This session creates, updates, and deletes Products in bulk. The data for create and update is provided by the consumer via the form object. OsidForms are requested for each create or update and may not be reused.

Create and update operations differ in their usage. To create a Product, a ProductForm is requested using getProductFormsForCreate() specifying the desired record Types or none if no record Types are needed. Each of the returned ProductForms will indicate that it is to be used with a create operation and can be used to examine metdata or validate data prior to creation. Once a ProductForm is submiited to a create operation, it cannot be reused with another create operation unless the first operation was unsuccessful. Each ProductForm corresponds to an attempted transaction.

The ProductForms returned from getProductFormsForCreate() may be linked to the originating request through the peer Ids of the ProductForm. In the case where there may be duplicates, any ProductForm of the same peer Ids may be used for a create operation.

Once a batch of ProductForms are submitted for create, a CreateResponse is returned for each ProductForm, although the ordering is not defined. Only errors that pertain to the entire create operation are returned from createProducts(), errors specific to an individual ProductForm are indicated in the corresponding CreateResponse. CreateResponses may be linked to the originating ProductForm through the ProductForm Id .

For updates, ProductForms are requested to the Product Id that is to be updated using getProductFormsForUpdate() where the reference Id in the ProductForm may be used to link the request. Similarly, the ProductForm has metadata about the data that can be updated and it can perform validation before submitting the update. The ProductForm can only be used once for a successful update and cannot be reused.

Once a batch of ProductForms are submitted for update, an UpdateResponse is returned for each ProductForm, although the ordering is not defined. Only errors that pertain to the entire update operation are returned from updateProducts(), errors specific to an individual ProductForm are indicated in the corresponding UpdateResponse. UpdateResponses may be linked to the originating ProductForm through the ProductForm Id.

The delete operations delete Products in bulk. To unmap a Product from the current Store, the ProductStoreAssignmentSession should be used. These delete operations attempt to remove the Product itself thus removing it from all known Store catalogs. Bulk delete operations return the results in DeleteResponses.