Interface CourseOfferingQuerySession

All Superinterfaces:
AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidSession, OsidSession
All Known Subinterfaces:
CourseOfferingSearchSession
public interface CourseOfferingQuerySession extends OsidSession

This session provides methods for searching among CourseOfferings . The search query is constructed using the CourseOfferingQuery .

This session defines views that offer differing behaviors for searching.

  • federated course catalog view: searches include course offerings in course catalogs of which this course catalog is an ancestor in the course catalog hierarchy
  • isolated course catalog view: searches are restricted to course offerings in this course catalog

Course Offerings may have a query record indicated by their respective query record types. The query record is accessed via the CourseOfferingQuery .

  • Method Details

    • getCourseCatalogId

      Id getCourseCatalogId()
      Gets the CourseCatalog Id associated with this session.
      Returns:
      the CourseCatalog Id associated with this session
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getCourseCatalog

      CourseCatalog getCourseCatalog() throws OperationFailedException, PermissionDeniedException
      Gets the CourseCatalog associated with this session.
      Returns:
      the course catalog
      Throws:
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • canSearchCourseOfferings

      boolean canSearchCourseOfferings()
      Tests if this user can perform CourseOffering lookups. 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 not offer lookup operations to unauthorized users.
      Returns:
      false if search methods are not authorized, true otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • useFederatedCourseCatalogView

      void useFederatedCourseCatalogView()
      Federates the view for methods in this session. A federated view will include course offerings in course catalog which are children of this course catalog in the course catalog hierarchy.
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

    • useIsolatedCourseCatalogView

      void useIsolatedCourseCatalogView()
      Isolates the view for methods in this session. An isolated view restricts lookups to this course catalog only.
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

    • getCourseOfferingQuery

      CourseOfferingQuery getCourseOfferingQuery()
      Gets a course offering query.
      Returns:
      the course offering query.
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getCourseOfferingsByQuery

      CourseOfferingList getCourseOfferingsByQuery(CourseOfferingQuery courseQuery) throws OperationFailedException, PermissionDeniedException
      Gets a list of CourseOfferings matching the given course offering query.
      Parameters:
      courseQuery - the course offering query
      Returns:
      the returned CourseOfferingList
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - courseOfferingQuery is null
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure
      UnsupportedException - courseOfferingQuery is not of this service
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.