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package org.pentaho.platform.api.action;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Makes an Action privy to certain details about the action definition that is responsible for executing it. This
* is the only Action interface that should know anything about an action definition or the fact that it is even
* being executed by way of an action sequence at all, for that matter. This interface is often used in concert
* with {@link IPreProcessingAction}.
*
* @see IAction
* @author aphillips
* @since 3.6
*/
public interface IDefinitionAwareAction extends IAction {
/**
* Informs the Action of the inputs that will be given to it, as specified in the action definition. This method
* is called on an Action just prior to execution.
*
* @param inputNames
* names of the action definition inputs
*/
public void setInputNames( List<String> inputNames );
/**
* Informs the Action of the outputs that will be expected of it, as specified in the action definition. This
* method is called on an Action just prior to execution.
*
* @param inputNames
* names of the action definition inputs
*/
public void setOutputNames( List<String> outputNames );
}