java.io gives you a mandatory file lock and java.nio gives you an
advisory file lock
If you want to read any file without any lock you can use below classes
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
If you want to tail a file line by line use below code for the same
public void tail(String logPath){
String logStr = null;
FileChannel fc = null;
try {
fc = FileChannel.open(Paths.get(logPath), StandardOpenOption.READ);
fc.position(fc.size());
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
System.out.println("FileNotFoundException occurred in Thread : " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
return;
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("IOException occurred while opening FileChannel in Thread : " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
}
while (true) {
try {
logStr = readLine(fc);
if (logStr != null) {
System.out.println(logStr);
} else {
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
} catch (IOException|InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println("Exception occurred in Thread : " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
try {
fc.close();
} catch (IOException e1) {
}
break;
}
}
}
private String readLine(FileChannel fc) throws IOException {
ByteBuffer buffers = ByteBuffer.allocate(128);
// Standard size of a line assumed to be 128 bytes
long lastPos = fc.position();
if (fc.read(buffers) > 0) {
byte[] data = buffers.array();
boolean foundTmpTerminator = false;
boolean foundTerminator = false;
long endPosition = 0;
for (byte nextByte : data) {
endPosition++;
switch (nextByte) {
case -1:
foundTerminator = true;
break;
case (byte) '\r':
foundTmpTerminator = true;
break;
case (byte) '\n':
foundTmpTerminator = true;
break;
default:
if (foundTmpTerminator) {
endPosition--;
foundTerminator = true;
}
}
if (foundTerminator) {
break;
}
}
fc.position(lastPos + endPosition);
if (foundTerminator) {
return new String(data, 0, (int) endPosition);
} else {
return new String(data, 0, (int) endPosition) + readLine(fc);
}
}
return null;
}
