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Rolland Hobbie commented on CONFIGURATION-712:
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I have attached the updated patch. I reverted the change in the
isReloadingRequired() method of FileHandlerReloadingDetector. I also reverted
the two test methods that were changed (leaving these methods unchanged to
validate the original functionality), and added two new methods to test the new
functionality with invoking the refresh method after instantiation.
Since you asked about documentation, I think it would be worth adding note to
FileHandlerReloadingDetector along the lines of:
bq. There is a cycle between the instantiation of FileHandlerReloadingDetector
and the first invocation of isReloadingRequired() where no file changes are
detected. The first file change detected by default is after the first
invocation of isReloadingRequired(), and because FileHandlerReloadingDetector
is recreated when the configuration is reset, this "unobserved cycle" is
repeated after every reload of a configuration. To eliminate this "unobserved
cycle", the refresh() method can be invoked after instantiation to force the
FileHandlerReloadingDetector to load the file's current last modified date,
which is used in future calls of isReloadingRequired() to determine if the file
has changed.
> FileHandlerReloadingDetector Does Not Correctly Initialize File Last Modified
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CONFIGURATION-712
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-712
> Project: Commons Configuration
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: File reloading
> Affects Versions: 2.3
> Reporter: Rolland Hobbie
> Priority: Major
> Attachments: CONFIGURATION-712-InitializeLastModified.patch,
> ReloadingFileBasedConfigurationBuilderExampleTest.java,
> ReloadingFileBasedConfigurationBuilderTest.java
>
> Original Estimate: 24h
> Remaining Estimate: 24h
>
> [FileHandlerReloadingDetector|https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/apidocs/src-html/org/apache/commons/configuration2/reloading/FileHandlerReloadingDetector.html]
> declares the following method:
>
> {code:java}
> 150 @Override
> 151 public boolean isReloadingRequired()
> 152 {
> 153 long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
> 154 if (now >= lastChecked + getRefreshDelay())
> 155 {
> 156 lastChecked = now;
> 157
> 158 long modified = getLastModificationDate();
> 159 if (modified > 0)
> 160 {
> 161 if (lastModified == 0)
> 162 {
> 163 // initialization
> 164 updateLastModified(modified);
> 165 }
> 166 else
> 167 {
> 168 if (modified != lastModified)
> 169 {
> 170 return true;
> 171 }
> 172 }
> 173 }
> 174 }
> 175
> 176 return false;
> 177 }
> {code}
>
> During initialization of FileHandlerReloadingDetector, lastModified is never
> instantiated, so the first time isReloadingRequired() is invoked lastModified
> will be 0.
>
> This results in two issues:
>
> Test #1
> * Scenario Steps
> ## Initialize ReloadingFileBasedConfigurationBuilder without invoking
> builder.getConfiguration()
> ## Wait longer than refreshDelay
> ## Invoke builder.getReloadingController().checkForReloading(null) to notify
> the FileHandlerReloadingDetector to check for reload
> ## Invoke bulider.getConfiguration()
> ## Update the properties file
> ## Wait longer than refreshDelay
> ## Invoke builder.getReloadingController().checkForReloading(null) to notify
> the FileHandlerReloadingDetector to check for reload
> ## Invoke bulider.getConfiguration()
> * Result - the Configuration does not have the updated value.
>
> Test #2
> * Scenario Steps
> ## Initialize ReloadingFileBasedConfigurationBuilder without invoking
> builder.getConfiguration()
> ## Invoke bulider.getConfiguration()
> ## Update the properties file
> ## Wait longer than refreshDelay
> ## Invoke builder.getReloadingController().checkForReloading(null) to notify
> the FileHandlerReloadingDetector to check for reload
> ## Invoke bulider.getConfiguration()
> ## Update the properties file
> ## Wait longer than refreshDelay
> ## Invoke builder.getReloadingController().checkForReloading(null) to notify
> the FileHandlerReloadingDetector to check for reload
> ## Invoke bulider.getConfiguration()
> * Result - For the first two invocations, the Configuration is not updated.
> One the third invocation of builder.getConfiguration() the property is
> updated to the new value.
>
> As potential solution, the constructor of FileHandlerReloadingDetector should
> either call isReloadingRequired() or
> updateLastModified(getLastModificationDate()) to initialize the lastModified
> instance variable to the file current lastModified value.
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