package forum;

import javax.servlet.http.*;

/**
 * The superclass for all command/action components.
 *
 * @author    Simon Brown
 */
public abstract class Action {

  /**
   * Peforms the processing associated with this action.
   *
   * @param request     the HttpServletRequest instance
   * @param response    the HttpServletResponse instance
   * @return  the name of the next view
   */
  public abstract String process(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response);

}