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<!DOCTYPE faqs PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD FAQ V1.0//EN" "faq-v10.dtd">
<faqs title="Action FAQs">
<faq>
<question>
What is an Action?
</question>
<answer>
<p>
An Action is a sitemap component that manipulates runtime parameters based on request and application state. An Action's result is available in the sitemap as map of name/value pairs. Detailed information on actions may be found in <link href="../userdocs/concepts/actions.html">Creating and Using Actions</link>.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq>
<question>Why does Cocoon return an error when I add an action to a pipeline?</question>
<answer>
<p>The pipeline was working fine before the action was added. After
the change, Cocoon seems unable to find the file specified in the