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package com.sun.jdi.request;
import com.sun.jdi.*;
/**
* Request for notification when a field is set.
* This event will be triggered when a value is assigned to the specified
* field with a Java™ programming
* language statement (assignment, increment, etc) or by a
* Java Native Interface (JNI) set function (<code>Set<Type>Field,
* SetStatic<Type>Field</code>).
* Setting a field to a value which is the same as the previous value
* still triggers this event.
* Modification by JDI does not trigger this event.
* When an enabled
* ModificationWatchpointRequest is satisfied, an
* {@link com.sun.jdi.event.EventSet event set} containing a
* {@link com.sun.jdi.event.ModificationWatchpointEvent ModificationWatchpointEvent}
* will be placed on
* the {@link com.sun.jdi.event.EventQueue EventQueue}.
* The collection of existing
* watchpoints is
* managed by the {@link EventRequestManager}.
*
* @see com.sun.jdi.event.ModificationWatchpointEvent
* @see AccessWatchpointRequest
* @see com.sun.jdi.event.EventQueue
* @see EventRequestManager
*
* @author Robert Field
* @since 1.3
*/
public interface ModificationWatchpointRequest extends WatchpointRequest {
}