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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2010 Nicolas Bonnefon and other contributors
3  *
4  * This file is part of glogg.
5  *
6  * glogg is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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18  */
19 
20 #ifndef FILEWATCHER_H
21 #define FILEWATCHER_H
22 
23 #include <QObject>
24 #include <QFileSystemWatcher>
25 
26 // This class encapsulate Qt's QFileSystemWatcher and additionally support
27 // watching a file that doesn't exist yet (the class will watch the owning
28 // directory)
29 // Only supports one file at the moment.
30 class FileWatcher : public QObject {
31   Q_OBJECT
32 
33   public:
34     // Create an empty object
35     FileWatcher();
36     // Destroy the object
37     ~FileWatcher();
38 
39     // Adds the file to the list of file to watch
40     // (do nothing if a file is already monitored)
41     void addFile( const QString& fileName );
42     // Removes the file to the list of file to watch
43     // (do nothing if said file is not monitored)
44     void removeFile( const QString& fileName );
45 
46   signals:
47     // Sent when the file on disk has changed in any way.
48     void fileChanged( const QString& );
49 
50   private slots:
51     void fileChangedOnDisk( const QString& filename );
52     void directoryChangedOnDisk( const QString& filename );
53 
54   private:
55     enum MonitoringState { None, FileExists, FileRemoved };
56 
57     QFileSystemWatcher qtFileWatcher_;
58     QString fileMonitored_;
59     MonitoringState monitoringState_;
60 };
61 
62 #endif
63