Polling the last modified file property is a simple yet effective solution though. Just define a class extending my FileChangedWatcher and implement the onModified() method:
import java.io.File;
public abstract class FileChangedWatcher
{
private File file;
public FileChangedWatcher(String filePath)
{
file = new File(filePath);
}
public void watch() throws InterruptedException
{
long currentModifiedDate = file.lastModified();
while (true)
{
long newModifiedDate = file.lastModified();
if (newModifiedDate != currentModifiedDate)
{
currentModifiedDate = newModifiedDate;
onModified();
}
Thread.sleep(100);
}
}
public String getFilePath()
{
return file.getAbsolutePath();
}
protected abstract void onModified();
}