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DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT MONITORS A FILE DIRECTORY LIKE C :/ MY DOCUMENTS IF THIS DIRECTORY WILL HAVE SOME CHANGES OR ADDITIONAL FILES ARE ADDED... AN AUTOMATIC ALERT WILL BE INCORPORATED VIA A SMS...

NEED THIS CODE TO BE DEVELOPED SO THAT SMS SENDING( INCORPORATE AT COMMANDS WITH IT) WILL BE INCLUDED...





code to monitor new files in folder with file name in the arraylist: - 04-04-2008, 08:26 AM

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import java.io.File;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class FileTest
implements Runnable {
static int fileCount;
static Thread t;
static File[] existingFiles;
static int counterCheck = 0;
List list;

public static void main(String[] args) {
FileTest test = new FileTest();

t = new Thread(test);
t.start();
}

public void run() {
int currentFilecount = 0;
File f = new File("test");
boolean status = f.isDirectory();
File[] currentFiles = null;

if (status) {
currentFilecount = f.listFiles().length;

if (counterCheck == 0) {
existingFiles = f.listFiles();
counterCheck++;
}
} else {
f.mkdir();
}

if (fileCount == currentFilecount) {
System.out.println("No new file");
} else {
System.out.println("No. of new files : "
+ (currentFilecount - fileCount));
currentFiles = f.listFiles();
this.list = compaireArray(existingFiles, currentFiles);
fileCount = currentFilecount;
existingFiles = currentFiles;
}

try {
t.sleep(7000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

t.run();
}

/**
* compares two array and returns the new files in a new file array !
* @param existingFiles2
* @param currentFiles
* @return
*/
private List compaireArray(File[] existingFiles2, File[] currentFiles) {
List list = new ArrayList();
int counter = 0;

for (int i = 0; i < currentFiles.length; i++) {
for (int j = i; j < existingFiles2.length; j++) {
if (currentFiles[i].getName().equals(
existingFiles2[j].getName())) {
break;
} else {
list.add(currentFiles[j].getName());
counter++;
}
}
}

if (list != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
System.out.println((String) list.get(i));
}
}

return list;
}
/**
* returns the newly added files
* @return
*/
public List getNewFile() {
return this.list;
}

}