1 // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 2 // 3 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 4 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 5 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 6 // 7 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 // 9 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 10 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 11 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 12 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 13 // limitations under the License. 14 15 package org.apache.tapestry; 16 17 /** 18 * A particular type of component usuable with the 19 * action service. 20 * 21 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 22 * @since 1.0.1 23 */ 24 25 public interface IAction extends IComponent 26 { 27 /** 28 * Returns true if the component requires 29 * an existing, not new, {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpSession} 30 * to operate. Components who are not dependant on page state 31 * (or the visit object) are non-stateful and can return false. 32 * 33 **/ 34 35 public boolean getRequiresSession(); 36 }