org.hotswap.agent.annotation

Annotation Type OnResourceFileEvent

@Target(value=METHOD)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
public @interface OnResourceFileEvent

Event for a resource change (change of a file on the filesystem).

Use with a non static method.

Method attribute types:

• URI - URI of the watched resource
• URL - URL of the watched resource
• ClassLoader - the application classloader
• ClassPool - initialized javassist classpool

Author:

Jiri Bubnik

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	path Prefix of resource path to watch.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
FileEvent[]	events Filter watch event types.
String	filter Regexp expression to filter resources.
boolean	onlyRegularFiles Watch only for regular files.
int	timeout Merge multiple same watch events up to this timeout into a single watch event (useful to merge multiple MODIFY events).

Element Detail

path

public abstract String path

Prefix of resource path to watch.

filter

public abstract String filter

Regexp expression to filter resources.

Default:

""

events

public abstract FileEvent[] events

Filter watch event types. Default is all events (CREATE, MODIFY, DELETE).

Default:

{org.hotswap.agent.annotation.FileEvent.CREATE, org.hotswap.agent.annotation.FileEvent.MODIFY, org.hotswap.agent.annotation.FileEvent.DELETE}

onlyRegularFiles

public abstract boolean onlyRegularFiles

Watch only for regular files. By default all other types (including directories) are filtered out.

Returns:

true to filter out other types than regular types.

Default:

true

timeout

public abstract int timeout

Merge multiple same watch events up to this timeout into a single watch event (useful to merge multiple MODIFY events).

Default:

50