Interface OublietteHierarchySession

All Superinterfaces:
AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidSession, OsidSession

public interface OublietteHierarchySession extends OsidSession

This session defines methods for traversing a hierarchy of Oubliette objects. Each node in the hierarchy is a unique Oubliette . The hierarchy may be traversed recursively to establish the tree structure through getParentOubliette() and getChildOubliettes() . To relate these Ids to another OSID, getOublietteNodes() can be used for retrievals that can be used for bulk lookups in other OSIDs. Any Oubliette available in the Hold OSID is known to this hierarchy but does not appear in the hierarchy traversal until added as a root issue or a child of another issue.

A user may not be authorized to traverse the entire hierarchy. Parts of the hierarchy may be made invisible through omission from the returns of getParentOubliettes() or getChildOubliettes() in lieu of a PERMISSION_DENIED error that may disrupt the traversal through authorized effortways.

This session defines views that offer differing behaviors when retrieving multiple objects.

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