Interface WarehouseQuerySession

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidSession, OsidSession

All Known Subinterfaces:

WarehouseSearchSession

public interface WarehouseQuerySession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods for searching among Warehouses . The search query is constructed using the WarehouseQuery .

This session defines views that offer differing behaviors for searching.

• federated warehouse view: searches include warehouses in warehouses of which this warehouse is an ancestor in the warehouse hierarchy
• isolated warehouse view: searches are restricted to warehouses in this warehouse

warehouses may have a query record indicated by their respective record types. The query record is accessed via the WarehouseQuery .

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canSearchWarehouses()	Tests if this user can perform Warehouse lookups.
WarehouseQuery	getWarehouseQuery()	Gets a warehouse query.
WarehouseList	getWarehousesByQuery(WarehouseQuery warehouseQuery)	Gets a list of Warehouses matching the given warehouse query.

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

canSearchWarehouses

boolean canSearchWarehouses()

Tests if this user can perform Warehouse 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.

getWarehouseQuery

WarehouseQuery getWarehouseQuery()

Gets a warehouse query.

Returns:

the warehouse query

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getWarehousesByQuery

WarehouseList getWarehousesByQuery(WarehouseQuery warehouseQuery)
                            throws OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets a list of Warehouses matching the given warehouse query.

Parameters:

warehouseQuery - the warehouse query

Returns:

the returned WarehouseList

Throws:

NullArgumentException - warehouseQuery is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

UnsupportedException - warehouseQuery is not of this service

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.