java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/common/ActionInfo.java

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package com.google.gerrit.extensions.common;

import com.google.gerrit.extensions.webui.UiAction;

/**
 * Representation of an action in the REST API.
 *
 * <p>This class determines the JSON format of actions in the REST API.
 *
 * <p>An action describes a REST API call the client can make to manipulate a resource. These are
 * frequently implemented by plugins and may be discovered at runtime.
 */
public class ActionInfo {
  /**
   * HTTP method to use with the action. Most actions use {@code POST}, {@code PUT} or {@code
   * DELETE} to cause state changes.
   */
  public String method;

  /**
   * Short title to display to a user describing the action. In the Gerrit web interface the label
   * is used as the text on the button that is presented in the UI.
   */
  public String label;

  /**
   * Longer text to display describing the action. In a web UI this should be the title attribute of
   * the element, displaying when the user hovers the mouse.
   */
  public String title;

  /**
   * If {@code true} the action is permitted at this time and the caller is likely allowed to
   * execute it. This may change if state is updated at the server or permissions are modified.
   */
  public Boolean enabled;

  public ActionInfo(UiAction.Description d) {
    method = d.getMethod();
    label = d.getLabel();
    title = d.getTitle();
    enabled = d.isEnabled() ? true : null;
  }
}