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     25 
     26 package com.sun.jdi.request;
     27 
     28 import com.sun.jdi.*;
     29 
     30 /**
     31  * Request for notification when a field is set.
     32  * This event will be triggered when a value is assigned to the specified
     33  * field with a Java<SUP><FONT SIZE="-2">TM</FONT></SUP> programming
     34  * language statement (assignment, increment, etc) or by a
     35  * Java Native Interface (JNI) set function (<code>Set&lt;Type&gt;Field,
     36  * SetStatic&lt;Type&gt;Field</code>).
     37  * Setting a field to a value which is the same as the previous value
     38  * still triggers this event.
     39  * Modification by JDI does not trigger this event.
     40  * When an enabled
     41  * ModificationWatchpointRequest is satisfied, an
     42  * {@link com.sun.jdi.event.EventSet event set} containing a
     43  * {@link com.sun.jdi.event.ModificationWatchpointEvent ModificationWatchpointEvent}
     44  * will be placed on
     45  * the {@link com.sun.jdi.event.EventQueue EventQueue}.
     46  * The collection of existing
     47  * watchpoints is
     48  * managed by the {@link EventRequestManager}.
     49  *
     50  * @see com.sun.jdi.event.ModificationWatchpointEvent
     51  * @see AccessWatchpointRequest
     52  * @see com.sun.jdi.event.EventQueue
     53  * @see EventRequestManager
     54  *
     55  * @author Robert Field
     56  * @since  1.3
     57  */
     58 @jdk.Exported
     59 public interface ModificationWatchpointRequest extends WatchpointRequest {
     60 }
     61