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package org.springframework.webflow.engine;

import org.springframework.webflow.execution.Action;
import org.springframework.webflow.execution.Event;
import org.springframework.webflow.execution.RequestContext;

/**
 * A simple static helper that performs action execution that encapsulates common logging and exception handling logic.
 * This is an internal helper class that is not normally used by application code.
 * 
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @author Erwin Vervaet
 */
public class ActionExecutor {

	/**
	 * Private constructor to avoid instantiation.
	 */
	private ActionExecutor() {
	}

	/**
	 * Execute the given action.
	 * @param action the action to execute
	 * @param context the flow execution request context
	 * @return result of action execution
	 * @throws ActionExecutionException if the action threw an exception while executing, the orginal exception is
	 * available as the cause if this exception
	 */
	public static Event execute(Action action, RequestContext context) throws ActionExecutionException {
		try {
			return action.execute(context);
		} catch (ActionExecutionException e) {
			throw e;
		} catch (Exception e) {
			// wrap the exception as an ActionExecutionException
			throw new ActionExecutionException(context.getActiveFlow().getId(),
					context.getCurrentState() != null ? context.getCurrentState().getId() : null, action, context
							.getAttributes(), e);
		}
	}
}