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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.
 * </p>
 *
 * @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.
     * </p>
     *
     * @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
     */
    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 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
     */
    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
     */
    ActionProxy createActionProxy(ActionInvocation actionInvocation, String namespace, String actionName, String methodName,
                                         boolean executeResult, boolean cleanupContext);
    
}