org.osid.course

Interface CourseCourseCatalogSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface CourseCourseCatalogSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve Course to CourseCatalog mappings. A Course 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	canLookupCourseCourseCatalogMappings() Tests if this user can perform lookups of course/course catalog mappings.
IdList	getCourseCatalogIdsByCourse(Id courseId) Gets the CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a Course.
CourseCatalogList	getCourseCatalogsByCourse(Id courseId) Gets the CourseCatalog objects mapped to a Course.
IdList	getCourseIdsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of Course Ids associated with a CourseCatalog.
IdList	getCourseIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of Course Ids corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.
CourseList	getCoursesByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of Courses associated with a CourseCatalog.
CourseList	getCoursesByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of Courses corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.
void	useComparativeCourseCourseCatalogView() 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	usePlenaryCourseCourseCatalogView() A complete view of the Course 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

canLookupCourseCourseCatalogMappings

boolean canLookupCourseCourseCatalogMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of course/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.

useComparativeCourseCourseCatalogView

void useComparativeCourseCourseCatalogView()

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.

usePlenaryCourseCourseCatalogView

void usePlenaryCourseCourseCatalogView()

A complete view of the Course 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.

getCourseIdsByCourseCatalog

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

Gets the list of Course Ids associated with a CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of the CourseCatalog

Returns:

list of related course 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.

getCoursesByCourseCatalog

CourseList getCoursesByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId)
                                     throws NotFoundException,
                                            OperationFailedException,
                                            PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Courses associated with a CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of the CourseCatalog

Returns:

list of related courses

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.

getCourseIdsByCourseCatalogs

IdList getCourseIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                    throws OperationFailedException,
                                           PermissionDeniedException

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

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of course Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCoursesByCourseCatalogs

CourseList getCoursesByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                      throws OperationFailedException,
                                             PermissionDeniedException

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

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of courses

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogIdsByCourse

IdList getCourseCatalogIdsByCourse(Id courseId)
                                   throws NotFoundException,
                                          OperationFailedException,
                                          PermissionDeniedException

Gets the CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a Course.

Parameters:

courseId - Id of a Course

Returns:

list of course catalog Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - courseId is not found

NullArgumentException - courseId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogsByCourse

CourseCatalogList getCourseCatalogsByCourse(Id courseId)
                                            throws NotFoundException,
                                                   OperationFailedException,
                                                   PermissionDeniedException

Gets the CourseCatalog objects mapped to a Course.

Parameters:

courseId - Id of a Course

Returns:

list of course catalogs

Throws:

NotFoundException - courseId is not found

NullArgumentException - courseId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.