Interface CatalogQuery

All Superinterfaces:

Extensible, OsidBrowsableQuery, OsidCatalogQuery, OsidExtensibleQuery, OsidFederateableQuery, OsidIdentifiableQuery, OsidObjectQuery, OsidQuery, OsidSourceableQuery, Suppliable

public interface CatalogQuery
extends OsidCatalogQuery

This is the query for searching catalogs. Each method specifies an AND term while multiple invocations of the same method produces a nested OR .

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearAncestorCatalogIdTerms()	Clears the ancestor Id query terms.
void	clearAncestorCatalogTerms()	Clears the ancestor query terms.
void	clearDescendantCatalogIdTerms()	Clears the descendant Id query terms.
void	clearDescendantCatalogTerms()	Clears the descendant query terms.
void	clearIdTerms()	Clears the Id query terms.
CatalogQuery	getAncestorCatalogQuery()	Gets the query for a catalog.
CatalogQueryRecord	getCatalogQueryRecord(Type catalogRecordType)	Gets the catalog query record corresponding to the given Catalog record Type .Multiple record retrievals produce a boolean OR term.
CatalogQuery	getDescendantCatalogQuery()	Gets the query for a catalog.
void	matchAncestorCatalogId(Id catalogId, boolean match)	Sets the catalog Id for this query to match catalogs that have the specified catalog as an ancestor.
void	matchAnyAncestorCatalog(boolean match)	Matches catalogs with any ancestor.
void	matchAnyDescendantCatalog(boolean match)	Matches catalogs with any descendant.
void	matchAnyId(boolean match)	Matches catalogs that have any Id mapping.
void	matchDescendantCatalogId(Id catalogId, boolean match)	Sets the catalog Id for this query to match catalogs that have the specified catalog as an descendant.
void	matchId(Id id, boolean match)	Matches an Id in this catalog.
boolean	supportsAncestorCatalogQuery()	Tests if a CatalogQuery is available.
boolean	supportsDescendantCatalogQuery()	Tests if a CatalogQuery is available.

Methods inherited from interface Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TypeList	getRecordTypes()	Gets the record types available in this object.
boolean	hasRecordType(Type recordType)	Tests if this object supports the given record Type .

Methods inherited from interface OsidExtensibleQuery

clearRecordTerms, matchAnyRecord, matchRecordType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearRecordTerms()	Clears all record Type terms.
void	matchAnyRecord(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any record.
void	matchRecordType(Type recordType, boolean match)	Sets a Type for querying objects having records implementing a given record type.

Methods inherited from interface OsidObjectQuery

clearCommentIdTerms, clearCommentTerms, clearCreditIdTerms, clearCreditTerms, clearDescriptionTerms, clearDisplayNameTerms, clearGenusTypeTerms, clearJournalEntryIdTerms, clearJournalEntryTerms, clearParentGenusTypeTerms, clearRelationshipIdTerms, clearRelationshipPeerIdTerms, clearRelationshipTerms, clearStateIdTerms, clearStateTerms, clearStatisticTerms, clearSubjectIdTerms, clearSubjectRelevancyTerms, clearSubjectTerms, getCommentQuery, getCreditQuery, getJournalEntryQuery, getRelationshipQuery, getStateQuery, getStatisticQuery, getSubjectQuery, getSubjectRelevancyQuery, matchAnyComment, matchAnyCredit, matchAnyDescription, matchAnyDisplayName, matchAnyGenusType, matchAnyJournalEntry, matchAnyRelationship, matchAnyState, matchAnyStatistic, matchAnySubject, matchCommentId, matchCreditId, matchDescription, matchDisplayName, matchGenusType, matchJournalEntryId, matchParentGenusType, matchRelationshipId, matchRelationshipPeerId, matchStateId, matchSubjectId, supportsCommentQuery, supportsCreditQuery, supportsJournalEntryQuery, supportsRelationshipQuery, supportsStateQuery, supportsStatisticQuery, supportsSubjectQuery, supportsSubjectRelevancyQuery

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearCommentIdTerms()	Clears all comment Id terms.
void	clearCommentTerms()	Clears all comment terms.
void	clearCreditIdTerms()	Clears all credit Id terms.
void	clearCreditTerms()	Clears all credit terms.
void	clearDescriptionTerms()	Clears all description terms.
void	clearDisplayNameTerms()	Clears all display name terms.
void	clearGenusTypeTerms()	Clears all genus type terms.
void	clearJournalEntryIdTerms()	Clears all journal entry Id terms.
void	clearJournalEntryTerms()	Clears all journal entry terms.
void	clearParentGenusTypeTerms()	Clears all genus type terms.
void	clearRelationshipIdTerms()	Clears all relationship Id terms.
void	clearRelationshipPeerIdTerms()	Clears all relationship Id terms.
void	clearRelationshipTerms()	Clears all relationship terms.
void	clearStateIdTerms()	Clears all state Id terms.
void	clearStateTerms()	Clears all state terms.
void	clearStatisticTerms()	Clears all statistic terms.
void	clearSubjectIdTerms()	Clears all subject Id terms.
void	clearSubjectRelevancyTerms()	Clears all subject relevancy terms.
void	clearSubjectTerms()	Clears all subject terms.
CommentQuery	getCommentQuery()	Gets the query for a comment.
CreditQuery	getCreditQuery()	Gets the query for an ackowledgement credit.
JournalEntryQuery	getJournalEntryQuery()	Gets the query for a journal entry.
RelationshipQuery	getRelationshipQuery()	Gets the query for relationship.
StateQuery	getStateQuery()	Gets the query for a state.
StatisticQuery	getStatisticQuery()	Gets the query for a statistic.
SubjectQuery	getSubjectQuery()	Gets the query for a subject.
RelevancyQuery	getSubjectRelevancyQuery()	Gets the query for a subject relevancy.
void	matchAnyComment(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any Comment in the given Book .
void	matchAnyCredit(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any Credit .
void	matchAnyDescription(boolean match)	Matches a description that has any value.
void	matchAnyDisplayName(boolean match)	Matches any object with a display name.
void	matchAnyGenusType(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any genus type.
void	matchAnyJournalEntry(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any JournalEntry in the given Journal .
void	matchAnyRelationship(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any Relationship .
void	matchAnyState(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any mapping to a State in the given Process .
void	matchAnyStatistic(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any Statistic .
void	matchAnySubject(boolean match)	Matches an object that has any relationship to a Subject .
void	matchCommentId(Id commentId, boolean match)	Matches an object that has the given comment.
void	matchCreditId(Id creditId, boolean match)	Matches an object that has the given credit.
void	matchDescription(String description, Type stringMatchType, boolean match)	Adds a description name to match.
void	matchDisplayName(String displayName, Type stringMatchType, boolean match)	Adds a display name to match.
void	matchGenusType(Type genusType, boolean match)	Sets a Type for querying objects of a given genus.
void	matchJournalEntryId(Id journalEntryId, boolean match)	Matches an object that has the given journal entry.
void	matchParentGenusType(Type genusType, boolean match)	Sets a Type for querying objects of a given genus.
void	matchRelationshipId(Id relationshipId, boolean match)	Matches an object that has the given relationship.
void	matchRelationshipPeerId(Id peerId, boolean match)	Matches an object that has a relationship to the given peer Id .
void	matchStateId(Id stateId, boolean match)	Matches an object mapped to the given state.
void	matchSubjectId(Id subjectId, boolean match)	Matches an object with a relationship to the given subject.
boolean	supportsCommentQuery()	Tests if a CommentQuery is available.
boolean	supportsCreditQuery()	Tests if a CreditQuery is available to provide queries of related acknowledgements.
boolean	supportsJournalEntryQuery()	Tests if a JournalEntry is available to provide queries of journaled OsidObjects .
boolean	supportsRelationshipQuery()	Tests if a RelationshipQuery is available.
boolean	supportsStateQuery()	Tests if a StateQuery is available to provide queries of processed objects.
boolean	supportsStatisticQuery()	Tests if a StatisticQuery is available to provide statistical queries.
boolean	supportsSubjectQuery()	Tests if a SubjectQuery is available.
boolean	supportsSubjectRelevancyQuery()	Tests if a RelevancyQuery is available to provide queries about the relationships to Subjects .

Methods inherited from interface OsidQuery

clearAnyTerms, clearKeywordTerms, getStringMatchTypes, matchAny, matchKeyword, supportsStringMatchType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearAnyTerms()	Clears the match any terms.
void	clearKeywordTerms()	Clears all keyword terms.
TypeList	getStringMatchTypes()	Gets the string matching types supported.
void	matchAny(boolean match)	Matches any object.
void	matchKeyword(String keyword, Type stringMatchType, boolean match)	Adds a keyword to match.
boolean	supportsStringMatchType(Type stringMatchType)	Tests if the given string matching type is supported.

Methods inherited from interface OsidSourceableQuery

clearBrandingIdTerms, clearBrandingTerms, clearLicenseTerms, clearProviderIdTerms, clearProviderTerms, getBrandingQuery, getProviderQuery, matchAnyBranding, matchAnyLicense, matchAnyProvider, matchBrandingId, matchLicense, matchProviderId, supportsBrandingQuery, supportsProviderQuery

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearBrandingIdTerms()	Clears all asset Id terms.
void	clearBrandingTerms()	Clears all branding terms.
void	clearLicenseTerms()	Clears all license terms.
void	clearProviderIdTerms()	Clears all provider Id terms.
void	clearProviderTerms()	Clears all provider terms.
AssetQuery	getBrandingQuery(boolean match)	Gets the query for an asset.
ResourceQuery	getProviderQuery(boolean match)	Gets the query for the provider.
void	matchAnyBranding(boolean match)	Match sourceables with any branding.
void	matchAnyLicense(boolean match)	Matches any object with a license.
void	matchAnyProvider(boolean match)	Match sourceables with a provider value.
void	matchBrandingId(Id assetId, boolean match)	Match the Id of an asset used for branding.
void	matchLicense(String license, Type stringMatchType, boolean match)	Adds a license to match.
void	matchProviderId(Id resourceId, boolean match)	Match the Id of the provider resource.
boolean	supportsBrandingQuery()	Tests if an AssetQuery for the branding is available.
boolean	supportsProviderQuery()	Tests if a ResourceQuery for the provider is available.

Method Details

matchId

void matchId(Id id,
 boolean match)

Matches an Id in this catalog. Multiple Ids are treated as a boolean OR .

Specified by:

matchId in interface OsidIdentifiableQuery

Parameters:

id - Id to match

match - true if for a positive match, false for a negative match

Throws:

NullArgumentException - id is null

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

matchAnyId

void matchAnyId(boolean match)

Matches catalogs that have any Id mapping.

Parameters:

match - true to match catalogs with any Id mapping, false to match catalogs with no Id mapping

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

clearIdTerms

void clearIdTerms()

Clears the Id query terms.

Specified by:

clearIdTerms in interface OsidIdentifiableQuery

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

matchAncestorCatalogId

void matchAncestorCatalogId(Id catalogId,
 boolean match)

Sets the catalog Id for this query to match catalogs that have the specified catalog as an ancestor.

Parameters:

catalogId - a catalog Id

match - true for a positive match, false for a negative match

Throws:

NullArgumentException - catalogId is null

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

clearAncestorCatalogIdTerms

void clearAncestorCatalogIdTerms()

Clears the ancestor Id query terms.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

supportsAncestorCatalogQuery

boolean supportsAncestorCatalogQuery()

Tests if a CatalogQuery is available.

Returns:

true if a catalog query is available, false otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getAncestorCatalogQuery

CatalogQuery getAncestorCatalogQuery()

Gets the query for a catalog. Multiple retrievals produce a nested OR term.

Returns:

the catalog query

Throws:

UnimplementedException - supportsAncestorCatalogQuery() is false

Compliance:

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

matchAnyAncestorCatalog

void matchAnyAncestorCatalog(boolean match)

Matches catalogs with any ancestor.

Parameters:

match - true to match catalogs with any ancestor, false to match root catalogs

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

clearAncestorCatalogTerms

void clearAncestorCatalogTerms()

Clears the ancestor query terms.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

matchDescendantCatalogId

void matchDescendantCatalogId(Id catalogId,
 boolean match)

Sets the catalog Id for this query to match catalogs that have the specified catalog as an descendant.

Parameters:

catalogId - a catalog Id

match - true for a positive match, false for a negative match

Throws:

NullArgumentException - catalogId is null

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

clearDescendantCatalogIdTerms

void clearDescendantCatalogIdTerms()

Clears the descendant Id query terms.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

supportsDescendantCatalogQuery

boolean supportsDescendantCatalogQuery()

Tests if a CatalogQuery is available.

Returns:

true if a catalog query is available, false otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getDescendantCatalogQuery

CatalogQuery getDescendantCatalogQuery()

Gets the query for a catalog. Multiple retrievals produce a nested OR term.

Returns:

the catalog query

Throws:

UnimplementedException - supportsDescendantCatalogQuery() is false

Compliance:

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

matchAnyDescendantCatalog

void matchAnyDescendantCatalog(boolean match)

Matches catalogs with any descendant.

Parameters:

match - true to match catalogs with any descendant, false to match leaf catalogs

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

clearDescendantCatalogTerms

void clearDescendantCatalogTerms()

Clears the descendant query terms.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCatalogQueryRecord

CatalogQueryRecord getCatalogQueryRecord(Type catalogRecordType)
                                  throws OperationFailedException

Gets the catalog query record corresponding to the given Catalog record Type .Multiple record retrievals produce a boolean OR term.

Parameters:

catalogRecordType - a catalog record type

Returns:

the catalog query record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - catalogRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(catalogRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.