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package org.pentaho.platform.api.action;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Allows an Action to accept inputs from the action sequence that are unspecified by the Action
* itself. In other words, if there is no bean property for a particular input, it will be passed
* to the Action through this API.
*
* @see IAction
* @author aphillips
* @since 3.6
*/
public interface IVarArgsAction extends IAction {
/**
* Inputs from an action sequence that cannot be set on an Action by Java bean convention
* will be passed in through this map.
* @param args a map of unspecified inputs
*/
public void setVarArgs(Map<String, Object> args);
}