IFileChangeNotificationSystem Interface
Defines a way to expose a custom FileChangeMonitor object to a cache implementation.
Assembly: System.Runtime.Caching (in System.Runtime.Caching.dll)
The IFileChangeNotificationSystem type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | StartMonitoring | Registers a file path to monitor with the host environment. |
![]() | StopMonitoring | Ends change monitoring. |
In ASP.NET, the IFileChangeNotificationSystem interface provides access to internal file-change notification management.
The IFileChangeNotificationSystem interface is used internally by the HostFileChangeMonitor class.
When a cache implementation runs in an ASP.NET application domain, ASP.NET implements an IFileChangeNotificationSystem interface through the Host property. The HostFileChangeMonitor class detects this property and uses the ASP.NET file-change notification system to evict cache entries based on file-change notification.
In non-ASP.NET applications, there is no host environment that implements a custom IFileChangeNotificationSystem interface. As a result, the HostFileChangeMonitor class uses the FileSystemWatcher class of the CLR.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
