io.methvin.watcher.hashing

Interface FileHash

public interface FileHash

An interface representing the hash of a file.

DirectoryWatcher uses the equals() method on the member classes of this interface to determine if the content of a file has changed.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static FileHash	DIRECTORY A special hash instance used by DirectoryWatcher to represent a directory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	asBytes()
default java.lang.String	asString()
static FileHash	directory()
static FileHash	fromBytes(byte[] value)
static FileHash	fromLong(long value)

Field Detail

DIRECTORY

static final FileHash DIRECTORY

A special hash instance used by DirectoryWatcher to represent a directory

Method Detail

fromBytes

static FileHash fromBytes(byte[] value)

fromLong

static FileHash fromLong(long value)

directory

static FileHash directory()

asString

default java.lang.String asString()

Returns:

A representation of this hash as a human-readable string

asBytes

byte[] asBytes()

Returns:

a representation of this hash as a byte array.