question: private boolean checkUpdated ( FCEndpoint existing , FCEndpoint current ) { boolean updated = false ; if ( existing . getInactive ( ) == true ) { existing . setInactive ( false ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getRemotePortName ( ) , current . getRemotePortName ( ) ) ) { existing . setRemotePortName ( current . getRemotePortName ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getRemoteNodeName ( ) , current . getRemoteNodeName ( ) ) ) { existing . setRemoteNodeName ( current . getRemoteNodeName ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getRemotePortAlias ( ) , current . getRemotePortAlias ( ) ) ) { existing . setRemotePortAlias ( current . getRemotePortAlias ( ) == null ? "" : current . getRemotePortAlias ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getFabricId ( ) , current . getFabricId ( ) ) ) { existing . setFabricId ( current . getFabricId ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getFcid ( ) , current . getFcid ( ) ) ) { existing . setFcid ( current . getFcid ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getSwitchInterface ( ) , current . getSwitchInterface ( ) ) ) { existing . setSwitchInterface ( current . getSwitchInterface ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getSwitchName ( ) , current . getSwitchName ( ) ) ) { existing . setSwitchName ( current . getSwitchName ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getSwitchPortName ( ) , current . getSwitchPortName ( ) ) ) { existing . setSwitchPortName ( current . getSwitchPortName ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } if ( checkAttributeChanged ( existing . getFabricWwn ( ) , current . getFabricWwn ( ) ) ) { existing . setFabricWwn ( current . getFabricWwn ( ) ) ; updated = true ; } return updated ; }
target:  Returns true if any fields of significance has been modified.