FileObserver(String path, int mask) { m_path = path; m_mask = mask; m_descriptor = -1; } protected void finalize() { stopWatching(); } /** * Start watching for events. The monitored file or directory must exist at * this time, or else no events will be reported (even if it appears later). * If monitoring is already started, this call has no effect. */ public void startWatching() { if (m_descriptor < 0) { m_descriptor = s_observerThread.startWatching(m_path, m_mask, this); } } /** * Stop watching for events. Some events may be in process, so events * may continue to be reported even after this method completes. If * monitoring is already stopped, this call has no effect. */ public void stopWatching() { if (m_descriptor >= 0) { s_observerThread.stopWatching(m_descriptor); m_descriptor = -1; } } /** * The event handler, which must be implemented by subclasses. * *

This method is invoked on a special FileObserver thread. * It runs independently of any threads, so take care to use appropriate * synchronization! Consider using {@link Handler#post(Runnable)} to shift * event handling work to the main thread to avoid concurrency problems.

* *

Event handlers must not throw exceptions.

* * @param event The type of event which happened * @param path The path, relative to the main monitored file or directory, * of the file or directory which triggered the event */ public abstract void onEvent(int event, String path); }