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billing package
Version 3.0.0
Interfaceosid.billing.BusinessHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Used Byosid.billing.BillingManager
osid.billing.BillingProxyManager
Description

This session defines methods for managing a hierarchy of Businesses . Each node in the hierarchy is a unique Business .

MethodgetBusinessHierarchyId
Description

Gets the hierarchy Id associated with this session.

Returnosid.id.Idthe hierarchy Id associated with this session
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetBusinessHierarchy
Description

Gets the hierarchy associated with this session.

Returnosid.hierarchy.Hierarchythe hierarchy associated with this session
ErrorsOPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodcanModifyBusinessHierarchy
Description

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

Returnbooleanfalse if changing this hierarchy is not authorized, true otherwise
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddRootBusiness
Description

Adds a root customer ecatalog.

Parametersosid.id.IdbusinessIdthe Id of a business
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTSbusinessId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUNDbusinessId not found
NULL_ARGUMENTbusinessId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootBusiness
Description

Removes a root customer ecatalog.

Parametersosid.id.IdbusinessIdthe Id of a business
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDbusinessId not a root
NULL_ARGUMENTbusinessId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildBusiness
Description

Adds a child to a business.

Parametersosid.id.IdbusinessIdthe Id of a business
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTSbusinessId is already a parent of childId
NOT_FOUNDbusinessId or childId not found
NULL_ARGUMENTbusinessId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildBusiness
Description

Removes a child from a business.

Parametersosid.id.IdbusinessIdthe Id of a business
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDbusinessId is not a parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENTbusinessId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildBusinesses
Description

Removes all children from a business.

Parametersosid.id.IdbusinessIdthe Id of a business
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDbusinessId is in hierarchy
NULL_ARGUMENTbusinessId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.