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Sebb commented on IO-470:
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Note: code should never catch and swallow Throwable. Some exceptions must never
be swallowed; e.g. ThreadDeath.
> Using WatchService in Tailer instead of polling
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> Key: IO-470
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-470
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 2.4
> Reporter: Jeremiah Orr
> Labels: Java7, Tailer
> Fix For: 2.6
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> Original Estimate: 24h
> Remaining Estimate: 24h
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> Tailer would benefit from using Java 7's WatchService to detect file changes
> instead of polling at a set interval. Tailer could respond quicker to
> changes, and it would save the system from constant polling. This of course
> would mean that commons-io would require Java 7.
> I don't know what the future release plans are for commons-io; if there's an
> upcoming version that will require Java 7, I'll happily make this change
> myself.
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