org.osid.course.chronicle

Interface CredentialEntryCourseCatalogSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface CredentialEntryCourseCatalogSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve CredentialEntry to CourseCatalog mappings. A CredentialEntry may appear in multiple CourseCatalog objects. Each catalog may have its own authorizations governing who is allowed to look at it.

This lookup session defines several views:

• comparative view: elements may be silently omitted or re-ordered
• plenary view: provides a complete result set or is an error condition

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canLookupCourseCatalogMappings() Tests if this user can perform lookups of credential entry/course catalog mappings.
IdList	getCourseCatalogIdsByCredentialEntry(Id credentialEntryId) Gets the CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a CredentialEntry.
CourseCatalogList	getCourseCatalogsByCredentialEntry(Id credentialEntryId) Gets the CourseCatalog objects mapped to a CredentialEntry.
CredentialEntryList	getCredentialEntriesByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of CredentialEntries associated with a CourseCatalog.
CredentialEntryList	getCredentialEntriesByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of CredentialEntries corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.
IdList	getCredentialEntryIdsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of CredentialEntry Ids associated with a CourseCatalog.
IdList	getCredentialEntryIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of CredentialEntry Ids corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.
void	useComparativeCourseCatalogView() The returns from the lookup methods may omit or translate elements based on this session, such as authorization, and not result in an error.
void	usePlenaryCourseCatalogView() A complete view of the CredentialEntry and CourseCatalog returns is desired.

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

canLookupCourseCatalogMappings

boolean canLookupCourseCatalogMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of credential entry/course catalog mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known lookup methods in this session will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer lookup operations to unauthorized users.

Returns:

false if looking up mappings is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

useComparativeCourseCatalogView

void useComparativeCourseCatalogView()

The returns from the lookup methods may omit or translate elements based on this session, such as authorization, and not result in an error. This view is used when greater interoperability is desired at the expense of precision.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

usePlenaryCourseCatalogView

void usePlenaryCourseCatalogView()

A complete view of the CredentialEntry and CourseCatalog returns is desired. Methods will return what is requested or result in an error. This view is used when greater precision is desired at the expense of interoperability.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

getCredentialEntryIdsByCourseCatalog

IdList getCredentialEntryIdsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId)
                                            throws NotFoundException,
                                                   OperationFailedException,
                                                   PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of CredentialEntry Ids associated with a CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of the CourseCatalog

Returns:

list of related credential entry Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - courseCatalogId is not found

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCredentialEntriesByCourseCatalog

CredentialEntryList getCredentialEntriesByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId)
                                                        throws NotFoundException,
                                                               OperationFailedException,
                                                               PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of CredentialEntries associated with a CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of the CourseCatalog

Returns:

list of related credential entries

Throws:

NotFoundException - courseCatalogId is not found

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCredentialEntryIdsByCourseCatalogs

IdList getCredentialEntryIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                             throws OperationFailedException,
                                                    PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of CredentialEntry Ids corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of credential entry Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCredentialEntriesByCourseCatalogs

CredentialEntryList getCredentialEntriesByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                                         throws OperationFailedException,
                                                                PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of CredentialEntries corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of credentiale ntries

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogIdsByCredentialEntry

IdList getCourseCatalogIdsByCredentialEntry(Id credentialEntryId)
                                            throws NotFoundException,
                                                   OperationFailedException,
                                                   PermissionDeniedException

Gets the CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a CredentialEntry.

Parameters:

credentialEntryId - Id of a pCredentialEntry

Returns:

list of course catalog Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - credentialEntryId is not found

NullArgumentException - credentialEntryId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogsByCredentialEntry

CourseCatalogList getCourseCatalogsByCredentialEntry(Id credentialEntryId)
                                                     throws NotFoundException,
                                                            OperationFailedException,
                                                            PermissionDeniedException

Gets the CourseCatalog objects mapped to a CredentialEntry.

Parameters:

credentialEntryId - Id of a CredentialEntry

Returns:

list of course catalogs

Throws:

NotFoundException - credentialEntryId is not found

NullArgumentException - credentialEntryId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.