Package com.intellij.openapi.compiler

Interface ValidityState

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmptyValidityState, PsiElementsValidityState, TimestampValidityState

public interface ValidityState

Instances of this class are associated with the files processed by compilers. A file is considered modified if currently associated ValidityState differs from the previously stored ValiditySate for this file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equalsTo(ValidityState otherState) Compares this validity state to other ValidityState.
void	save(java.io.DataOutput out) Invoked by make subsystem in order to store the state.

Method Detail

equalsTo

boolean equalsTo(ValidityState otherState)

Compares this validity state to other ValidityState.

Parameters:

otherState - the state to compare with.

Returns:

true if states can be considered equal, false otherwise.

save

void save(java.io.DataOutput out)
   throws java.io.IOException

Invoked by make subsystem in order to store the state.

Parameters:

out - the output to which the state should be stored.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the save operation failed because of an I/O error.

See Also:

TimestampValidityState.load(DataInput)