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Interfaceosid.course.CourseLookupSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Description

This session defines methods for retrieving courses. A Course is a canonical course listed in a course catalog. A CourseOffering is derived from a Course and maps to an offering time and registered students.

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
  • isolated course catalog view: All course methods in this session operate, retrieve and pertain to courses defined explicitly in the current course catalog. Using an isolated view is useful for managing Courses with the CourseAdminSession.
  • federated course catalog view: All course lookup methods in this session operate, retrieve and pertain to all courses defined in this course catalog and any other courses implicitly available in this course catalog through course catalog inheritence.
  • active course view: All course lookup methods return courses which are active.
  • any active course view: Courses of any active or inactive status are returned from methods.

The methods useFederatedCourseCatalogView() and useIsolatedCourseCatalogView() behave as a radio group and one should be selected before invoking any lookup methods.

Courses may have an additional records indicated by their respective record types. The record may not be accessed through a cast of the Course.

MethodgetCourseCatalogId
Description

Gets the CourseCatalog Id associated with this session.

Returnosid.id.Idthe CourseCatalog Id associated with this session
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCourseCatalog
Description

Gets the CourseCatalog associated with this session.

Returnosid.course.CourseCatalogthe course catalog
ErrorsOPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodcanLookupCourses
Description

Tests if this user can perform Course lookups. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known all methods in this session will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may not offer lookup operations to unauthorized users.

Returnboolean false if lookup methods are not authorized, true otherwise
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethoduseComparativeCourseView
Description

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.

CompliancemandatoryThis method is must be implemented.
MethodusePlenaryCourseView
Description

A complete view of the Course 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.

CompliancemandatoryThis method is must be implemented.
MethoduseFederatedCourseCatalogView
Description

Federates the view for methods in this session. A federated view will include courses in catalogs which are children of this catalog in the course catalog hierarchy.

CompliancemandatoryThis method is must be implemented.
MethoduseIsolatedCourseCatalogView
Description

Isolates the view for methods in this session. An isolated view restricts retrievals to this course catalog only.

CompliancemandatoryThis method is must be implemented.
MethoduseActiveCourseView
Description

Only active courses are returned by methods in this session.

CompliancemandatoryThis method is must be implemented.
MethoduseAnyStatusCourseView
Description

All courses of any active or inactive status are returned by methods in this session.

CompliancemandatoryThis method is must be implemented.
MethodgetCourse
Description

Gets the Course specified by its Id.

In plenary mode, the exact Id is found or a NOT_FOUND results. Otherwise, the returned Course may have a different Id than requested, such as the case where a duplicate Id was assigned to a Course and retained for compatibility.

In active mode, courses are returned that are currently active. In any status mode, active and inactive courses are returned.

Parametersosid.id.IdcourseIdthe Id of the Course to retrieve
Returnosid.course.Coursethe returned Course
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDno Course found with the given Id
NULL_ARGUMENT courseId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCoursesByIds
Description

Gets a CourseList corresponding to the given IdList.

In plenary mode, the returned list contains all of the courses specified in the Id list, in the order of the list, including duplicates, or an error results if an Id in the supplied list is not found or inaccessible. Otherwise, inaccessible Courses may be omitted from the list and may present the elements in any order including returning a unique set.

In active mode, courses are returned that are currently active. In any status mode, active and inactive courses are returned.

Parametersosid.id.IdListcourseIdsthe list of Ids to retrieve
Returnosid.course.CourseListthe returned CourseList list
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDan Id was not found
NULL_ARGUMENT courseIds is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCoursesByGenusType
Description

Gets a CourseList corresponding to the given course genus Type which does not include courses of types derived from the specified Type.

In plenary mode, the returned list contains all known courses or an error results. Otherwise, the returned list may contain only those courses that are accessible through this session.

In active mode, courses are returned that are currently active. In any status mode, active and inactive courses are returned.

Parametersosid.type.TypecourseGenusTypea course genus type
Returnosid.course.CourseListthe returned CourseList list
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT courseGenusType is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCoursesByParentGenusType
Description

Gets a CourseList corresponding to the given course genus Type and include any additional courses with genus types derived from the specified Type.

In plenary mode, the returned list contains all known courses or an error results. Otherwise, the returned list may contain only those courses that are accessible through this session.

In active mode, courses are returned that are currently active. In any status mode, active and inactive courses are returned.

Parametersosid.type.TypecourseGenusTypea course genus type
Returnosid.course.CourseListthe returned CourseList list
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT courseGenusType is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCoursesByRecordType
Description

Gets a CourseList containing the given course record Type.

In plenary mode, the returned list contains all known courses or an error results. Otherwise, the returned list may contain only those courses that are accessible through this session.

In active mode, courses are returned that are currently active. In any status mode, active and inactive courses are returned.

Parametersosid.type.TypecourseRecordTypea course record type
Returnosid.course.CourseListthe returned CourseList list
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT courseRecordType is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCoursesByNumber
Description

Gets a CourseList by the given number.

In plenary mode, the returned list contains all known courses or an error results. Otherwise, the returned list may contain only those courses that are accessible through this session.

In active mode, courses are returned that are currently active. In any status mode, active and inactive courses are returned.

Parametersstringnumbera course number
Returnosid.course.CourseListthe returned CourseList list
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT number is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCourses
Description

Gets all Courses.

In plenary mode, the returned list contains all known courses or an error results. Otherwise, the returned list may contain only those courses that are accessible through this session.

In active mode, courses are returned that are currently active. In any status mode, active and inactive courses are returned.

Returnosid.course.CourseLista list of Courses
ErrorsOPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.