0ad/source/lib/sysdep/dir_watch.h

/**
 * =========================================================================
 * File        : dir_watch.h
 * Project     : 0 A.D.
 * Description : portable directory change notification API.
 * =========================================================================
 */

// license: GPL; see lib/license.txt

#ifndef INCLUDED_DIR_WATCH
#define INCLUDED_DIR_WATCH

class DirWatch;
typedef shared_ptr<DirWatch> PDirWatch;

/**
 * start watching a single directory for changes.
 *
 * @param path native path of the directory to watch.
 * @param dirWatch receives a smart pointer to the watch object.
 * note: freeing it does not prevent any previously queued notifications
 * from being returned.
 *
 * note: the FAM backend can only watch single directories, so that is
 * all we can guarantee. the Win32 implementation watches entire trees;
 * adding a watch for subdirectories is a no-op there.
 **/
LIB_API LibError dir_watch_Add(const fs::wpath& path, PDirWatch& dirWatch);

class DirWatchNotification
{
public:
	enum Event
	{
		Created,
		Deleted,
		Changed,
	};

	// (default ctor is required because DirWatchNotification is returned
	// via output parameter.)
	DirWatchNotification()
	{
	}

	DirWatchNotification(const fs::wpath& pathname, Event type)
		: m_pathname(pathname), m_type(type)
	{
	}

	const fs::wpath& Pathname() const
	{
		return m_pathname;
	}

	Event Type() const
	{
		return m_type;
	}

	static const char* EventString(Event type)
	{
		switch(type)
		{
		case Created:
			return "created";
		case Deleted:
			return "deleted";
		case Changed:
			return "changed";
		default:
			throw std::logic_error("invalid type");
		}
	}

private:
	fs::wpath m_pathname;
	Event m_type;
};

/**
 * check if a directory watch notification is pending.
 *
 * @param notification receives the first pending DirWatchNotification from
 * any of the watched directories. this notification is subsequently removed
 * from the internal queue.
 * @return INFO::OK if a notification was retrieved, ERR::AGAIN if none
 * are pending, or a negative error code.
 *
 * note: the run time of this function is independent of the number of
 * directory watches and number of files.
 *
 * rationale for a polling interface: users (e.g. the main game loop)
 * typically want to receive change notifications at a single point,
 * rather than deal with the complexity of asynchronous notifications.
 **/
LIB_API LibError dir_watch_Poll(DirWatchNotification& notification);

#endif	// #ifndef INCLUDED_DIR_WATCH