What is the Action Design Pattern?

Question

What is the Action Design Pattern, I haven't heard of it before? I am suspecting it is the same as the Command Design pattern [wikipedia] but I can't find any resources on it.

Answer 1

You're right, action pattern == command pattern. You hear it called the action pattern more often in GUI design, in the form "on some button pressed, perform this action". In the code the button would be wired up with an action object of some kind.