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Interfaceosid.learning.ObjectiveSearchSession
Implementsosid.learning.ObjectiveQuerySession
Description

This session provides methods for searching Objective objects. The search query is constructed using the ObjectiveQuery. The objective record Type also specifies the record for the objective query.

getObjectivesByQuery() is the basic search method and returns a list of Objectives. A more advanced search may be performed with getObjectivesBySearch(). It accepts a ObjectiveSearch in addition to the query for the purpose of specifying additional options affecting the entire search, such as ordering. getObjectivesBySearch() returns an ObjectiveSearchResults that can be used to access the resulting ObjectiveList or be used to perform a search within the result set through ObjectiveSearch.

This session defines views that offer differing behaviors for searching.

  • federated objective bank view: searches include objectives in objective banks of which this objective bank is a ancestor in the objective bank hierarchy
  • isolated objective bank view: searches are restricted to objectives in this objective bank

Objectives may have a query record indicated by their respective record types. The query record is accessed via the ObjectiveQuery.

MethodgetObjectiveSearch
Description

Gets an objective search.

Returnosid.learning.ObjectiveSearchthe objective search
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetObjectiveSearchOrder
Description

Gets a n objective search order. The ObjectiveSearchOrder is supplied to an ObjectiveSearch to specify the ordering of results.

Returnosid.learning.ObjectiveSearchOrderthe objective search order
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetObjectivesBySearch
Description

Gets the search results matching the given search query using the given search.

Parametersosid.learning.ObjectiveQueryobjectiveQuerythe objective search query
osid.learning.ObjectiveSearchobjectiveSearchthe objective search
Returnosid.learning.ObjectiveSearchResultsthe returned search results
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT objectiveQuery or objectiveSearch is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
UNSUPPORTED objectiveSearch or objectiveQuery is not of this service
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetObjectiveQueryFromInspector
Description

Gets an objective query from an inspector. The inspector is available from an ObjectiveSearchResults.

Parametersosid.learning.ObjectiveQueryInspectorobjectiveQueryInspectoran objective bank query inspector
Returnosid.learning.ObjectiveQuerythe objective query
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT objectiveQueryInspector is null
UNSUPPORTED objectiveQueryInspector is not of this service
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.