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 * $Id: ActionCommandBase.java 471754 2006-11-06 14:55:09Z husted $
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package org.apache.struts.chain.commands;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.commons.chain.Context;
import org.apache.struts.chain.contexts.ActionContext;

/**
 * <p>Simple abstract class which avoids frequent casting to
 * <code>ActionContext</code> in commands explicitly intended for use with
 * that class.</p>
 */
public abstract class ActionCommandBase implements ActionCommand {

    /**
     * <p> Provide Commons Logging instance for this class. </p>
     */
    private static final Log LOG =
        LogFactory.getLog(ActionCommandBase.class);

    // See interface for Javadoc
    public abstract boolean execute(ActionContext actionContext)
        throws Exception;

    // See interface for Javadoc
    public boolean execute(Context context)
        throws Exception {
        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
            LOG.debug("Executing " + getClass().getName());
        }
        return execute((ActionContext) context);
    }
}