All,
I am planning to implement a file watcher utility similar to one as mentioned in this link
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/notification.html
My question is related to options in the java space on how do I keep this utility up and running all the time to listen to the file change events.
Should I create it as a web component and deploy it in a web/application server or resort to creating a java program configured to run in OS level scheduler.
Do post your thoughts on how to go about the scheduling aspect for this utility.
Thanks,