1. create a file, write it twice, delete it (events polled afterwards): ENTRY_CREATE count=1 context=a.txt ENTRY_MODIFY count=2 context=a.txt ENTRY_DELETE count=1 context=a.txt 2. Files.writeString of 100 KiB to a new file (one call): ENTRY_CREATE count=1 context=b.txt ENTRY_MODIFY count=1 context=b.txt 3. 50 appends to one file with no polling in between, then poll: {(batches)=1, ENTRY_MODIFY=9} 4. Files.move (atomic rename) of g.txt to h.txt: ENTRY_DELETE count=1 context=g.txt ENTRY_CREATE count=1 context=h.txt 5. a file created inside a NEW subdirectory (subdirectory not registered): ENTRY_CREATE count=1 context=sub 6. burst: create N empty files in a fresh directory before polling once (jdk.nio.file.WatchService.maxEventsPerPoll=default): N=100 delivered 100 events: ENTRY_CREATE=100 OVERFLOW(count)=0, files on disk=100 N=512 delivered 512 events: ENTRY_CREATE=512 OVERFLOW(count)=0, files on disk=512 N=513 delivered 1 events: ENTRY_CREATE=0 OVERFLOW(count)=1, files on disk=513 N=5000 delivered 1 events: ENTRY_CREATE=0 OVERFLOW(count)=4488, files on disk=5000