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package com.opensymphony.xwork2;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* The {@link ActionProxyFactory} is used to create {@link ActionProxy}s to be executed.
* <p/>
* It is the entry point to XWork that is used by a dispatcher to create an {@link ActionProxy} to execute
* for a particular namespace and action name.
*
* @author Jason Carreira
* @see DefaultActionProxyFactory
*/
public interface ActionProxyFactory {
/**
* Creates an {@link ActionProxy} for the given namespace and action name by looking up the configuration.The ActionProxy
* should be fully initialized when it is returned, including having an {@link ActionInvocation} instance associated.
* <p/>
* <b>Note:</b> This is the most used create method.
*
* @param namespace the namespace of the action, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @param actionName the name of the action
* @param extraContext a Map of extra parameters to be provided to the ActionProxy, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @return ActionProxy the created action proxy
* @deprecated Since 2.1.1, use {@link #createActionProxy(String,String,String,Map) instead}
*/
@Deprecated public ActionProxy createActionProxy(String namespace, String actionName, Map<String, Object> extraContext);
/**
* Creates an {@link ActionProxy} for the given namespace and action name by looking up the configuration.The ActionProxy
* should be fully initialized when it is returned, including having an {@link ActionInvocation} instance associated.
* <p/>
* <b>Note:</b> This is the most used create method.
*
* @param namespace the namespace of the action, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @param actionName the name of the action
* @param methodName the name of the method to execute
* @param extraContext a Map of extra parameters to be provided to the ActionProxy, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @return ActionProxy the created action proxy
* @since 2.1.1
*/
public ActionProxy createActionProxy(String namespace, String actionName, String methodName, Map<String, Object> extraContext);
/**
* Creates an {@link ActionProxy} for the given namespace and action name by looking up the configuration.The ActionProxy
* should be fully initialized when it is returned, including having an {@link ActionInvocation} instance associated.
*
* @param namespace the namespace of the action, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @param actionName the name of the action
* @param extraContext a Map of extra parameters to be provided to the ActionProxy, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @param executeResult flag which tells whether the result should be executed after the action
* @param cleanupContext flag which tells whether the original context should be preserved during execution of the proxy.
* @return ActionProxy the created action proxy
* @deprecated Since 2.1.1, use {@link #createActionProxy(String,String,String,Map,boolean,boolean)} instead
*/
@Deprecated public ActionProxy createActionProxy(String namespace, String actionName, Map<String, Object> extraContext, boolean executeResult, boolean cleanupContext);
/**
* Creates an {@link ActionProxy} for the given namespace and action name by looking up the configuration.The ActionProxy
* should be fully initialized when it is returned, including having an {@link ActionInvocation} instance associated.
*
* @param namespace the namespace of the action, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @param actionName the name of the action
* @param methodName the name of the method to execute
* @param extraContext a Map of extra parameters to be provided to the ActionProxy, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @param executeResult flag which tells whether the result should be executed after the action
* @param cleanupContext flag which tells whether the original context should be preserved during execution of the proxy.
* @return ActionProxy the created action proxy
* @since 2.1.1
*/
public ActionProxy createActionProxy(String namespace, String actionName, String methodName, Map<String, Object> extraContext, boolean executeResult, boolean cleanupContext);
/**
* Creates an {@link ActionProxy} for the given namespace and action name by looking up the configuration.The ActionProxy
* should be fully initialized when it is returned, including passed {@link ActionInvocation} instance.
*
* @param actionInvocation the action invocation instance to associate with
* @param namespace the namespace of the action, can be <tt>null</tt>
* @param actionName the name of the action
* @param methodName the name of the method to execute
* @param executeResult flag which tells whether the result should be executed after the action
* @param cleanupContext flag which tells whether the original context should be preserved during execution of the proxy.
* @return ActionProxy the created action proxy
* @since 2.1.1
*/
public ActionProxy createActionProxy(ActionInvocation actionInvocation, String namespace, String actionName, String methodName,
boolean executeResult, boolean cleanupContext);
}