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forum package
Version 3.0.0
Interfaceosid.forum.ForumHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Used Byosid.forum.ForumManager
osid.forum.ForumProxyManager
Description

This session manages a hierarchy of forums. Forums may be organized into a hierarchy for organizing or federating. A parent Forum includes all of the replies of its children such that a single root node contains all of the replies of the federation.

MethodgetForumHierarchyId
Description

Gets the hierarchy Id associated with this session.

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

Adds a root forum.

Parametersosid.id.IdforumIdthe Id of a forum
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTSforumId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUNDforumId is not found
NULL_ARGUMENTforumId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootForum
Description

Removes a root forum.

Parametersosid.id.IdforumIdthe Id of a forum
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDforumId is not a root
NULL_ARGUMENTforumId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildForum
Description

Adds a child to a forum.

Parametersosid.id.IdforumIdthe Id of a forum
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTSforumId is already a parent of childId
NOT_FOUNDforumId or childId not found
NULL_ARGUMENTforumId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildForum
Description

Removes a child from a forum.

Parametersosid.id.IdforumIdthe Id of a forum
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDforumId not a parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENTforumId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildForums
Description

Removes all children from a forum.

Parametersosid.id.IdforumIdthe Id of a forum
ErrorsNOT_FOUNDforumId not found
NULL_ARGUMENTforumId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.