code: public void setAction(String action) throws ApplicationException {
  	action = action.toLowerCase().trim();
  	if (action.equals("getall")) this.action = ACTION_GET_ALL;
  	else if (action.equals("get")) this.action = ACTION_GET;
  	else if (action.equals("set")) this.action = ACTION_SET;
  	else if (action.equals("delete")) this.action = ACTION_DELETE;
  	else throw new ApplicationException("attribute action of the tag registry has an invalid value [" + action + "], valid values are [getAll, get, set, delete]");
      }
docs: set the value action action to the registry
  
  @param action value to set
  @throws ApplicationException