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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) 2002-2007 by OpenSymphony
 * All rights reserved.
 */
package com.opensymphony.xwork2;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.entities.ActionConfig;


/**
 * ActionProxy is an extra layer between XWork and the action so that different proxies are possible.
 * 
 * An example of this would be a remote proxy, where the layer between XWork and the action might be RMI or SOAP.
 *
 * @author Jason Carreira
 */
public interface ActionProxy {

    /**
     * Gets the Action instance for this Proxy.
     *
     * @return the Action instance
     */
    Object getAction();

    /**
     * Gets the alias name this ActionProxy is mapped to.
     *
     * @return the alias name
     */
    String getActionName();

    /**
     * Gets the ActionConfig this ActionProxy is built from.
     *
     * @return the ActionConfig
     */
    ActionConfig getConfig();

    /**
     * Sets whether this ActionProxy should also execute the Result after executing the Action.
     *
     * @param executeResult true to also execute the Result.
     */
    void setExecuteResult(boolean executeResult);

    /**
     * Gets the status of whether the ActionProxy is set to execute the Result after the Action is executed.
     *
     * @return the status
     */
    boolean getExecuteResult();

    /**
     * Gets the ActionInvocation associated with this ActionProxy.
     *
     * @return the ActionInvocation
     */
    ActionInvocation getInvocation();

    /**
     * Gets the namespace the ActionConfig for this ActionProxy is mapped to.
     *
     * @return the namespace
     */
    String getNamespace();

    /**
     * Execute this ActionProxy. This will set the ActionContext from the ActionInvocation into the ActionContext
     * ThreadLocal before invoking the ActionInvocation, then set the old ActionContext back into the ThreadLocal.
     *
     * @return the result code returned from executing the ActionInvocation
     * @throws Exception can be thrown.
     * @see ActionInvocation
     */
    String execute() throws Exception;

    /**
     * Gets the method name to execute, or null if no method has been specified (meaning execute will be invoked).
     *
     * @return the method to execute
     */
    String getMethod();
    
}