org.osid.tracking

Interface IssueAdminSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Subinterfaces:

IssueBatchAdminSession

public interface IssueAdminSession
extends OsidSession

This session creates, updates, and deletes Issues. The data for create and update is provided by the consumer via the form object. OsidForms are requested for each create or update and may not be reused.

Create and update operations differ in their usage. To create an Issue, an IssueForm is requested using getIssueFormForCreate() specifying the desired record Types or none if no record Types are needed. The returned IssueForm will indicate that it is to be used with a create operation and can be used to examine metdata or validate data prior to creation. Once the IssueForm is submiited to a create operation, it cannot be reused with another create operation unless the first operation was unsuccessful. Each IssueForm corresponds to an attempted transaction.

For updates, IssueForms are requested to the Issue Id that is to be updated using getIssueFormForUpdate(). Similarly, the IssueForm has metadata about the data that can be updated and it can perform validation before submitting the update. The IssueForm can only be used once for a successful update and cannot be reused.

The delete operations delete Issues. To unmap an Issue from the current FrontOffice, the IssueFrontOfficeAssignmentSession should be used. These delete operations attempt to remove the Issue itself thus removing it from all known FrontOffice catalogs.

This session includes an Id aliasing mechanism to assign an external Id to an internally assigned Id.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	aliasIssue(Id issueId, Id aliasId) Adds an Id to an Issue for the purpose of creating compatibility.
boolean	canCreateIssues() Tests if this user can create Issues.
boolean	canCreateIssueWithRecordTypes(Type[] issueRecordTypes) Tests if this user can create a single Issue using the desired record types.
boolean	canDeleteIssues() Tests if this user can delete Issues.
boolean	canManageIssueAliases() Tests if this user can manage Id aliases for Issues.
boolean	canUpdateIssues() Tests if this user can update Issues.
void	closeIssue(Id issueId, Type resolutionType) Closes an issue.
Issue	createIssue(IssueForm issueForm) Creates a new Issue.
void	deleteIssue(Id issueId) Deletes an Issue.
FrontOffice	getFrontOffice() Gets the FrontOffice associated with this session.
Id	getFrontOfficeId() Gets the FrontOffice Id associated with this session.
IssueForm	getIssueFormForCreate(Id queueId, Id resourceId, Type[] issueRecordTypes) Gets the issue form for creating new issues.
IssueForm	getIssueFormForUpdate(Id issueId) Gets the issue form for updating an existing issue.
void	reopenIssue(Id issueId) Reopend an issue.
void	updateIssue(IssueForm issueForm) Updates an existing issue.

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

getFrontOfficeId

Id getFrontOfficeId()

Gets the FrontOffice Id associated with this session.

Returns:

the FrontOffice Id associated with this session

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getFrontOffice

FrontOffice getFrontOffice()
                           throws OperationFailedException,
                                  PermissionDeniedException

Gets the FrontOffice associated with this session.

Returns:

the front office

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canCreateIssues

boolean canCreateIssues()

Tests if this user can create Issues. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known creating an Issue will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer create operations to an unauthorized user.

Returns:

false if Issue creation is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canCreateIssueWithRecordTypes

boolean canCreateIssueWithRecordTypes(Type[] issueRecordTypes)

Tests if this user can create a single Issue using the desired record types. While TrackingManager.getIssueRecordTypes() can be used to examine which records are supported, this method tests which record(s) are required for creating a specific Issue. Providing an empty array tests if an Issue can be created with no records.

Parameters:

issueRecordTypes - array of issue record types

Returns:

true if Issue creation using the specified record Types is supported, false otherwise

Throws:

NullArgumentException - issueRecordTypes is null

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getIssueFormForCreate

IssueForm getIssueFormForCreate(Id queueId,
                              Id resourceId,
                              Type[] issueRecordTypes)
                                throws NotFoundException,
                                       OperationFailedException,
                                       PermissionDeniedException

Gets the issue form for creating new issues. A new form should be requested for each create transaction.

Parameters:

queueId - a queue Id

resourceId - a customer Id

issueRecordTypes - array of issue record types

Returns:

the issue form

Throws:

NotFoundException - queueId or resourceId is not found

NullArgumentException - queueId, resourceId or issueRecordTypes is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

UnsupportedException - unable to get form for requested record types

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

createIssue

Issue createIssue(IssueForm issueForm)
                  throws OperationFailedException,
                         PermissionDeniedException

Creates a new Issue.

Parameters:

issueForm - the form for this Issue

Returns:

the new Issue

Throws:

IllegalStateException - issueForm already used in a create transaction

InvalidArgumentException - one or more of the form elements is invalid

NullArgumentException - issueForm is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

UnsupportedException - issueForm did not originate from getIssueFormForCreate()

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canUpdateIssues

boolean canUpdateIssues()

Tests if this user can update Issues. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known updating an Issue will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer update operations to an unauthorized user.

Returns:

false if Issue modification is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getIssueFormForUpdate

IssueForm getIssueFormForUpdate(Id issueId)
                                throws NotFoundException,
                                       OperationFailedException,
                                       PermissionDeniedException

Gets the issue form for updating an existing issue. A new issue form should be requested for each update transaction.

Parameters:

issueId - the Id of the Issue

Returns:

the issue form

Throws:

NotFoundException - issueId is not found

NullArgumentException - issueId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

updateIssue

void updateIssue(IssueForm issueForm)
                 throws OperationFailedException,
                        PermissionDeniedException

Updates an existing issue.

Parameters:

issueForm - the form containing the elements to be updated

Throws:

IllegalStateException - issueForm already used in an update transaction

InvalidArgumentException - the form contains an invalid value

NullArgumentException - issueId or issueForm is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

UnsupportedException - issueForm did not originate from getIssueFormForUpdate()

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canDeleteIssues

boolean canDeleteIssues()

Tests if this user can delete Issues. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known deleting an Issue will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer delete operations to an unauthorized user.

Returns:

false if Issue deletion is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

deleteIssue

void deleteIssue(Id issueId)
                 throws NotFoundException,
                        OperationFailedException,
                        PermissionDeniedException

Deletes an Issue.

Parameters:

issueId - the Id of the Issue to remove

Throws:

NotFoundException - issueId not found

NullArgumentException - issueId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canManageIssueAliases

boolean canManageIssueAliases()

Tests if this user can manage Id aliases for Issues. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known changing an alias will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer alias operations to an unauthorized user.

Returns:

false if Issue aliasing is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

aliasIssue

void aliasIssue(Id issueId,
              Id aliasId)
                throws AlreadyExistsException,
                       NotFoundException,
                       OperationFailedException,
                       PermissionDeniedException

Adds an Id to an Issue for the purpose of creating compatibility. The primary Id of the Issue is determined by the provider. The new Id performs as an alias to the primary Id . If the alias is a pointer to another issue, it is reassigned to the given issue Id.

Parameters:

issueId - the Id of an Issue

aliasId - the alias Id

Throws:

AlreadyExistsException - aliasId is already assigned

NotFoundException - issueId not found

NullArgumentException - issueId or aliasId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

closeIssue

void closeIssue(Id issueId,
              Type resolutionType)
                throws NotFoundException,
                       OperationFailedException,
                       PermissionDeniedException

Closes an issue.

Parameters:

issueId - the Id of the Issue

resolutionType - a resolution type

Throws:

IllegalStateException - issue already closed

InvalidArgumentException - resolutionType is not valid

NotFoundException - issueId not found

NullArgumentException - issueId or resolutionType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

reopenIssue

void reopenIssue(Id issueId)
                 throws NotFoundException,
                        OperationFailedException,
                        PermissionDeniedException

Reopend an issue.

Parameters:

issueId - the Id of the Issue

Throws:

IllegalStateException - issue already open

NotFoundException - issueId not found

NullArgumentException - issueId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.