ActionRequestHandler.java

/*
 *  Weblounge: Web Content Management System
 *  Copyright (c) 2003 - 2011 The Weblounge Team
 *  http://entwinemedia.com/weblounge
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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package ch.entwine.weblounge.dispatcher;

import ch.entwine.weblounge.common.site.Action;

/**
 * The <code>ActionHandler</code> keeps track of all actions in the system and
 * dispatches requests to the actions according to their mountpoint.
 */
public interface ActionRequestHandler extends RequestHandler {

  /**
   * Registers the action with the handler.
   * 
   * @param action
   *          the action
   */
  void register(Action action);

  /**
   * Removes the action from the list of actions and returns <code>true</code>
   * if it was found and removed, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   * 
   * @param action
   *          the action
   * @return <code>true</code> if the action was unregistered
   */
  boolean unregister(Action action);

}