#1152 - Refactor EJson internals extracting io.ebean.service.SpiJsonService

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/json/ModifyAwareOwner.java

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+package io.ebeaninternal.json;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Owner object notified when a modification is detected.
+ */
+public interface ModifyAwareOwner extends Serializable {
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if the value is considered dirty.
+   * Note that this resets the dirty status back to clean.
+   */
+  boolean isMarkedDirty();
+
+  /**
+   * Marks the object as modified.
+   */
+  void markAsModified();
+
+  /**
+   * Reset the dirty state to clean.
+   */
+  void resetMarkedDirty();
+
+}