Note the part about "and clear the watch" http://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.1.2/zookeeperProgrammers.html#sc_zkDataMode_watches
your process method must reset the watch. This behavior is intentional and quite important for ZK to work correctly. 2011/6/21 lei liu <[email protected]> > I use Zookeeper 3.3.3 version. > > I create "test" znode, and I add many children for the znode. I want to > listen EventType.NodeChildrenChanged event, when there is > EventType.NodeChildrenChanged event, I print the event information, example > below code: > > public class DisplayGroup implements Watcher { > > private static final int SESSION_TIMEOUT = 5000; > > protected ZooKeeper zk; > > public void connect(String hosts) throws IOException, > InterruptedException { > zk = new ZooKeeper(hosts, SESSION_TIMEOUT, this); > > } > > @Override > public void process(WatchedEvent event) { > > System.out.println(this.getClass().getName() + ": " + event); > } > > public void close() throws InterruptedException { > zk.close(); > } > > public void list(String groupName) throws KeeperException, > InterruptedException { > String path = "/" + groupName; > try { > > List<String> children = zk.getChildren(path, true); > if (children.isEmpty()) { > System.out.printf("No members in group %s\n", groupName); > > } > for (String child : children) { > System.out.println(child); > } > } catch (KeeperException.NoNodeException e) { > System.out.printf("Group %s does not exist\n", groupName); > > } > } > > public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { > DisplayGroup listGroup = new DisplayGroup(); > String connectString = "localhost:2181"; > listGroup.connect(connectString); > listGroup.list("test"); > Thread.sleep(Long.MAX_VALUE); > } > > } > > > I add many children to the "test" znode, but the process() method of > DisplayGroup calss only is called one time, the output information is： > 1308621717188 > 1308621719250 > examples.DisplayGroup: WatchedEvent state:SyncConnected > type:NodeChildrenChanged path:/test > > > > I want to know why the process() method of DisplayGroup calss is not > called > many times when I add many children to the "test" znode? > > > Thanks, > > > LiuLei >
