AuthorExtensionAskAction (Oxygen XML API)

All Superinterfaces:

IAuthorExtensionAction
```
@API(type=INTERNAL,
     src=PUBLIC)
public interface AuthorExtensionAskAction
extends IAuthorExtensionAction
```
An author action created over an author operation who does not handle the ask variables expansion. Instead it receives the ask variables expansion.

Since:

20.1

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.editor.IAuthorExtensionAction
  ACTION_ID, ACTION_NAME, DESCRIPTION, LARGE_ICON_PATH, SMALL_ICON_PATH

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`countAsksVariables()`	Get the number of asks variables.
`java.util.List<AskDescriptor>`	`performActionWithValues(java.util.List<java.lang.String> askValues)`	Performs the action using the values to expand the askValues.

Methods inherited from interface ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.editor.IAuthorExtensionAction
getValue, performAction, performAction

- Method Detail
  - performActionWithValues
```
java.util.List<AskDescriptor> performActionWithValues(java.util.List<java.lang.String> askValues)
```
    Performs the action using the values to expand the askValues.
    
    Parameters:
    
    askValues - the expanded ask values.
    
    Returns:
    
    list of descriptors for the ask variables that were not expanded.
  - countAsksVariables
```
int countAsksVariables()
```
    Get the number of asks variables.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of asks variables that must be expanded.