org.osid.course

Interface CourseSearchSession

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable, CourseQuerySession, OsidSession

public interface CourseSearchSession
extends CourseQuerySession

This session provides methods for searching among Course objects. The search query is constructed using the CourseQuery.

getCoursesByQuery() is the basic search method and returns a list of Courses. A more advanced search may be performed with getCoursesBySearch(). It accepts a CourseSearch in addition to the query for the purpose of specifying additional options affecting the entire search, such as ordering. getCoursesBySearch() returns a CourseSearchResults that can be used to access the resulting CourseList or be used to perform a search within the result set through CourseSearch.

This session defines views that offer differing behaviors for searching.

• federated course catalog view: searches include courses in course catalogs of which this course catalog is an ancestor in the course catalog hierarchy
• isolated course catalog view: searches are restricted to courses in this course catalog

Courses may have a query record indicated by their respective record types. The query record is accessed via the CourseQuery.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CourseQuery	getCourseQueryFromInspector(CourseQueryInspector courseQueryInspector) Gets a course query from an inspector.
CourseSearchResults	getCoursesBySearch(CourseQuery courseQuery, CourseSearch courseSearch) Gets the search results matching the given search query using the given search.
CourseSearch	getCourseSearch() Gets a course search.
CourseSearchOrder	getCourseSearchOrder() Gets a course search order.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.course.CourseQuerySession

canSearchCourses, getCourseCatalog, getCourseCatalogId, getCourseQuery, getCoursesByQuery, useFederatedCourseCatalogView, useIsolatedCourseCatalogView

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidSession

getAuthenticatedAgent, getAuthenticatedAgentId, getClockRate, getDate, getEffectiveAgent, getEffectiveAgentId, getFormatType, getLocale, isAuthenticated, startTransaction, supportsTransactions

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.binding.java.OsidSession

close

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Detail

getCourseSearch

CourseSearch getCourseSearch()

Gets a course search.

Returns:

the course search

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseSearchOrder

CourseSearchOrder getCourseSearchOrder()

Gets a course search order. The CourseSearchOrder is supplied to a CourseSearch to specify the ordering of results.

Returns:

the course search order

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCoursesBySearch

CourseSearchResults getCoursesBySearch(CourseQuery courseQuery,
                                     CourseSearch courseSearch)
                                       throws OperationFailedException,
                                              PermissionDeniedException

Gets the search results matching the given search query using the given search.

Parameters:

courseQuery - the course query

courseSearch - the course search

Returns:

the course search results

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseQuery or courseSearch is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

UnsupportedException - courseQuery or courseSearch is not of this service

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseQueryFromInspector

CourseQuery getCourseQueryFromInspector(CourseQueryInspector courseQueryInspector)

Gets a course query from an inspector. The inspector is available from a CourseSearchResults.

Parameters:

courseQueryInspector - a course query inspector

Returns:

the course query

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseQueryInspector is null

UnsupportedException - courseQueryInspector is not of this service

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.