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020    
021    package org.apache.directory.shared.dsmlv2;
022    
023    
024    import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
025    
026    
027    /**
028     * IAction interface just contains the method 'action' which must be implemented
029     * in all the implementong classes.
030     * 
031     * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
032     * @version $Rev$, $Date$
033     */
034    public interface IAction
035    {
036        // ~ Methods
037        // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
038    
039        /**
040         * The action to be executed.
041         * 
042         * @param container
043         *      the container which stores the current data
044         * @throws XmlPullParserException
045         *      thrown if something went wrong.
046         */
047        public void action( Dsmlv2Container container ) throws XmlPullParserException;
048    }