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 * $URL: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/event/tags/sakai_2-3-1/event-api/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/event/api/NotificationAction.java $
 * $Id: NotificationAction.java 7036 2006-03-27 00:31:07Z ggolden@umich.edu $
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package org.sakaiproject.event.api;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * <p>
 * NotificationAction is the helper class that does the notify() for a notification.
 * </p>
 */
public interface NotificationAction
{
	/**
	 * Set from an xml element.
	 * 
	 * @param el
	 *        The xml element.
	 */
	void set(Element el);

	/**
	 * Set from another.
	 * 
	 * @param other
	 *        The other to copy.
	 */
	void set(NotificationAction other);

	/**
	 * Make a new one like me.
	 * 
	 * @return A new action just like me.
	 */
	NotificationAction getClone();

	/**
	 * Fill this xml element with the attributes.
	 * 
	 * @param el
	 *        The xml element.
	 */
	void toXml(Element el);

	/**
	 * Do the notification.
	 * 
	 * @param notification
	 *        The notification responding to the event.
	 * @param event
	 *        The event that matched criteria to cause the notification.
	 */
	void notify(Notification notification, Event event);
}
