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019
020package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.object.orderactions;
021
022import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.SingleStringValueFacet;
023import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.members.order.MemberOrderFacet;
024import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.object.orderfields.FieldOrderFacet;
025
026/**
027 * (One of the) mechanism(s) for determining the order in which the actions of
028 * the object should be rendered.
029 * 
030 * <p>
031 * In the standard Apache Isis Programming Model, typically corresponds to the
032 * <tt>actionOrder</tt> method which returns a comma-separated list of action
033 * names. An alternative (and preferred, because it is refactoring-safe)
034 * mechanism is to annotate each of the methods using <tt>@MemberOrder</tt>.
035 * 
036 * @see MemberOrderFacet
037 * @see FieldOrderFacet
038 */
039public interface ActionOrderFacet extends SingleStringValueFacet {
040
041}