File watching on Oracle JDK on Mac OS X and other platforms

[Christopher Brown]

Hello,

As I understand it, the file watcher service introduced with JDK 7 uses
native (near real-time) notifications on Windows and Linux, but polling on
Mac OS X.

First off, is this correct?

Second, if it is, what is the polling interval on Mac OS X (and can it be
configured)?

(I originally posted this question to java-dev at lists.apple.com but reposted
here following a reply on that list).

Thanks,
Christopher