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//! Windows file system notification library
//!
//! Fork of [notify](https://github.com/notify-rs/notify)
//!
//! # Installation
//!
//! ```toml
//! [dependencies]
//! notify-win = "0.1.0"
//! ```
//!
//! ## Features
//!
//! List of compilation features, see below for details
//!
//! - `serde` for serialization of events
//! - `serialization-compat-6` restores the serialization behavior of notify 6, off by default
//!
//! ### Serde
//!
//! Events are serializable via [serde](https://serde.rs) if the `serde` feature is enabled:
//!
//! ```toml
//! notify-win = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["serde"] }
//! ```
//!
//! # Known Problems
//!
//! ### Network filesystems
//!
//! Network mounted filesystems like NFS may not emit any events for notify to listen to.
//! This applies especially to WSL programs watching windows paths.
//!
//! A workaround is the [`PollWatcher`] backend.
//!
//! ### Editor Behaviour
//!
//! If you rely on precise events (Write/Delete/Create..), you will notice that the actual events
//! can differ a lot between file editors. Some truncate the file on save, some create a new one and replace the old one.
//!
//! ### Parent folder deletion
//!
//! If you want to receive an event for a deletion of folder `b` for the path `/a/b/..`, you will have to watch its parent `/a`.
//!
//! ### Pseudo Filesystems like /proc, /sys
//!
//! Some filesystems like `/proc` and `/sys` on *nix do not emit change events or use correct file change dates.
//! To circumvent that problem you can use the [`PollWatcher`] with the `compare_contents` option.
//!
//! Note that the [`PollWatcher`] is not restricted by this limitation, so it may be an alternative if your users can't increase the limit.
//!
//! ### Watching large directories
//!
//! When watching a very large amount of files, notify may fail to receive all events.
//!
//! ```rust
//! use notify_win::{Event, RecursiveMode, Result, Watcher};
//! use std::sync::mpsc;
//!
//! fn main() -> Result<()> {
//! let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<Result<Event>>();
//!
//! // Use recommended_watcher() to automatically select the best implementation
//! // for your platform. The `EventHandler` passed to this constructor can be a
//! // closure, a `std::sync::mpsc::Sender`, a `crossbeam_channel::Sender`, or
//! // another type the trait is implemented for.
//! let mut watcher = notify_win::recommended_watcher(tx)?;
//!
//! // Add a path to be watched. All files and directories at that path and
//! // below will be monitored for changes.
//! # { // "." doesn't exist on BSD for some reason in CI
//! watcher.watch(Path::new("."), RecursiveMode::Recursive)?;
//! # }
//! # #[cfg(any())]
//! # { // don't run this in doctests, it blocks forever
//! // Block forever, printing out events as they come in
//! for res in rx {
//! match res {
//! Ok(event) => println!("event: {:?}", event),
//! Err(e) => println!("watch error: {:?}", e),
//! }
//! }
//! # }
//!
//! Ok(())
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! ## With different configurations
//!
//! It is possible to create several watchers with different configurations or implementations that
//! all call the same event function. This can accommodate advanced behaviour or work around limits.
//!
//! ```rust
//! # use notify_win::{RecursiveMode, Result, Watcher};
//! # use std::path::Path;
//! #
//! # fn main() -> Result<()> {
//! fn event_fn(res: Result<notify_win::Event>) {
//! match res {
//! Ok(event) => println!("event: {:?}", event),
//! Err(e) => println!("watch error: {:?}", e),
//! }
//! }
//!
//! let mut watcher1 = notify_win::recommended_watcher(event_fn)?;
//! // we will just use the same watcher kind again here
//! let mut watcher2 = notify_win::recommended_watcher(event_fn)?;
//! # { // "." doesn't exist on BSD for some reason in CI
//! # watcher1.watch(Path::new("."), RecursiveMode::Recursive)?;
//! # watcher2.watch(Path::new("."), RecursiveMode::Recursive)?;
//! # }
//! // dropping the watcher1/2 here (no loop etc) will end the program
//! #
//! # Ok(())
//! # }
//! ```
pub use ;
pub use ;
pub use ;
use Path;
pub type Receiver<T> = Receiver;
pub type Sender<T> = Sender;
pub type BoundSender<T> = SyncSender;
pub
pub
pub use NullWatcher;
pub use PollWatcher;
pub use ReadDirectoryChangesWatcher;
/// The set of requirements for watcher event handling functions.
///
/// # Example implementation
///
/// ```no_run
/// use notify_win::{Event, Result, EventHandler};
///
/// /// Prints received events
/// struct EventPrinter;
///
/// impl EventHandler for EventPrinter {
/// fn handle_event(&mut self, event: Result<Event>) {
/// if let Ok(event) = event {
/// println!("Event: {:?}", event);
/// }
/// }
/// }
/// ```
/// Watcher kind enumeration
/// Type that can deliver file activity notifications
///
/// `Watcher` is implemented per platform using the best implementation available on that platform.
/// In addition to such event driven implementations, a polling implementation is also provided
/// that should work on any platform.