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017package org.apache.wicket.authorization.strategies.action;
018
019import org.apache.wicket.Component;
020import org.apache.wicket.authorization.Action;
021import org.apache.wicket.util.io.IClusterable;
022
023/**
024 * A way to provide authorization for a specific component action.
025 * 
026 * @author Jonathan Locke
027 * @since 1.2
028 */
029public interface IActionAuthorizer extends IClusterable
030{
031        /**
032         * Gets the action that this authorizer authorizes.
033         * 
034         * @return The action that this authorizer authorizes
035         */
036        Action getAction();
037
038        /**
039         * Gets whether this action is authorized.
040         * 
041         * @param component
042         *            The component to authorize this action on
043         * @return True if this action is authorized
044         */
045        boolean authorizeAction(Component component);
046}