001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2016 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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016package org.kuali.rice.krms.framework.type;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.action.ActionDefinition;
019import org.kuali.rice.krms.framework.engine.Action;
020
021/**
022 * Interface defining the loading of an {@link Action} from a {@link ActionDefinition}
023 *
024 * @see Action
025 * @see ActionDefinition
026 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
027 *
028 */
029public interface ActionTypeService extends RemotableAttributeOwner {
030
031    /**
032     * Load the {@link Action} given the {@link ActionDefinition}
033     * @param actionDefinition {@link ActionDefinition} to create the {@link Action} from
034     * @return {@link Action} created from the given {@link ActionDefinition}
035     */
036        public Action loadAction(ActionDefinition actionDefinition);
037
038}