CFileSystemWatcher.h

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#pragma once

#include <mrpt/system/os.h>
#include <thread>
#include <mutex>
#include <queue>

namespace mrpt::system
{
/** This class subscribes to notifications of file system changes, thus it can
 * be used to efficiently stay informed about changes in a directory tree.
  *  - Windows: Requires Windows 2000 or newer.
  *  - Linux: Requires kernel 2.6.13 or newer.
  *  Using this class in an old Linux or other unsoported system (Unix,etc...)
 * has no effect, i.e. no notification will be ever received.
  *  \sa CDirectoryExplorer
 * \ingroup mrpt_system_grp
  */
class CFileSystemWatcher
{
   public:
    /** Each of the changes detected by utils::CFileSystemWatcher
      */
    struct TFileSystemChange
    {
        TFileSystemChange() {}
        /** Complete path of the file/directory that has changed. */
        std::string path{};
        /** Whether the event happened to a file or a directory. */
        bool isDir{false};
        bool eventModified{false};
        bool eventCloseWrite{false};
        bool eventDeleted{false};
        bool eventMovedTo{false};
        bool eventMovedFrom{false};
        bool eventCreated{false};
        bool eventAccessed{false};
    };

    using TFileSystemChangeList = std::deque<TFileSystemChange>;

    /** Creates the subscription to a specified path.
      * \param path The file or directory to watch.
      */
    CFileSystemWatcher(const std::string& path);

    /** Destructor
      */
    virtual ~CFileSystemWatcher();

    /** Call this method sometimes to get the list of changes in the watched
     * directory.
      *  \sa processChange
      */
    void getChanges(TFileSystemChangeList& out_list);

   private:
    /** Ended in "/" */
    std::string m_watchedDirectory;
#ifdef _WIN32
    void* m_hNotif{nullptr};
    std::thread m_watchThread;
    /** Watch thread; only needed in win32 */
    void thread_win32_watch();
    std::queue<TFileSystemChange*> m_queue_events_win32_msgs;
    mutable std::mutex m_queue_events_win32_cs;
#endif

#if defined(MRPT_OS_LINUX) || defined(__APPLE__)
    /** The fd returned by inotify_init. */
    int m_fd;
    /** The fd of the watch. */
    int m_wd;
#endif

};  // End of class def.

}