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- monitor a single file (or directory) for changes
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- monitor a directory for changes to its direct children
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- monitor a directory for changes for all its descendants (aka recursive directory watch)
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- backends supported:
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- the JDK [`WatchService`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/file/WatchService.html) API on any platform
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- the native [FSEvents](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreservices/file_system_events) API on macOS
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- high-resolution events (on macOS we use the native [FSEvents](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreservices/file_system_events) API to circumvent the polling behavior of the JDK [WatchService](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/file/WatchService.html))
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- edge cases dealt with:
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- recursive watches will also continue in new directories
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- multiple watches for the same directory are merged to avoid overloading the kernel
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