base/files/file_path_watcher.h

   1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
   2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
   3 // found in the LICENSE file.
   4
   5 // This module provides a way to monitor a file or directory for changes.
   6
   7 #ifndef BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_WATCHER_H_
   8 #define BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_WATCHER_H_
   9
  10 #include "base/base_export.h"
  11 #include "base/basictypes.h"
  12 #include "base/callback.h"
  13 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
  14 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
  15 #include "base/message_loop/message_loop_proxy.h"
  16
  17 namespace base {
  18
  19 // This class lets you register interest in changes on a FilePath.
  20 // The callback will get called whenever the file or directory referenced by the
  21 // FilePath is changed, including created or deleted. Due to limitations in the
  22 // underlying OS APIs, FilePathWatcher has slightly different semantics on OS X
  23 // than on Windows or Linux. FilePathWatcher on Linux and Windows will detect
  24 // modifications to files in a watched directory. FilePathWatcher on Mac will
  25 // detect the creation and deletion of files in a watched directory, but will
  26 // not detect modifications to those files. See file_path_watcher_kqueue.cc for
  27 // details.
  28 class BASE_EXPORT FilePathWatcher {
  29  public:
  30   // Callback type for Watch(). |path| points to the file that was updated,
  31   // and |error| is true if the platform specific code detected an error. In
  32   // that case, the callback won't be invoked again.
  33   typedef base::Callback<void(const FilePath& path, bool error)> Callback;
  34
  35   // Used internally to encapsulate different members on different platforms.
  36   class PlatformDelegate : public base::RefCountedThreadSafe<PlatformDelegate> {
  37    public:
  38     PlatformDelegate();
  39
  40     // Start watching for the given |path| and notify |delegate| about changes.
  41     virtual bool Watch(const FilePath& path,
  42                        bool recursive,
  43                        const Callback& callback) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT = 0;
  44
  45     // Stop watching. This is called from FilePathWatcher's dtor in order to
  46     // allow to shut down properly while the object is still alive.
  47     // It can be called from any thread.
  48     virtual void Cancel() = 0;
  49
  50    protected:
  51     friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe<PlatformDelegate>;
  52     friend class FilePathWatcher;
  53
  54     virtual ~PlatformDelegate();
  55
  56     // Stop watching. This is only called on the thread of the appropriate
  57     // message loop. Since it can also be called more than once, it should
  58     // check |is_cancelled()| to avoid duplicate work.
  59     virtual void CancelOnMessageLoopThread() = 0;
  60
  61     scoped_refptr<base::MessageLoopProxy> message_loop() const {
  62       return message_loop_;
  63     }
  64
  65     void set_message_loop(const scoped_refptr<base::MessageLoopProxy>& loop) {
  66       message_loop_ = loop;
  67     }
  68
  69     // Must be called before the PlatformDelegate is deleted.
  70     void set_cancelled() {
  71       cancelled_ = true;
  72     }
  73
  74     bool is_cancelled() const {
  75       return cancelled_;
  76     }
  77
  78    private:
  79     scoped_refptr<base::MessageLoopProxy> message_loop_;
  80     bool cancelled_;
  81   };
  82
  83   FilePathWatcher();
  84   virtual ~FilePathWatcher();
  85
  86   // A callback that always cleans up the PlatformDelegate, either when executed
  87   // or when deleted without having been executed at all, as can happen during
  88   // shutdown.
  89   static void CancelWatch(const scoped_refptr<PlatformDelegate>& delegate);
  90
  91   // Returns true if the platform and OS version support recursive watches.
  92   static bool RecursiveWatchAvailable();
  93
  94   // Invokes |callback| whenever updates to |path| are detected. This should be
  95   // called at most once, and from a MessageLoop of TYPE_IO. Set |recursive| to
  96   // true, to watch |path| and its children. The callback will be invoked on
  97   // the same loop. Returns true on success.
  98   //
  99   // Recursive watch is not supported on all platforms and file systems.
 100   // Watch() will return false in the case of failure.
 101   bool Watch(const FilePath& path, bool recursive, const Callback& callback);
 102
 103  private:
 104   scoped_refptr<PlatformDelegate> impl_;
 105
 106   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FilePathWatcher);
 107 };
 108
 109 }  // namespace base
 110
 111 #endif  // BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_WATCHER_H_