| /* |
| * Copyright 2002-2007,2009 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package com.opensymphony.xwork2; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * All results (except for <code>Action.NONE</code>) of an {@link Action} are mapped to a View implementation. |
| * <p/> |
| * Examples of Views might be: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>SwingPanelView - pops up a new Swing panel</li> |
| * <li>ActionChainView - executes another action</li> |
| * <li>SerlvetRedirectView - redirects the HTTP response to a URL</li> |
| * <li>ServletDispatcherView - dispatches the HTTP response to a URL</li> |
| * </ul> |
| * |
| * @author plightbo |
| */ |
| public interface Result extends Serializable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a generic interface for all action execution results. |
| * Whether that be displaying a webpage, generating an email, sending a JMS message, etc. |
| * |
| * @param invocation the invocation context. |
| * @throws Exception can be thrown. |
| */ |
| public void execute(ActionInvocation invocation) throws Exception; |
| |
| } |