OSID - osid.profile.ProfilingSession Service Interface Definition

Interface	osid.profile.ProfilingSession
Implements	`osid.OsidSession`
Used By	`osid.profile.ProfileManager`
Used By	`osid.profile.ProfileProxyManager`
Description	This is the basic session for querying profiles.
Method	getProfileId
Description	Gets the `Profile` `Id` associated with this session.
Return	`osid.id.Id`		the `Profile Id` associated with this session
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getProfile
Description	Gets the `Profile` associated with this session.
Return	`osid.profile.Profile`		the `Profile` associated with this session
Errors	OPERATION_FAILED		unable to complete request
Errors	PERMISSION_DENIED		authorization failure
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	canAccessProfileEntries
Description	Tests if this user can perform profile checks. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known all methods in this session will result in a `PERMISSION_DENIED` . This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer lookup operations to unauthorized users.
Return	`boolean`		`false` if profile methods are not authorized, `true` otherwise
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	useFederatedProfileView
Description	Federates the view for methods in this session. A federated view will include profile entries from descendant profiles in the profile hierarchy.
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method is must be implemented.
Method	useIsolatedProfileView
Description	Isolates the view for methods in this session. An isolated view restricts lookups to this profile only.
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method is must be implemented.
Method	hasProfileEntry
Description	Determines if the question `Id` of the profile entry is true.
Parameters	`osid.id.Id`	`profileItemId`	the `Id` of a `ProfileItem`
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the the profile question is true, `false` othersise
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`profileItemId` is `null`
	OPERATION_FAILED		unable to complete request
	PERMISSION_DENIED		authorization failure making request
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Provider Notes	Profile entries may be stored in a normalized form with respect to various Resources and created using specific nodes in a `ProfileItem` hierarchy. The provider needs to maintain a de-normalized implicit profile entry store or expand the applicable hierarchies on the fly to honor this query.
Method	getProfileEntryCondition
Description	Gets the `ProfileEntryCondition` for making conditional profile checks.
Parameters	`osid.id.Id`	`profileItemId`	the `Id` of a `ProfileItem`
Return	`osid.profile.ProfileEntryCondition`		a profil entry condition
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`profileItemId` is `null`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	hasProfileEntryOnCondition
Description	Determines if the question `Id` of the profile entry is true.
Parameters	`osid.id.Id`	`profileItemId`	the `Id` of a `ProfileItem`
Parameters	`osid.profile.ProfileEntryCondition`	`condition`	a profile entry condition
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the profile entry is true, `false` othersise
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`profileItemId` or `condition` is `null`
	OPERATION_FAILED		unable to complete request
	PERMISSION_DENIED		authorization failure making request
	UNSUPPORTED		`condition` is not of this service
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Provider Notes	ProfileEntries may be stored in a normalized form with respect to various Resources and created using specific nodes in a `ProfileItem` hierarchy. The provider needs to maintain a de-normalized implicit entry store or expand the applicable hierarchies on the fly to honor this query.