org.osid.sequencing

Interface Antimatroid

All Superinterfaces:

Browsable, Extensible, Federateable, Identifiable, OsidCatalog, OsidObject, Sourceable

public interface Antimatroid
extends OsidCatalog

An Antimatroid represents a collection of reservoirs.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AntimatroidRecord	getAntimatroidRecord(Type antimatroidRecordType) Gets the antimatroid record corresponding to the given Antimatroid record Type.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidObject

getDescription, getDisplayName, getGenusType, isOfGenusType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Identifiable

getId, isCurrent

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Browsable

getProperties, getPropertiesByRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Sourceable

getBranding, getBrandingIds, getLicense, getProvider, getProviderId

Method Detail

getAntimatroidRecord

AntimatroidRecord getAntimatroidRecord(Type antimatroidRecordType)
                                       throws OperationFailedException

Gets the antimatroid record corresponding to the given Antimatroid record Type. This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested record. The antimatroidRecordType may be the Type returned in getRecordTypes() or any of its parents in a Type hierarchy where hasRecordType(antimatroidRecordType) is true .

Parameters:

antimatroidRecordType - the type of antimatroid record to retrieve

Returns:

the antimatroid record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - antimatroidRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(antimatroidRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.