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package com.intellij.openapi.util;

/**
 * @author dyoma
 */
public interface ModificationTracker {
  long getModificationCount();

  ModificationTracker EVER_CHANGED = new ModificationTracker() {
    private long myCounter = 0;

    @Override
    public long getModificationCount() {
      return myCounter++;
    }
  };
  ModificationTracker NEVER_CHANGED = new ModificationTracker() {
    @Override
    public long getModificationCount() {
      return 0;
    }
  };
}
