EjbChangeDescriptor


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19  
20  package org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.common.api;
21  
22  /**
23   * This interface is used to communicate information about changes in
24   * ejb remote interfaces and deployment descriptors in support of
25   * incremental and iterative deployment.  An instance of this interface
26   * is supplied by a development module and passed to a plugin module
27   * during an incremental deploy.  The plugin can use this information
28   * to potentially skip steps in the deploy process.  For example, if
29   * no ejbs have changed, the stub generation step may be skipped.
30   * @author  George Finklang
31   */
32  public interface EjbChangeDescriptor {
33  
34     /* @returns true if signatures of the remote interfaces of any ejbs have
35      * changed, or if any part of the deployment descriptor that relates to
36      * ejb code generation has changed. */
37     public boolean ejbsChanged();
38     
39     /* @returns String array of the names of the ejbs that have changed */
40     public String  [] getChangedEjbs();
41  }
42

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