org.osid.workflow

Interface Office

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface Office
extends OsidCatalog

A Office represents a collection of process.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OfficeRecord	getOfficeRecord(Type officeRecordType) Gets the office record corresponding to the given Office 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

getOfficeRecord

OfficeRecord getOfficeRecord(Type officeRecordType)
                             throws OperationFailedException

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

Parameters:

officeRecordType - the type of office record to retrieve

Returns:

the office record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - officeRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(officeRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.