Interface PostEntryBusinessSession

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidSession, OsidSession

public interface PostEntryBusinessSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve PostEntry to Business mappings. A PostEntry may appear in multiple Businesses . Each catalog may have its own authorizations governing who is allowed to look at it.

This lookup session defines several views:

• comparative view: elements may be silently omitted or re-ordered
• plenary view: provides a complete result set or is an error condition

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canLookupPostEntryBusinessMappings()	Tests if this user can perform lookups of entry/business mappings.
BusinessList	getBusinessesByPostEntry(Id postEntryId)	Gets the Business objects mapped to a PostEntry .
IdList	getBusinessIdsByPostEntry(Id postEntryId)	Gets the Business Ids mapped to a PostEntry .
PostEntryList	getPostEntriesByBusiness(Id businessId)	Gets the list of PostEntry associated with a Business .
PostEntryList	getPostEntriesByBusinesses(IdList businessIds)	Gets the list of PostEntries corresponding to a list of Business objects.
IdList	getPostEntryIdsByBusiness(Id businessId)	Gets the list of PostEntry Ids associated with a Business .
IdList	getPostEntryIdsByBusinesses(IdList businessIds)	Gets the list of PostEntry Ids corresponding to a list of Business objects.
void	useComparativePostEntryBusinessView()	The returns from the lookup methods may omit or translate elements based on this session, such as authorization, and not result in an error.
void	usePlenaryPostEntryBusinessView()	A complete view of the PostEntry and Business returns is desired.

Methods inherited from interface Closeable

close

Methods inherited from interface OsidSession

close

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

Methods inherited from interface OsidSession

getAuthenticatedAgent, getAuthenticatedAgentId, getClockRate, getDate, getEffectiveAgent, getEffectiveAgentId, getFormatType, getLocale, isAuthenticated, startTransaction, supportsTransactions

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Agent	getAuthenticatedAgent()	Gets the agent authenticated to this session.
Id	getAuthenticatedAgentId()	Gets the Id of the agent authenticated to this session.
BigDecimal	getClockRate()	Gets the rate of the service clock.
Date	getDate()	Gets the service date which may be the current date or the effective date in which this session exists.
Agent	getEffectiveAgent()	Gets the effective agent in use by this session.
Id	getEffectiveAgentId()	Gets the Id of the effective agent in use by this session.
Type	getFormatType()	Gets the DisplayText format Type preference in effect for this session.
Locale	getLocale()	Gets the locale indicating the localization preferences in effect for this session.
boolean	isAuthenticated()	Tests if an agent is authenticated to this session.
Transaction	startTransaction()	Starts a new transaction for this sesson.
boolean	supportsTransactions()	Tests for the availability of transactions.

Method Details

canLookupPostEntryBusinessMappings

boolean canLookupPostEntryBusinessMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of entry/business mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known lookup 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.

Returns:

false if looking up mappings is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

useComparativePostEntryBusinessView

void useComparativePostEntryBusinessView()

The returns from the lookup methods may omit or translate elements based on this session, such as authorization, and not result in an error. This view is used when greater interoperability is desired at the expense of precision.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

usePlenaryPostEntryBusinessView

void usePlenaryPostEntryBusinessView()

A complete view of the PostEntry and Business returns is desired. Methods will return what is requested or result in an error. This view is used when greater precision is desired at the expense of interoperability.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

getPostEntryIdsByBusiness

IdList getPostEntryIdsByBusiness(Id businessId)
                          throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of PostEntry Ids associated with a Business .

Parameters:

businessId - Id of the Business

Returns:

list of related post entry Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - businessId is not found

NullArgumentException - businessId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getPostEntriesByBusiness

PostEntryList getPostEntriesByBusiness(Id businessId)
                                throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of PostEntry associated with a Business .

Parameters:

businessId - Id of the Business

Returns:

list of related entries

Throws:

NotFoundException - businessId is not found

NullArgumentException - businessId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getPostEntryIdsByBusinesses

IdList getPostEntryIdsByBusinesses(IdList businessIds)
                            throws OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of PostEntry Ids corresponding to a list of Business objects.

Parameters:

businessIds - list of catalog Ids

Returns:

list of post entry Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - businessIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getPostEntriesByBusinesses

PostEntryList getPostEntriesByBusinesses(IdList businessIds)
                                  throws OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of PostEntries corresponding to a list of Business objects.

Parameters:

businessIds - list of catalog Ids

Returns:

list of entries

Throws:

NullArgumentException - businessIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getBusinessIdsByPostEntry

IdList getBusinessIdsByPostEntry(Id postEntryId)
                          throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Business Ids mapped to a PostEntry .

Parameters:

postEntryId - Id of a PostEntry

Returns:

list of businesses

Throws:

NotFoundException - postEntryId is not found

NullArgumentException - postEntryId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getBusinessesByPostEntry

BusinessList getBusinessesByPostEntry(Id postEntryId)
                               throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Business objects mapped to a PostEntry .

Parameters:

postEntryId - Id of a PostEntry

Returns:

list of businesses

Throws:

NotFoundException - postEntryId is not found

NullArgumentException - postEntryId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.