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gjoseph / BarbaryWatchService

An implementation of Java 7’s WatchService for OS X
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Does not work with Apple File System APFS #10

Closed swtdev closed 2 years ago

swtdev commented 6 years ago

We need to use a native WatchService implementation due to the Oracle polling one being rubbish, however we have a test suite for our code and it's failing when switching to BarbaryWatchService.

I've discovered this must be due to the Apple File System APFS as the High Sierra machine I'm running the tests on uses this. I also have an external SSD using regular HFS+ and when I configure the tests to run on this (instead of "java.io.tmpdir") then they work just fine.

On APFS the order of events seems to be random, and we're receiving unexpected (stale?) events also.

clankill3r commented 5 years ago

Is this still an issue?

swtdev commented 5 years ago

We haven't tried since raising this issue, but given the code hasn't changed since then the only way it would be resolved would be if Apple changed something. But if they have can you guarantee all your users would have that change?!

We ended up using a different library, jpathwatch, forking and fixing an issue it contains. It's working well for us. You can try it if Barbary doesn't work out for you..

clankill3r commented 5 years ago

Thanks for the fast reply. I will look into it. I'm planning on making my own simple to use one file library for this, if that is possible...

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We haven't tried since raising this issue, but given the code hasn't changed since then the only way it would be resolved would be if Apple changed something. But if they have can you guarantee all your users would have that change?!

We ended up using a different library, jpathwatch, forking and fixing an issue it contains. It's working well for us. You can try it if Barbary doesn't work out for you..

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gjoseph commented 2 years ago

Hi @swtdev @clankill3r sorry for the slow response -- as you may have gathered, I haven't had capacity to maintain this project in a long time. I'm finally officially retiring it. See README for possible alternatives, if you're still needing this. ✌️

clankill3r commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the reply. I just gave up on being a perfectionist when using java, so it's ok.