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package org.apache.felix.webconsole;


import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;


/**
 * The <code>Action</code> interface defines a service interface for actions
 * to be plugged into the web console.
 * <p>
 * <strong>NOTE: This interface is just an intermediate solution for making the
 * web console extensible. Future releases of the web console will remove this
 * and the {@link Render} interfaces and use the
 * <code>javax.servlet.Servlet</code> interface with predefined service
 * registration properties instead.</strong>
 * 
 * @deprecated This interface will be removed when <a
 *             href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-574">FELIX-574</a>
 *             will be implemented.
 */
public interface Action
{

    static final String SERVICE = Action.class.getName();

    /**
     * The name of a request attribute, which may be set by performAction if
     * redirecting.
     */
    static final String ATTR_REDIRECT_PARAMETERS = "redirectParameters";


    String getName();


    String getLabel();


    /**
     * Performs the action the request data optionally sending a response to
     * the HTTP Servlet Response.
     *
     * @param request
     * @param response
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> the client should be redirected after the
     *      action has been taken. <code>false</code> if this method also
     *      provided response to the client and nore more processing is
     *      required.
     *
     * @throws IOException May be thrown if an I/O error occurrs
     * @throws ServletException May be thrown if another error occurrs while
     *      processing the action. The <code>rootCause</code> of the exception
     *      should contain the cause of the error.
     */
    boolean performAction( HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response ) throws IOException,
        ServletException;

}