Pennington.Data.DataDirectoryEntry

namespace Pennington.Data;

/// Singleton holder for a directory of data files, aggregating every .yml, .yaml, and .json file into one list of TItem. The first call to GetValue enumerates the directory and deserializes each file via DataFileLoader; subsequent calls return the cached list until FileWatchDispatcher reports a change in the directory, at which point the next access reloads it.
public class DataDirectoryEntry
{
    /// Creates the entry; the directory itself is not read until GetValue is called.
    
public DataDirectoryEntry`1(string name, string path, IFileSystem fileSystem)
;

    /// Returns the current loaded value, refreshed if the underlying file has changed since last access.
    
public object GetValue()
;

    /// Logical name supplied at registration; lookup key for Get.
    
public string Name { get; }


    /// Called on the file-watcher thread for every watched change. Must be quick and thread-safe.
    
public FileWatchResponse OnFileChanged(FileChangeNotification change)
;

    /// The closed generic type the entry was registered with.
    
public Type ValueType { get; }


    /// Directories needing an OS-level watcher. Empty (the default) for aggregators that ride notifications other watchers already produce.
    
public IReadOnlyList<FileWatchScope> WatchScopes { get; }

}