Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter::Watcher - Watch for changed application files


NAME

Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter::Watcher - Watch for changed application files


SYNOPSIS

    my $watcher = Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter::Watcher->new(
        directory => '/path/to/MyApp',
        regex     => '\.yml$|\.yaml$|\.pm$',
        delay     => 1,
    );
    
    while (1) {
        my @changed_files = $watcher->watch();
    }


DESCRIPTION

This class monitors a directory of files for changes made to any file matching a regular expression. It correctly handles new files added to the application as well as files that are deleted.


METHODS

new ( directory => $path [, regex => $regex, delay => $delay ] )

Creates a new Watcher object.

watch

Returns a list of files that have been added, deleted, or changed since the last time watch was called.


SEE ALSO

Catalyst, the Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter manpage, the File::Modified manpage


AUTHORS

Sebastian Riedel, <sri@cpan.org>

Andy Grundman, <andy@hybridized.org>


THANKS

Many parts are ripped out of HTTP::Server::Simple by Jesse Vincent.


COPYRIGHT

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

 Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Restarter::Watcher - Watch for changed application files