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// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

// This module provides a way to monitor a file or directory for changes.

#ifndef BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_WATCHER_H_
#define BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_WATCHER_H_

#include "base/base_export.h"
#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "base/callback.h"
#include "base/file_path.h"
#include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
#include "base/message_loop_proxy.h"

namespace base {
namespace files {

// This class lets you register interest in changes on a FilePath.
// The delegate will get called whenever the file or directory referenced by the
// FilePath is changed, including created or deleted. Due to limitations in the
// underlying OS APIs, FilePathWatcher has slightly different semantics on OS X
// than on Windows or Linux. FilePathWatcher on Linux and Windows will detect
// modifications to files in a watched directory. FilePathWatcher on Mac will
// detect the creation and deletion of files in a watched directory, but will
// not detect modifications to those files. See file_path_watcher_kqueue.cc for
// details.
class BASE_EXPORT FilePathWatcher {
 public:
  // Callback type for Watch(). |path| points to the file that was updated,
  // and |error| is true if the platform specific code detected an error. In
  // that case, the callback won't be invoked again.
  typedef base::Callback<void(const FilePath& path, bool error)> Callback;

  // Declares the callback client code implements to receive notifications. Note
  // that implementations of this interface should not keep a reference to the
  // corresponding FileWatcher object to prevent a reference cycle.
  //
  // Deprecated: see comment on Watch() below.
  class Delegate : public base::RefCountedThreadSafe<Delegate> {
   public:
    virtual void OnFilePathChanged(const FilePath& path) = 0;
    // Called when platform specific code detected an error. The watcher will
    // not call OnFilePathChanged for future changes.
    virtual void OnFilePathError(const FilePath& path) {}

   protected:
    friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe<Delegate>;
    virtual ~Delegate() {}
  };

  // Used internally to encapsulate different members on different platforms.
  // TODO(jhawkins): Move this into its own file. Also fix the confusing naming
  // wrt Delegate vs PlatformDelegate.
  class PlatformDelegate : public base::RefCountedThreadSafe<PlatformDelegate> {
   public:
    PlatformDelegate();

    // Start watching for the given |path| and notify |delegate| about changes.
    virtual bool Watch(const FilePath& path,
                       Delegate* delegate) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT = 0;

    // Stop watching. This is called from FilePathWatcher's dtor in order to
    // allow to shut down properly while the object is still alive.
    // It can be called from any thread.
    virtual void Cancel() = 0;

   protected:
    friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe<PlatformDelegate>;
    friend class FilePathWatcher;

    virtual ~PlatformDelegate();

    // Stop watching. This is only called on the thread of the appropriate
    // message loop. Since it can also be called more than once, it should
    // check |is_cancelled()| to avoid duplicate work.
    virtual void CancelOnMessageLoopThread() = 0;

    scoped_refptr<base::MessageLoopProxy> message_loop() const {
      return message_loop_;
    }

    void set_message_loop(base::MessageLoopProxy* loop) {
      message_loop_ = loop;
    }

    // Must be called before the PlatformDelegate is deleted.
    void set_cancelled() {
      cancelled_ = true;
    }

    bool is_cancelled() const {
      return cancelled_;
    }

   private:
    scoped_refptr<base::MessageLoopProxy> message_loop_;
    bool cancelled_;
  };

  FilePathWatcher();
  virtual ~FilePathWatcher();

  // A callback that always cleans up the PlatformDelegate, either when executed
  // or when deleted without having been executed at all, as can happen during
  // shutdown.
  static void CancelWatch(const scoped_refptr<PlatformDelegate>& delegate);

  // Register interest in any changes on |path|. OnPathChanged will be called
  // back for each change. Returns true on success.
  // OnFilePathChanged() will be called on the same thread as Watch() is called,
  // which should have a MessageLoop of TYPE_IO.
  //
  // Deprecated: new code should use the callback interface, declared below.
  // The FilePathWatcher::Delegate interface will be removed once all client
  // code has been updated. http://crbug.com/130980
  virtual bool Watch(const FilePath& path, Delegate* delegate)
      WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;

  // Invokes |callback| whenever updates to |path| are detected. This should be
  // called at most once, and from a MessageLoop of TYPE_IO. The callback will
  // be invoked on the same loop. Returns true on success.
  bool Watch(const FilePath& path, const Callback& callback);

 private:
  scoped_refptr<PlatformDelegate> impl_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FilePathWatcher);
};

}  // namespace files
}  // namespace base

#endif  // BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_WATCHER_H_