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42 package org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.common.api;
43
44 /**
45 * This interface is used to communicate information about changes in
46 * ejb remote interfaces and deployment descriptors in support of
47 * incremental and iterative deployment. An instance of this interface
48 * is supplied by a development module and passed to a plugin module
49 * during an incremental deploy. The plugin can use this information
50 * to potentially skip steps in the deploy process. For example, if
51 * no ejbs have changed, the stub generation step may be skipped.
52 * @author George Finklang
53 */
54 public interface EjbChangeDescriptor {
55
56 /* @returns true if signatures of the remote interfaces of any ejbs have
57 * changed, or if any part of the deployment descriptor that relates to
58 * ejb code generation has changed. */
59 public boolean ejbsChanged();
60
61 /* @returns String array of the names of the ejbs that have changed */
62 public String[] getChangedEjbs();
63 }
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