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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 DroidDriver committers
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.appium.droiddriver.actions.view;
+
+import android.view.View;
+
+import io.appium.droiddriver.UiElement;
+import io.appium.droiddriver.actions.BaseAction;
+import io.appium.droiddriver.instrumentation.ViewElement;
+
+/**
+ * Implements {@link io.appium.droiddriver.actions.Action} using the associated {@link View}. This
+ * can only be used with {@link ViewElement}.
+ */
+public abstract class ViewAction extends BaseAction {
+  protected ViewAction(long timeoutMillis) {
+    super(timeoutMillis);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final boolean perform(UiElement element) {
+    return perform(((ViewElement) element).getRawElement(), element);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Performs the action on the associated {@link View}.
+   *
+   * @param view    the View associated with the UiElement
+   * @param element the UiElement to perform the action on
+   * @return Whether the action is successful. Some actions throw exceptions in case of failure,
+   * when that behavior is more appropriate.
+   */
+  protected abstract boolean perform(View view, UiElement element);
+}