ActionMethod (Portlet 4.0 API Specification)

```
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(METHOD)
public @interface ActionMethod
```
Designates a method corresponding to the portlet API processAction method. The annotated method must have the following signature:
public void <methodName>(ActionRequest, ActionResponse)
where the method name can be freely selected.
The method declaration may contain a throws clause. Exceptions declared in the throws clause should be of type PortletException or IOException. Checked exceptions of any other type will be caught, wrapped with a PortletException, and rethrown.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

processAction

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type Required Element Description

String portletName
The portlet name for the annotated method.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
`String`	`actionName`	The action name.
`PortletQName[]`	`publishingEvents`	The QName definitions of the events published by this method.

- Element Detail
  - portletName
```
String portletName
```
    The portlet name for the annotated method.
    
    Returns:
    
    The portlet name
- - actionName
```
String actionName
```
    The action name.
    If an action name is specified, the bean enabler will dispatch Action requests with matching values of the reserved "jakarta.portlet.action" parameter to this method.
    An ActionMethod with an empty action name will receive all Action requests not dispatched to other named ActionMethods.
    
    Returns:
    
    The action name
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - publishingEvents
```
PortletQName[] publishingEvents
```
    The QName definitions of the events published by this method.
    
    Returns:
    
    The processing event QNames
    
    See Also:
    
    EventDefinition, PortletQName
    
    Default:
    
    {}