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XWork is an command-pattern framework that is used to power WebWork as well as other applications. XWork provides an Inversion of Control container, a powerful expression language, data type conversion, validation, and pluggable configuration.

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2006 by OpenSymphony
 * All rights reserved.
 */
package com.opensymphony.xwork2;

import java.io.Serializable;


/**
 * All results (except for NONE) of an Action are mapped to a View implementation.
 * Examples of Views might be:
 * 
 * SwingPanelView - pops up a new Swing panel
 * ActionChainView - executes another action
 * SerlvetRedirectView - redirects the HTTP response to a URL
 * ServletDispatcherView - dispatches the HTTP response to a URL
 * 
 *
 * @author plightbo
 * @version $Revision: 1063 $
 */
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.
     */
    public void execute(ActionInvocation invocation) throws Exception;
}