# Package org.apache.commons.io.monitor

package org.apache.commons.io.monitor
Provides a component for monitoring file system events (directory and file create, update and delete events).

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.apache.commons.io
  Provides classes for working with streams, readers, writers and files.
- Class
  Description
  FileAlterationListener
  Receives events of file system modifications.
  FileAlterationListenerAdaptor
  Convenience `FileAlterationListener` implementation that does nothing.
  FileAlterationMonitor
  A runnable that spawns a monitoring thread triggering any registered `FileAlterationObserver` at a specified interval.
  FileAlterationObserver
  FileAlterationObserver represents the state of files below a root directory, checking the file system and notifying listeners of create, change or delete events.
  FileEntry
  The state of a file or directory, capturing the following `File` attributes at a point in time.