Interface AuthenticationBatchManager

All Superinterfaces:

AuthenticationBatchProfile, AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidManager, OsidManager, OsidProfile, Sourceable

public interface AuthenticationBatchManager
extends OsidManager, AuthenticationBatchProfile

The authentication batch manager provides access to authentication batch sessions and provides interoperability tests for various aspects of this service. The sessions included in this manager are:

• AgentBatchAdminSession : a session to create, modify and delete Agents in bulk
• AgencyBatchAdminSession : a session to create, modify and delete Agencies in bulk

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AgencyBatchAdminSession	getAgencyBatchAdminSession()	Gets the OsidSession associated with the bulk agency administration service.
AgentBatchAdminSession	getAgentBatchAdminSession()	Gets the OsidSession associated with the bulk agent administration service.
AgentBatchAdminSession	getAgentBatchAdminSessionForAgency(Id agencyId)	Gets the OsidSession associated with the bulk agent administration service for the given agency.

Methods inherited from interface AuthenticationBatchProfile

supportsAgencyBatchAdmin, supportsAgentBatchAdmin, supportsVisibleFederation

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	supportsAgencyBatchAdmin()	Tests if bulk administration of agencies is available.
boolean	supportsAgentBatchAdmin()	Tests if bulk administration of agents is available.
boolean	supportsVisibleFederation()	Tests if federation is visible.

Methods inherited from interface Closeable

close

Methods inherited from interface OsidManager

close

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Close this manager.

Methods inherited from interface OsidManager

changeBranch, initialize, rollbackService

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	changeBranch(Id branchId)	Changes the service branch.
void	initialize(OsidRuntimeManager runtime)	Initializes this manager.
JournalEntry	rollbackService(Date rollbackTime)	Rolls back this service to a point in time.

Methods inherited from interface OsidProfile

getBranch, getBranchId, getDescription, getDisplayName, getId, getLocales, getProxyRecordTypes, getReleaseDate, getVersion, supportsJournalBranching, supportsJournalRollback, supportsOSIDVersion, supportsProxyRecordType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Branch	getBranch()	Gets this service branch.
Id	getBranchId()	Gets the Branch Id representing this service branch.
DisplayText	getDescription()	Gets a description of this service implementation.
DisplayText	getDisplayName()	Gets a display name for this service implementation.
Id	getId()	Gets an identifier for this service implementation.
LocaleList	getLocales()	Gets the locales supported in this service.
TypeList	getProxyRecordTypes()	Gets the proxy record Types supported in this service.
DateTime	getReleaseDate()	Gets the date this service implementation was released.
Version	getVersion()	Gets the version of this service implementation.
boolean	supportsJournalBranching()	Test for support of a journal branching service.
boolean	supportsJournalRollback()	Test for support of a journaling rollback service.
boolean	supportsOSIDVersion(Version version)	Test for support of an OSID specification version.
boolean	supportsProxyRecordType(Type proxyRecordType)	Test for support of a proxy type.

Methods inherited from interface Sourceable

getBranding, getBrandingIds, getLicense, getProvider, getProviderId

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AssetList	getBranding()	Gets a branding, such as an image or logo, expressed using the Asset interface.
IdList	getBrandingIds()	Gets the branding asset Ids .
DisplayText	getLicense()	Gets the terms of usage.
Resource	getProvider()	Gets the Resource representing the provider.
Id	getProviderId()	Gets the Id of the provider.

Method Details

getAgentBatchAdminSession

AgentBatchAdminSession getAgentBatchAdminSession()
                                          throws OperationFailedException

Gets the OsidSession associated with the bulk agent administration service.

Returns:

an AgentBatchAdminSession

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnimplementedException - supportsAgentBatchAdmin() is false

Compliance:

optional - This method must be implemented if {@code supportsAgentBatchAdmin()} is {@code true} .

getAgentBatchAdminSessionForAgency

AgentBatchAdminSession getAgentBatchAdminSessionForAgency(Id agencyId)
                                                   throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException

Gets the OsidSession associated with the bulk agent administration service for the given agency.

Parameters:

agencyId - the Id of the Agency

Returns:

an AgentBatchAdminSession

Throws:

NotFoundException - no Agency found by the given Id

NullArgumentException - agencyId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnimplementedException - supportsAgentBatchAdmin() or supportsVisibleFederation() is false

Compliance:

optional - This method must be implemented if {@code supportsAgentBatchAdmin()} and {@code supportsVisibleFederation()} are {@code true}

getAgencyBatchAdminSession

AgencyBatchAdminSession getAgencyBatchAdminSession()
                                            throws OperationFailedException

Gets the OsidSession associated with the bulk agency administration service.

Returns:

an AgencyBatchAdminSession

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnimplementedException - supportsAgencyBatchAdmin() is false

Compliance:

optional - This method must be implemented if {@code supportsAgencyBatchAdmin()} is {@code true} .