java - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

Question

I have a piece of code that monitors a directory for addition of files. Whenever a new file is added to the directory, the contents of the file are picked and published on kafka

Answer 1

It is always a better idea to add sleep time in WatchService events:

if (StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_CREATE.equals(event.kind())) {

       try {
            Thread.sleep(3000);
       } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
       }

// now do your intended jobs ... 

I needed to add sleep time otherwise it wouldn't work for multiple requests and used to get the error:

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process