Listening for file changes

propertyChanged() works only when name or writable status changes. Use contentsChanged()

Debabrata Dash wrote:

Is there anyway to listen for file changes after idea synchronizes them ?

For my perforce plugin I am trying to get the file status from the server.
For that I need to do some amount of caching, otherwise the UI gets really
really slow. However I would like to flush the cache when any change on the
file is noticed. The change could be from IDEA or outside.

I tried to listen to the VirtualFileListener.propertyChanged event, however
does not look like thats very reliable. Sometimes when I sync the files with
repository that event does not fire.

How is it done in other vcs plugins ?

Thanks in advance,
-Dash.

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Erb

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Thanks Erb, that did the trick.
-Dash.

"Erb" <dont@evenbother.com> wrote in message
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propertyChanged() works only when name or writable status changes. Use

contentsChanged()
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Debabrata Dash wrote:

>

Is there anyway to listen for file changes after idea synchronizes them

?

>

For my perforce plugin I am trying to get the file status from the

server.

For that I need to do some amount of caching, otherwise the UI gets

really

really slow. However I would like to flush the cache when any change on

the

file is noticed. The change could be from IDEA or outside.

>

I tried to listen to the VirtualFileListener.propertyChanged event,

however

does not look like thats very reliable. Sometimes when I sync the files

with

repository that event does not fire.

>

How is it done in other vcs plugins ?

>

Thanks in advance,
-Dash.

>
>

>

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Erb

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==============================================================
"Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer.
There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris."
- Larry Wall
==============================================================

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