Interface RepositoryProfile

All Superinterfaces:
OsidProfile, Sourceable
All Known Subinterfaces:
RepositoryManager, RepositoryProxyManager
public interface RepositoryProfile extends OsidProfile

The repository profile describes interoperability among repository services.

  • Method Details

    • supportsVisibleFederation

      boolean supportsVisibleFederation()
      Tests if federation is visible.
      Returns:
      true if visible federation is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetLookup

      boolean supportsAssetLookup()
      Tests if asset lookup is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset lookup is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetQuery

      boolean supportsAssetQuery()
      Tests if asset query is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset query is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetSearch

      boolean supportsAssetSearch()
      Tests if asset search is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset search is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetAdmin

      boolean supportsAssetAdmin()
      Tests if asset administration is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset administration is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetNotification

      boolean supportsAssetNotification()
      Tests if asset notification is supported. A repository may send messages when assets are created, modified, or deleted.
      Returns:
      true if asset notification is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetRepository

      boolean supportsAssetRepository()
      Tests if retrieving mappings of assets and repositories is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset repository mapping retrieval is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetRepositoryAssignment

      boolean supportsAssetRepositoryAssignment()
      Tests if managing mappings of assets and repositories is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset repository assignment is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetSmartRepository

      boolean supportsAssetSmartRepository()
      Tests if asset smart repository is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset smart repository is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetTemporal

      boolean supportsAssetTemporal()
      Tests if retrieving mappings of assets and time coverage is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset temporal mapping retrieval is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetTemporalAssignment

      boolean supportsAssetTemporalAssignment()
      Tests if managing mappings of assets and time ocverage is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset temporal assignment is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetSpatial

      boolean supportsAssetSpatial()
      Tests if retrieving mappings of assets and spatial coverage is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset spatial mapping retrieval is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetSpatialAssignment

      boolean supportsAssetSpatialAssignment()
      Tests if managing mappings of assets and spatial ocverage is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset spatial assignment is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetComposition

      boolean supportsAssetComposition()
      Tests if assets are included in compositions.
      Returns:
      true if asset composition supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetCompositionDesign

      boolean supportsAssetCompositionDesign()
      Tests if mapping assets to compositions is supported.
      Returns:
      true if designing asset compositions is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentLookup

      boolean supportsAssetContentLookup()
      Tests if looking up asset contents is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset content lookup is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentQuery

      boolean supportsAssetContentQuery()
      Tests if querying asset contents is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset content query is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentSearch

      boolean supportsAssetContentSearch()
      Tests if searching asset contents is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset content search is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentAdmin

      boolean supportsAssetContentAdmin()
      Tests if an asset content administrative service is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset content administration is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentNotification

      boolean supportsAssetContentNotification()
      Tests if an asset content notification service is supported.
      Returns:
      true if asset content notification is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentRepository

      boolean supportsAssetContentRepository()
      Tests if an asset content repository lookup service is supported.
      Returns:
      true if an asset content repository lookup service is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentRepositoryAssignment

      boolean supportsAssetContentRepositoryAssignment()
      Tests if an asset content repository assignment service is supported.
      Returns:
      true if an asset content to repository assignment service is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentSmartRepository

      boolean supportsAssetContentSmartRepository()
      Tests if an asset content smart repository service is supported.
      Returns:
      true if an smart repository service is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionLookup

      boolean supportsCompositionLookup()
      Tests if composition lookup is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition lookup is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionQuery

      boolean supportsCompositionQuery()
      Tests if composition query is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition query is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionSearch

      boolean supportsCompositionSearch()
      Tests if composition search is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition search is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionAdmin

      boolean supportsCompositionAdmin()
      Tests if composition administration is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition administration is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionNotification

      boolean supportsCompositionNotification()
      Tests if composition notification is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition notification is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionRepository

      boolean supportsCompositionRepository()
      Tests if retrieval of composition to repository mappings is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition to repository mapping is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionRepositoryAssignment

      boolean supportsCompositionRepositoryAssignment()
      Tests if assigning composition to repository mappings is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition to repository assignment is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionSmartRepository

      boolean supportsCompositionSmartRepository()
      Tests if composition smart repository is supported.
      Returns:
      true if composition smart repository is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryLookup

      boolean supportsRepositoryLookup()
      Tests if repository lookup is supported.
      Returns:
      true if repository lookup is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryQuery

      boolean supportsRepositoryQuery()
      Tests if repository query is supported.
      Returns:
      true if repository query is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositorySearch

      boolean supportsRepositorySearch()
      Tests if repository search is supported.
      Returns:
      true if repository search is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryAdmin

      boolean supportsRepositoryAdmin()
      Tests if repository administration is supported.
      Returns:
      true if repository administration is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryNotification

      boolean supportsRepositoryNotification()
      Tests if repository notification is supported. Messages may be sent when Repository objects are created, deleted or updated. Notifications for assets within repositories are sent via the asset notification session.
      Returns:
      true if repository notification is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryHierarchy

      boolean supportsRepositoryHierarchy()
      Tests if a repository hierarchy traversal is supported.
      Returns:
      true if a repository hierarchy traversal is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryHierarchyDesign

      boolean supportsRepositoryHierarchyDesign()
      Tests if a repository hierarchy design is supported.
      Returns:
      true if a repository hierarchy design is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryBatch

      boolean supportsRepositoryBatch()
      Tests if a repository batch service is supported.
      Returns:
      true if a repository batch service is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryRules

      boolean supportsRepositoryRules()
      Tests if a repository rules service is supported.
      Returns:
      true if a repository rules service is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAssetRecordTypes

      TypeList getAssetRecordTypes()
      Gets all the asset record types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported asset record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetRecordType

      boolean supportsAssetRecordType(Type assetRecordType)
      Tests if a given asset type is supported.
      Parameters:
      assetRecordType - the asset record type
      Returns:
      true if the asset record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - assetRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAssetSearchRecordTypes

      TypeList getAssetSearchRecordTypes()
      Gets all the asset search record types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported asset search record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetSearchRecordType

      boolean supportsAssetSearchRecordType(Type assetSearchRecordType)
      Tests if a given asset search record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      assetSearchRecordType - the asset search record type
      Returns:
      true if the asset search record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - assetSearchRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAssetContentRecordTypes

      TypeList getAssetContentRecordTypes()
      Gets the supported AssetContent record types.
      Returns:
      a list containing the supported AssetContent record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentRecordType

      boolean supportsAssetContentRecordType(Type assetContentRecordType)
      Tests if the given AssetContent record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      assetContentRecordType - a Type indicating an AssetContent record type
      Returns:
      true if the given record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - assetContentRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAssetContentSearchRecordTypes

      TypeList getAssetContentSearchRecordTypes()
      Gets the supported AssetContent search types.
      Returns:
      a list containing the supported AssetContent search types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAssetContentSearchRecordType

      boolean supportsAssetContentSearchRecordType(Type assetContentSearchRecordType)
      Tests if the given AssetContent search type is supported.
      Parameters:
      assetContentSearchRecordType - a Type indicating an AssetContent search type
      Returns:
      true if the given Type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - assetContentSearchRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getCompositionRecordTypes

      TypeList getCompositionRecordTypes()
      Gets all the composition record types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported composition record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionRecordType

      boolean supportsCompositionRecordType(Type compositionRecordType)
      Tests if a given composition record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      compositionRecordType - the composition record type
      Returns:
      true if the composition record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - compositionRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getCompositionSearchRecordTypes

      TypeList getCompositionSearchRecordTypes()
      Gets all the composition search record types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported composition search record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCompositionSearchRecordType

      boolean supportsCompositionSearchRecordType(Type compositionSearchRecordType)
      Tests if a given composition search record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      compositionSearchRecordType - the composition serach type
      Returns:
      true if the composition search record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - compositionSearchRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getRepositoryRecordTypes

      TypeList getRepositoryRecordTypes()
      Gets all the repository record types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported repository record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositoryRecordType

      boolean supportsRepositoryRecordType(Type repositoryRecordType)
      Tests if a given repository record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      repositoryRecordType - the repository record type
      Returns:
      true if the repository record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - repositoryRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getRepositorySearchRecordTypes

      TypeList getRepositorySearchRecordTypes()
      Gets all the repository search record types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported repository search record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsRepositorySearchRecordType

      boolean supportsRepositorySearchRecordType(Type repositorySearchRecordType)
      Tests if a given repository search record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      repositorySearchRecordType - the repository search type
      Returns:
      true if the repository search record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - repositorySearchRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getSpatialUnitRecordTypes

      TypeList getSpatialUnitRecordTypes()
      Gets all the spatial unit record types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported spatial unit record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsSpatialUnitRecordType

      boolean supportsSpatialUnitRecordType(Type spatialUnitRecordType)
      Tests if a given spatial unit record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      spatialUnitRecordType - the spatial unit record type
      Returns:
      true if the spatial unit record type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - spatialUnitRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getCoordinateTypes

      TypeList getCoordinateTypes()
      Gets all the coordinate types supported.
      Returns:
      the list of supported coordinate types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCoordinateType

      boolean supportsCoordinateType(Type coordinateType)
      Tests if a given coordinate type is supported.
      Parameters:
      coordinateType - the coordinate type
      Returns:
      true if the coordinate type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - coordinateType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.