Package org.eclipse.core.resources.refresh

Class RefreshProvider

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.core.internal.refresh.InternalRefreshProvider

org.eclipse.core.resources.refresh.RefreshProvider

public abstract class RefreshProvider
extends org.eclipse.core.internal.refresh.InternalRefreshProvider

The abstract base class for all auto-refresh providers. This class provides the infrastructure for defining an auto-refresh provider and fulfills the contract specified by the org.eclipse.core.resources.refreshProviders standard extension point.

All auto-refresh providers must subclass this class. A RefreshProvider is responsible for creating IRefreshMonitor objects. The provider must decide if it is capable of monitoring the file, or folder and subtree under the path that is provided.

Note: since 3.12, all subclasses should override installMonitor(IResource, IRefreshResult, IProgressMonitor) instead of installMonitor(IResource, IRefreshResult).

Since:

3.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RefreshProvider()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected IRefreshMonitor	createPollingMonitor(IResource resource)	Creates a new refresh monitor that performs naive polling of the resource in the file system to detect changes.
IRefreshMonitor	installMonitor(IResource resource, IRefreshResult result)	Deprecated. Subclasses should override and clients should call installMonitor(IResource, IRefreshResult, IProgressMonitor) instead.
IRefreshMonitor	installMonitor(IResource resource, IRefreshResult result, IProgressMonitor progressMonitor)	Returns an IRefreshMonitor that will monitor a resource.
void	resetMonitors(IResource resource)	Deprecated. Subclasses should override and clients should call resetMonitors(IResource, IProgressMonitor) instead.
void	resetMonitors(IResource resource, IProgressMonitor progressMonitor)	Resets the installed monitors for the given resource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

RefreshProvider

public RefreshProvider()

Method Details

createPollingMonitor

protected IRefreshMonitor createPollingMonitor(IResource resource)

Creates a new refresh monitor that performs naive polling of the resource in the file system to detect changes. The returned monitor will immediately begin monitoring the specified resource root and report changes back to the workspace.

This default monitor can be returned by subclasses when installMonitor is called.

If the returned monitor is not immediately returned from the installMonitor method, then clients are responsible for telling the returned monitor to stop polling when it is no longer needed. The returned monitor can be told to stop working by invoking IRefreshMonitor.unmonitor(IResource).

Overrides:

createPollingMonitor in class org.eclipse.core.internal.refresh.InternalRefreshProvider

Parameters:

resource - The resource to begin monitoring

Returns:

A refresh monitor instance

See Also:

• installMonitor(IResource, IRefreshResult)

installMonitor

@Deprecated
public IRefreshMonitor installMonitor(IResource resource,
 IRefreshResult result)

Deprecated.

Subclasses should override and clients should call installMonitor(IResource, IRefreshResult, IProgressMonitor) instead.

See Also:

• installMonitor(IResource, IRefreshResult, IProgressMonitor)

installMonitor

public IRefreshMonitor installMonitor(IResource resource,
 IRefreshResult result,
 IProgressMonitor progressMonitor)

Returns an IRefreshMonitor that will monitor a resource. If the resource is an IContainer the monitor will also monitor the subtree under the container. Returns null if this provider cannot create a monitor for the given resource. The provider may return the same monitor instance that has been provided for other resources.

The monitor should send results and failures to the provided refresh result.

Parameters:

resource - the resource to monitor

result - the result callback for notifying of failure or of resources that need refreshing

progressMonitor - the progress monitor to use for reporting progress to the user. It is the caller's responsibility to call done() on the given monitor. Accepts null, indicating that no progress should be reported and that the operation cannot be cancelled.

Returns:

a monitor on the resource, or null if the resource cannot be monitored

Since:

3.12

See Also:

• createPollingMonitor(IResource)

resetMonitors

@Deprecated
public void resetMonitors(IResource resource)

Deprecated.

Subclasses should override and clients should call resetMonitors(IResource, IProgressMonitor) instead.

resetMonitors

public void resetMonitors(IResource resource,
 IProgressMonitor progressMonitor)

Resets the installed monitors for the given resource. This will remove all existing monitors that are installed on the resource, and then ask all refresh providers to begin monitoring the resource again.

This method is intended to be used by refresh providers that need to change the refresh monitor that they previously used to monitor a resource.

Overrides:

resetMonitors in class org.eclipse.core.internal.refresh.InternalRefreshProvider

Parameters:

resource - The resource to reset the monitors for

progressMonitor - the progress monitor to use for reporting progress to the user. It is the caller's responsibility to call done() on the given monitor. Accepts null, indicating that no progress should be reported and that the operation cannot be cancelled.

Since:

3.12