2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: if the set of incremental changes is made to the doclet model, transforming the set of incremental changes in the doclet model to a semantic model; and persisting the source model, the doclet model, the semantic model, and links between the doclet model and the semantic model to the state location.
20. The method of claim 2 , wherein the transforming step comprises: creating a model content handler for a given namespace of the at least one annotation; retrieving a list of modified doclet objects from the annotation change recorder; and processing a list of modified doclet objects retrieved from the annotation change recorder in the model content handler.