Is is possible to defer a non abi action using a abi action?

Question

I know we can defer a action in EOS, I invoke a non-abi action from an abi action like this:

eosio::transaction txn{};
txn.actions.emplace_back(
    eosio::permission_level(owner, N(active)),
    N(account_one),
    N(non_abi_action),
    std::make_tuple(...args)
);
txn.delay_sec = delay;
txn.send(N(id), owner);

Is the above transaction correct? I tried but it didn't work. But, do we have some workaround to run this?

Answer 1

It isn't possible to call a non-ABI action in the way you want. Only something in the ABI can be called in a transaction, whether it is deferred or not.

Answer 2

The reason you couldn't execute non-abi action is that auto-generated action dispatcher doesn't contain action not marked with [[eosio::action]]. Write apply manually or use EOSIO_DISPATCH to dispatch your action correctly.