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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 public interface ModificationWatchpointRequest extends WatchpointRequest {
  59 }