The following example demonstrates how to setup a listener for GPIO pin state changes on the Raspberry Pi. This listener implementation is far more efficient than constantly polling and querying for the the GPIO pin state. The listener implementation is based on GPIO hardware interrupts not state polling.
The source code for this example is included in the github repository:
https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j-v1/tree/master/pi4j-example/src/main/java/ListenGpioExample.java
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The following JavaDoc links are the primary interfaces used to listen for GPIO state changes:
If you have not already downloaded and installed the Pi4J library on the RaspberryPi, then view this page for instructions on where to download and how to install Pi4J:
Download & Install Pi4J
First, locate the ListenGpioExample.java source file in the samples folder of the Pi4J installation on the RaspberryPi.
You can use the following command on the Pi's console or SSH terminal to navigate to this path:
cd /opt/pi4j/examples
Next, use the following command to compile this example program:
javac -classpath .:classes:/opt/pi4j/lib/'*' -d . ListenGpioExample.java