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package org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.devmodules.api;

import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.common.api.EjbChangeDescriptor;

/** 
 * This interface allows a development module to express what about a module
 * or application has changed since the last deployment.  This information
 * can be passed to the plugin via the ModuleChangeDescriptor interface.
 * An implementation of this interface should be provided in the build target
 * lookup adjacent to the J2eeModule implementation.
 * @author  George Finklang
 */
public interface ModuleChangeReporter {
    
    /* Get all the changes since the time indicated by the timestmap. */
    public EjbChangeDescriptor getEjbChanges(long timestamp);
    
    public boolean isManifestChanged(long timestamp);

}