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 * Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Kohsuke Kawaguchi
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package hudson.model;

import hudson.scm.PollingResult;
import hudson.scm.SCM;
import jenkins.triggers.SCMTriggerItem;

/**
 * @deprecated Implement {@link SCMTriggerItem} instead.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface SCMedItem extends BuildableItem {
    /**
     * Gets the {@link SCM} for this item.
     *
     * @return
     *      may return null for indicating "no SCM".
     */
    SCM getScm();

    /**
     * {@link SCMedItem} needs to be an instance of
     * {@link AbstractProject}.
     *
     * <p>
     * This method must be always implemented as {@code (AbstractProject)this}, but
     * defining this method emphasizes the fact that this cast must be doable.
     */
    AbstractProject<?,?> asProject();

    /**
     * Checks if there's any update in SCM, and returns true if any is found.
     *
     * @deprecated as of 1.346
     *      Use {@link #poll(TaskListener)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    boolean pollSCMChanges( TaskListener listener );

    /**
     * Checks if there's any update in SCM, and returns true if any is found.
     *
     * <p>
     * The implementation is responsible for ensuring mutual exclusion between polling and builds
     * if necessary.
     *
     * @return never null.
     *
     * @since 1.345
     */
    PollingResult poll(TaskListener listener);
}