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

/** 
 * This interface allows a plugin to find out what about a module
 * or application has changed since the last deployment. 
 * @author  George Finklang
 */
public interface ModuleChangeDescriptor {
    /**
     * Return true if any of the standard or server specific deployment descriptors have changed.
     */
    public boolean descriptorChanged();
    
    /**
     * Return true if any of the standard or server specific deployment descriptors have changed.
     */
    public boolean serverDescriptorChanged();
    
    /**
     * Return true if any file changes require the module class loader refresh.
     */
    public boolean classesChanged();
    
    /**
     * Return true if the manifest.mf of the module has changed.
     */
    public boolean manifestChanged();

}