/*
* Copyright (c) 2002-2007 by OpenSymphony
* All rights reserved.
*/
package com.opensymphony.xwork2;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.entities.ActionConfig;
/**
* ActionProxy is an extra layer between XWork and the action so that different proxies are possible.
* <p/>
* An example of this would be a remote proxy, where the layer between XWork and the action might be RMI or SOAP.
*
* @author Jason Carreira
*/
public interface ActionProxy {
/**
* Gets the Action instance for this Proxy.
*
* @return the Action instance
*/
Object getAction();
/**
* Gets the alias name this ActionProxy is mapped to.
*
* @return the alias name
*/
String getActionName();
/**
* Gets the ActionConfig this ActionProxy is built from.
*
* @return the ActionConfig
*/
ActionConfig getConfig();
/**
* Sets whether this ActionProxy should also execute the Result after executing the Action.
*
* @param executeResult <tt>true</tt> to also execute the Result.
*/
void setExecuteResult(boolean executeResult);
/**
* Gets the status of whether the ActionProxy is set to execute the Result after the Action is executed.
*
* @return the status
*/
boolean getExecuteResult();
/**
* Gets the ActionInvocation associated with this ActionProxy.
*
* @return the ActionInvocation
*/
ActionInvocation getInvocation();
/**
* Gets the namespace the ActionConfig for this ActionProxy is mapped to.
*
* @return the namespace
*/
String getNamespace();
/**
* Execute this ActionProxy. This will set the ActionContext from the ActionInvocation into the ActionContext
* ThreadLocal before invoking the ActionInvocation, then set the old ActionContext back into the ThreadLocal.
*
* @return the result code returned from executing the ActionInvocation
* @throws Exception can be thrown.
* @see ActionInvocation
*/
String execute() throws Exception;
/**
* Gets the method name to execute, or <tt>null</tt> if no method has been specified (meaning <code>execute</code> will be invoked).
*
* @return the method to execute
*/
String getMethod();
}
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