tenfourfox/toolkit/components/filewatcher/tests/xpcshell/test_watch_recursively.js

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"use strict";

function run_test() {
  // Set up profile. We will use profile path create some test files.
  do_get_profile();

  // Start executing the tests.
  run_next_test();
}

/**
 * Test the watcher correctly notifies of a file creation in a subdirectory
 * of the watched sub-directory (recursion).
 */
add_task(function* test_watch_recursively() {

  // Create and watch a sub-directory of the profile directory so we don't
  // catch notifications we're not interested in (i.e. "startupCache").
  let watchedDir = OS.Path.join(OS.Constants.Path.profileDir, "filewatcher_playground");
  yield OS.File.makeDir(watchedDir);

  // We need at least 2 levels of directories to test recursion.
  let subdirectory = OS.Path.join(watchedDir, "level1");
  yield OS.File.makeDir(subdirectory);

  let tempFileName = "test_filecreation.tmp";

  // Instantiate and initialize the native watcher.
  let watcher = makeWatcher();
  let deferred = Promise.defer();

  let tmpFilePath = OS.Path.join(subdirectory, tempFileName);

  // Add the profile directory to the watch list and wait for the file watcher
  // to start watching it.
  yield promiseAddPath(watcher, watchedDir, deferred.resolve, deferred.reject);

  // Create a file within the subdirectory of the watched directory.
  yield OS.File.writeAtomic(tmpFilePath, "some data");

  // Wait until the watcher informs us that the file was created.
  let changed = yield deferred.promise;
  do_check_eq(changed, tmpFilePath);

  // Remove the watch and free the associated memory (we need to
  // reuse 'deferred.resolve' and 'deferred.reject' to unregister).
  yield promiseRemovePath(watcher, watchedDir, deferred.resolve, deferred.reject);

  // Remove the test directory and all of its content.
  yield OS.File.removeDir(watchedDir);
});