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tracking package
Version 3.0.0
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Interfaceosid.tracking.FrontOfficeHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Description

This session defines methods for managing a hierarchy of FrontOffice objects. Each node in the hierarchy is a unique FrontOffice.

MethodgetFrontOfficeHierarchyId
Description

Gets the hierarchy Id associated with this session.

Returnosid.id.Idthe hierarchy Id associated with this session
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetFrontOfficeHierarchy
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.
MethodcanModifyFrontOfficeHierarchy
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.

Returnboolean false if changing this hierarchy is not authorized, true otherwise
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddRootFrontOffice
Description

Adds a root front office.

Parametersosid.id.IdfrontOfficeIdthe Id of a front office
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS frontOfficeId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUND frontOfficeId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT frontOfficeId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootFrontOffice
Description

Removes a root front office.

Parametersosid.id.IdfrontOfficeIdthe Id of a front office
ErrorsNOT_FOUND frontOfficeId is not a root
NULL_ARGUMENT frontOfficeId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildFrontOffice
Description

Adds a child to a front office.

Parametersosid.id.IdfrontOfficeIdthe Id of a front office
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS frontOfficeId is already a parent of childId
NOT_FOUND frontOfficeId or childId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT frontOfficeId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildFrontOffice
Description

Removes a child from a front office.

Parametersosid.id.IdfrontOfficeIdthe Id of a front office
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUND frontOfficeId is not parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENT frontOfficeId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildFrontOffices
Description

Removes all children from a front office.

Parametersosid.id.IdfrontOfficeIdthe Id of a front office
ErrorsNOT_FOUND frontOfficeId is not found
NULL_ARGUMENT frontOfficeId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.