Make listener configuration as an included parameter

ballerina/Dependencies.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [ballerina]
 dependencies-toml-version = "2"
-distribution-version = "2201.11.0-20241121-075100-c4c87cbc"
+distribution-version = "2201.11.0-20250127-101700-a4b67fe5"
 
 [[package]]
 org = "ballerina"

ballerina/service_endpoint.bal

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public isolated class Listener {
     # Creates a new Directory listener.
     # 
     # + listenerConfig - The `ListenerConfig` record with the directory details 
-    public isolated function init(ListenerConfig listenerConfig) returns error? {
+    public isolated function init(*ListenerConfig listenerConfig) returns error? {
         self.config = listenerConfig.cloneReadOnly();
         return initEndpoint(self);
     }

ballerina/tests/directory-listener-test.bal

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ import ballerina/test;
 import ballerina/lang.runtime as runtime;
 import ballerina/jballerina.java;
 
-listener Listener localFolder = new ({
-    path: "tests/resources",
-    recursive: false
-});
+listener Listener localFolder = new (
+    path = "tests/resources",
+    recursive = false
+);
 
 boolean createInvoke = false;
 boolean modifyInvoke = false;
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ function isDeleteInvoked() {
     }
 }
 
-Listener|error localFolder1 = new ({
-    path: "tests/test",
-    recursive: false
-});
+Listener|error localFolder1 = new (
+    path = "tests/test",
+    recursive = false
+);
 
 @test:Config {}
 function testDirectoryNotExist() {
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ function testNotDirectory() {
 }
 
 
-Listener|error localFolder5 = new ({
-    path: "tests/resources",
-    recursive: false
-});
+Listener|error localFolder5 = new (
+    path = "tests/resources",
+    recursive = false
+);
 
 Service attachService = service object {
 };

changelog.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- [Change the listener configuration as an included parameter](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/issues/7494)
+
 ## [1.10.0] - 2024-08-20
 
 ### Changed

examples/file-management-system/observer/file_manager.bal

@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ configurable string toAddress = ?;
 // Create the email client.
 final email:SmtpClient smtpClient = check new (host, username , password, port = port);
 
-listener file:Listener inFolder = new ({
-    path: directoryPath
-});
-
-isolated service "fileObserver" on inFolder {
+isolated service "fileObserver" on new file:Listener(path = directoryPath) {
 
     isolated remote function onCreate(file:FileEvent m) {
         sendEmail("New File Created", "Created file path: " + m.name);