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 * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
 * 
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 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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package com.google.gwt.dev.javac.rebind;

/**
 * The returned status for a rebind result.  This status is used by the 
 * {@link com.google.gwt.dev.shell.StandardRebindOracle} implementation to 
 * determine how to integrate the result into the system.  In the descriptions 
 * below, the "products" of a rebind result can include updated type 
 * information, newly generated artifacts, and newly generated compilation units.
 */
public enum RebindStatus {
 
  /**
   * Indicates nothing new was created, use pre-existing type information.
   */ 
  USE_EXISTING,
 
  /**
   * Indicates only newly generated products should be used.
   */
  USE_ALL_NEW,
  
  /**
   * Indicates only newly generated products should be used, and no results
   * should be cached, such as in the case where no caching can be taken
   * advantage of.
   */
  USE_ALL_NEW_WITH_NO_CACHING,
  
  /**
   * Indicates only previously cached products should be used.
   */
  USE_ALL_CACHED,
  
  /**
   * Indicates that a mixture of newly generated and previously cached products
   * should be used.
   */
  USE_PARTIAL_CACHED
}