// Copyright 2012 The Chromium Authors // 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 #include #include #include #include "base/base_export.h" #include "base/containers/enum_set.h" #include "base/files/file_path.h" #include "base/functional/callback_forward.h" #include "base/memory/scoped_refptr.h" #include "base/sequence_checker.h" #include "base/task/sequenced_task_runner.h" #include "build/build_config.h" namespace base { // This class lets you register interest in changes on a FilePath. // The callback 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. // // Must be destroyed on the sequence that invokes Watch(). class BASE_EXPORT FilePathWatcher { public: // Type of change which occurred on the affected. Note that this may differ // from the watched path, e.g. in the case of recursive watches. enum class ChangeType { kUnsupported, // The implementation does not support change types. kCreated, kDeleted, kModified, // Includes modifications to either file contents or attributes. kMoved }; // Path type of the affected path. Note that this may differ from the watched // path, e.g. in the case of recursive watches. enum class FilePathType { kUnknown, // The implementation could not determine the path type or does // not support path types. kDirectory, kFile, }; // Information about the file system change. This information should be as // specific as the underlying platform allows. For example, when watching // directory foo/, creating file foo/bar.txt should be reported as a change // with a `kCreated` change type and a `kFile` path type rather than as a // modification to directory foo/. Due to limitations on some platforms, this // is not always possible. Callers should treat this information a strong // hint, but still be capable of handling events where this information is not // known given the limitations on some platforms. struct ChangeInfo { FilePathType file_path_type = FilePathType::kUnknown; ChangeType change_type = ChangeType::kUnsupported; // Can be used to associate related events. For example, renaming a file may // trigger separate "moved from" and "moved to" events with the same // `cookie` value. // // TODO(https://crbug.com/1425601): This is currently only used to associate // `kMoved` events, and requires all consumers to implement the same logic // to coalesce these events. Consider upstreaming this event coalesing logic // to the platform-specific implementations and then replacing `cookie` with // the file path that the file was moved from, if this is known. std::optional cookie; }; // TODO(https://crbug.com/1425601): Rename this now that this class declares // other types of Types. enum class Type { // Indicates that the watcher should watch the given path and its // ancestors for changes. If the path does not exist, its ancestors will // be watched in anticipation of it appearing later. If the path names a // directory, changes within the directory are not watched. kNonRecursive, // Indicates that the watcher should watch the given path, its ancestors, // and its descendants for changes. If the path names a directory, changes // within the directory are watched. kRecursive, #if BUILDFLAG(IS_APPLE) // Indicates that the watcher should watch the given path only (neither // ancestors nor descendants). The watch fails if the path does not exist. kTrivial, #endif // BUILDFLAG(IS_APPLE) }; // WatchOptions are a generalization of |Type|. They are used in the new // PlatformDelegate::WatchWithOptions. struct WatchOptions { Type type = Type::kNonRecursive; #if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS) || BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID) || \ BUILDFLAG(IS_FUCHSIA) // The callback will return the full path to a changed file instead of // the watched path supplied as |path| when Watch is called. // So the full path can be different from the watched path when a folder is // watched. In case of any error, it behaves as the original Watch. bool report_modified_path = false; #endif // BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS) || // BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID) || BUILDFLAG(IS_FUCHSIA) }; // 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. using Callback = base::RepeatingCallback; // Same as above, but includes more information about the change, if known. using CallbackWithChangeInfo = RepeatingCallback< void(const ChangeInfo&, const FilePath& path, bool error)>; // Used internally to encapsulate different members on different platforms. class PlatformDelegate { public: using Type = FilePathWatcher::Type; using WatchOptions = FilePathWatcher::WatchOptions; PlatformDelegate(); PlatformDelegate(const PlatformDelegate&) = delete; PlatformDelegate& operator=(const PlatformDelegate&) = delete; virtual ~PlatformDelegate(); // Start watching for the given |path| and notify |delegate| about changes. [[nodiscard]] virtual bool Watch(const FilePath& path, Type type, const Callback& callback) = 0; // A more general API which can deal with multiple options. [[nodiscard]] virtual bool WatchWithOptions(const FilePath& path, const WatchOptions& options, const Callback& callback); // Watches the specified `path` according to the given `options`. // `callback` is invoked for each subsequent modification, with a // `ChangeInfo` populated with the fields supported by the implementation. [[nodiscard]] virtual bool WatchWithChangeInfo( const FilePath& path, const WatchOptions& options, const CallbackWithChangeInfo& callback); // Stop watching. This is called from FilePathWatcher's dtor in order to // allow to shut down properly while the object is still alive. virtual void Cancel() = 0; protected: friend class FilePathWatcher; scoped_refptr task_runner() const { return task_runner_; } void set_task_runner(scoped_refptr runner) { task_runner_ = std::move(runner); } // Must be called before the PlatformDelegate is deleted. void set_cancelled() { cancelled_ = true; } bool is_cancelled() const { return cancelled_; } private: scoped_refptr task_runner_; bool cancelled_ = false; }; FilePathWatcher(); FilePathWatcher(const FilePathWatcher&) = delete; FilePathWatcher& operator=(const FilePathWatcher&) = delete; ~FilePathWatcher(); // Returns true if the platform and OS version support recursive watches. static bool RecursiveWatchAvailable(); #if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS) // Whether there are outstanding inotify watches. static bool HasWatchesForTest(); #endif // BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS) // Starts watching |path| (and its descendants if |type| is kRecursive) for // changes. |callback| will be run on the caller's sequence to report such // changes. Returns true if the watch was started successfully and |callback| // may one day be run, or false in case of failure (e.g., a recursive watch on // platforms that do not support such). // // On POSIX, this must be called from a thread that supports // FileDescriptorWatcher. bool Watch(const FilePath& path, Type type, const Callback& callback); // A more general API which can deal with multiple options. bool WatchWithOptions(const FilePath& path, const WatchOptions& options, const Callback& callback); // Same as above, but `callback` includes more information about the change, // if known. On platforms for which change information is not supported, // `callback` is called with a dummy `ChangeInfo`. bool WatchWithChangeInfo(const FilePath& path, const WatchOptions& options, const CallbackWithChangeInfo& callback); private: explicit FilePathWatcher(std::unique_ptr delegate); std::unique_ptr impl_; SEQUENCE_CHECKER(sequence_checker_); }; } // namespace base #endif // BASE_FILES_FILE_PATH_WATCHER_H_