Interface FrontOfficeQuerySession

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidSession, OsidSession

All Known Subinterfaces:

FrontOfficeSearchSession

public interface FrontOfficeQuerySession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods for searching among FrontOffice objects. The search query is constructed using the FrontOfficeQuery .

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canSearchFrontOffices()	Tests if this user can perform FrontOffice searches.
FrontOfficeQuery	getFrontOfficeQuery()	Gets a front office query.
FrontOfficeList	getFrontOfficesByQuery(FrontOfficeQuery frontOfficeQuery)	Gets a list of FrontOffices matching the given fromt office 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

canSearchFrontOffices

boolean canSearchFrontOffices()

Tests if this user can perform FrontOffice searches. 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.

getFrontOfficeQuery

FrontOfficeQuery getFrontOfficeQuery()

Gets a front office query.

Returns:

the front office query

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getFrontOfficesByQuery

FrontOfficeList getFrontOfficesByQuery(FrontOfficeQuery frontOfficeQuery)
                                throws OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets a list of FrontOffices matching the given fromt office query.

Parameters:

frontOfficeQuery - the front office query

Returns:

the returned FrontOfficeList

Throws:

NullArgumentException - frontOfficeQuery is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

UnsupportedException - frontOfficeQuery is not of this service

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.