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financials package
Version 3.0.0
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Interfaceosid.financials.AccountHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Description

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

MethodgetAccountHierarchyId
Description

Gets the hierarchy Id associated with this session.

Returnosid.id.Idthe hierarchy Id associated with this session
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetAccountHierarchy
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.
MethodcanModifyAccountHierarchy
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.

Returnboolean false if changing this hierarchy is not authorized, true otherwise
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddRootAccount
Description

Adds a root account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountIdthe Id of an account
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS accountId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUND accountId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootAccount
Description

Removes a root account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountIdthe Id of an account
ErrorsNOT_FOUND accountId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDthe root accounts
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildAccount
Description

Adds a child to an account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountIdthe Id of an account
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS accountId is already a parent of childId
NOT_FOUND accountId or childId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildAccount
Description

Removes a child from an account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountIdthe Id of an account
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUND accountId not a parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildAccounts
Description

Removes all children from an account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountIdthe Id of an account
ErrorsNOT_FOUND accountId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.