# PDActionFactory.java

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    package org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action;

    import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary;
    import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;

    /**
     * This class will take a dictionary and determine which type of action to create.
     *
     * @author Ben Litchfield
     *
     */
    public final class PDActionFactory
    {
        /**
         * Utility Class.
         */
        private PDActionFactory()
        {
            //utility class
        }

        /**
         * This will create the correct type of action based on the type specified
         * in the dictionary.
         *
         * @param action An action dictionary.
         *
         * @return An action of the correct type.
         */
        public static PDAction createAction( COSDictionary action )
        {
            PDAction retval = null;
            if( action != null)
            {
                String type = action.getNameAsString(COSName.S);
                if (type != null)
                {
                    switch (type)
                    {
                        case PDActionJavaScript.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionJavaScript(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionGoTo.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionGoTo(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionLaunch.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionLaunch(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionRemoteGoTo.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionRemoteGoTo(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionURI.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionURI(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionNamed.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionNamed(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionSound.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionSound(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionMovie.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionMovie(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionImportData.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionImportData(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionResetForm.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionResetForm(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionHide.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionHide(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionSubmitForm.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionSubmitForm(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionThread.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionThread(action);
                            break;
                        case PDActionEmbeddedGoTo.SUB_TYPE:
                            retval = new PDActionEmbeddedGoTo(action);
                            break;
                        default:
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }
            return retval;
        }

    }