Listen to java change folder

Question

Is there a way to listen to a folder or a specific directory using the Quartz api in java? if possible, and if you have code for it. Please share

Answer 1

If you use JDK 7, they provide new APIs for this .

Answer 2

Try the Apache Commons IO api and it should do the trick.

Answer 3

In fact, Quartz has built-in jobs ... job:

• DirectoryScanJob :

  It checks the directory and compares whether any recent "dated dates" of any files have changed since the last time it was checked. If one or more files have been updated (or created), the job calls the callback method

• FileScanJob

  Checks the file and compares whether the "last modified date" has changed since the last check. If the file has been updated, the job calls the callback method