# play-file-watch

**Repository Path**: mirrors_playframework/play-file-watch

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: play-file-watch
- **Description**: This is the Play File Watch library
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-27

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## README

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# Play File Watch Library

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This is the Play File Watch library. It can be used to watch files in a platform independent way. It uses the JDK7 WatchService on platforms that provide an asynchronous file watch service (notably OS X doesn't, it uses polling), falling back to a different implementation for Mac OS X and then to a polling watch service.

The OS X directory watching implementation is provided by https://github.com/gmethvin/directory-watcher. That provides a native Mac OS X implementation of the WatchService and a thin abstraction layer for recursively watching directories.

## Releasing a new version

See https://github.com/playframework/.github/blob/main/RELEASING.md