question: private static long configFileLastModified ( String configFileName , long timeLastModified ) { File configFile = new File ( getGlobalConfigDirName ( clusterHomeName ) , configFileName ) ; if ( ! configFile . exists ( ) ) { return timeLastModified ; } if ( configFile . lastModified ( ) > timeLastModified ) { return configFile . lastModified ( ) ; } return timeLastModified ; }
target:  Indicates whether a given config file was modified since the last time it was accessed based on the time modified that is passed in.