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## javax.faces.component
Interface ActionSource2

All Superinterfaces:
  ActionSource

All Known Implementing Classes:
  HtmlCommandButton, HtmlCommandLink, UICommand

    public interface ActionSource2

extends ActionSource

ActionSource2 extends `ActionSource` and provides a JavaBeans property analogous to the "`action`" property on `ActionSource`. The difference is the type of this property is a `MethodExpression` rather than a `MethodBinding`. This allows the `ActionSource` concept to leverage the new Unified EL API.

Since:
  1.2

Method Summary
`javax.el.MethodExpression` | `getActionExpression()` Return the `MethodExpression` pointing at the application action to be invoked, if this `UIComponent` is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the `immediate` property.
`void` | `setActionExpression(javax.el.MethodExpression action)` Set the `MethodExpression` pointing at the appication action to be invoked, if this `UIComponent` is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the `immediate` property.

Methods inherited from interface javax.faces.component.ActionSource
`addActionListener, getAction, getActionListener, getActionListeners, isImmediate, removeActionListener, setAction, setActionListener, setImmediate`

Method Detail

### getActionExpression

    javax.el.MethodExpression getActionExpression()

  Return the `MethodExpression` pointing at the application action to be invoked, if this `UIComponent` is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the `immediate` property.

  Note that it's possible that the returned `MethodExpression` is just a wrapper around a `MethodBinding` instance whith was set by a call to `ActionSource.setAction(javax.faces.el.MethodBinding)`. This makes it possible for the default `ActionListener` to continue to work properly with older components.

### setActionExpression

    void setActionExpression(javax.el.MethodExpression action)

  Set the `MethodExpression` pointing at the appication action to be invoked, if this `UIComponent` is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the `immediate` property.

  Any method referenced by such an expression must be public, with a return type of `String`, and accept no parameters.

  Parameters:
    `action` - The new method expression

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