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offering package
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Interfaceosid.offering.CanonicalUnitCatalogueSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Description

This session provides methods to retrieve CanonicalUnit to Catalogue mappings. A CanonicalUnit may appear in multiple Catalogues. Each Catalogue may have its own authorizations governing who is allowed to look at it.

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
MethodcanLookupCanonicalUnitCatalogueMappings
Description

Tests if this user can perform lookups of canonical unit/catalogue mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known lookup methods in this session will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intendedas a hint to an application that may opt not to offer lookup operations to unauthorized users.

Returnboolean false if looking up mappings is not authorized, true otherwise
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethoduseComparativeCatalogueView
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.
MethodusePlenaryCatalogueView
Description

A complete view of the CanonicalUnit and Catalogue 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.
MethodgetCanonicalUnitIdsByCatalogue
Description

Gets the list of CanonicalUnit Ids associated with a Catalogue.

Parametersosid.id.IdcatalogueId Id of a Catalogues.
Returnosid.id.IdListlist of related canonical unit Ids
ErrorsNOT_FOUND catalogueId is not found
NULL_ARGUMENT catalogueId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCanonicalUnitsByCatalogue
Description

Gets the list of CanonicalUnits associated with a Catalogue.

Parametersosid.id.IdcatalogueId Id of a Catalogue
Returnosid.offering.CanonicalUnitListlist of related canonical units
ErrorsNOT_FOUND catalogueId is not found
NULL_ARGUMENT catalogueId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCanonicalUnitIdsByCatalogues
Description

Gets the list of CanonicalUnit Ids corresponding to a list of Catalogue objects.

Parametersosid.id.IdListcatalogueIdslist of catalogue Ids
Returnosid.id.IdListlist of canonical unit Ids
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT catalogueIds is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCanonicalUnitsByCatalogues
Description

Gets the list of CanonicalUnits corresponding to a list of Catalogues.

Parametersosid.id.IdListcatalogueIdslist of catalogue Ids
Returnosid.offering.CanonicalUnitListlist of canonical units
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT catalogueIds is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCatalogueIdsByCanonicalUnit
Description

Gets the list of Catalogue Ids mapped to a CanonicalUnit.

Parametersosid.id.IdcanonicalUnitId Id of a CanonicalUnit
Returnosid.id.IdListlist of catalogue Ids
ErrorsNOT_FOUND canonicalUnitId is not found
NULL_ARGUMENT canonicalUnitId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCataloguesByCanonicalUnit
Description

Gets the list of Catalogue objects mapped to a CanonicalUnit.

Parametersosid.id.IdcanonicalUnitId Id of a CanonicalUnit
Returnosid.offering.CatalogueListlist of catalogues
ErrorsNOT_FOUND canonicalUnitId is not found
NULL_ARGUMENT canonicalUnitId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.