Interface VoteEnablerRuleApplicationSession

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidSession, OsidSession

public interface VoteEnablerRuleApplicationSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to apply VoteEnablers to Votes . Multiple VoteEnablers applied to an Vote may be sequenced such that the first positive evaluation results in the VoteEnablers used.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	assignVoteEnablerToVote(Id voteEnablerId, Id voteId)	Adds an existing VoteEnabler to a Vote .
boolean	canAssignVoteEnablers()	Tests if this user can alter vote enabler/vote mappings.
boolean	canSequenceVoteEnablers()	Tests if this user can order VoteEnablers .
Polls	getPolls()	Gets the Polls associated with this session.
Id	getPollsId()	Gets the Polls Id associated with this session.
void	moveVoteEnablerAhead(Id voteEnablerId, Id voteId, Id referenceId)	Reorders vote enablers for a vote by moving the specified vote enabler in front of a reference vote enabler.
void	moveVoteEnablerBehind(Id voteEnablerId, Id voteId, Id referenceId)	Reorders vote enablers for a vote by moving the specified vote enabler behind a reference vote enabler.
void	orderVoteEnablers(Id[] voteEnablerIds, Id voteId)	Reorders a set of vote enablers for a vote.
void	unassignVoteEnablerFromVote(Id voteEnablerId, Id voteId)	Removes an existing VoteEnabler from a Vote .

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

getPollsId

Id getPollsId()

Gets the Polls Id associated with this session.

Returns:

the Polls Id associated with this session

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getPolls

Polls getPolls()
        throws OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Polls associated with this session.

Returns:

the polls

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canAssignVoteEnablers

boolean canAssignVoteEnablers()

Tests if this user can alter vote enabler/vote mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known mapping 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 mapping is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

assignVoteEnablerToVote

void assignVoteEnablerToVote(Id voteEnablerId,
 Id voteId)
                      throws AlreadyExistsException,
NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Adds an existing VoteEnabler to a Vote .

Parameters:

voteEnablerId - the Id of the VoteEnabler

voteId - the Id of the Vote

Throws:

AlreadyExistsException - voteEnablerId already applied to voteId

NotFoundException - voteEnablerId or voteId not found

NullArgumentException - voteEnablerId or voteId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

unassignVoteEnablerFromVote

void unassignVoteEnablerFromVote(Id voteEnablerId,
 Id voteId)
                          throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Removes an existing VoteEnabler from a Vote .

Parameters:

voteEnablerId - the Id of the VoteEnabler

voteId - the Id of the Vote

Throws:

NotFoundException - voteEnablerId or voteId not found or voteEnablerId already applied to voteId

NullArgumentException - voteEnablerId or voteId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canSequenceVoteEnablers

boolean canSequenceVoteEnablers()

Tests if this user can order VoteEnablers . A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known sequencing operations will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED .This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer sequencing operations to an unauthorized user.

Returns:

false if VoteEnabler ordering is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

moveVoteEnablerAhead

void moveVoteEnablerAhead(Id voteEnablerId,
 Id voteId,
 Id referenceId)
                   throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Reorders vote enablers for a vote by moving the specified vote enabler in front of a reference vote enabler.

Parameters:

voteEnablerId - the Id of the VoteEnabler

voteId - the Id of the Vote

referenceId - the reference vote enabler Id

Throws:

NotFoundException - voteEnablerId, voteId , or referenceId not found or, voteEnablerId or referenceId not related to voteId

NullArgumentException - voteEnablerId, voteId , or referenceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

moveVoteEnablerBehind

void moveVoteEnablerBehind(Id voteEnablerId,
 Id voteId,
 Id referenceId)
                    throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Reorders vote enablers for a vote by moving the specified vote enabler behind a reference vote enabler.

Parameters:

voteEnablerId - the Id of the VoteEnabler

voteId - the Id of the Vote

referenceId - the reference vote enabler Id

Throws:

NotFoundException - voteEnablerId, voteId , or referenceId not found or, voteEnablerId or referenceId not related to voteId

NullArgumentException - voteEnablerId, voteId , or referenceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

orderVoteEnablers

void orderVoteEnablers(Id[] voteEnablerIds,
 Id voteId)
                throws NotFoundException,
OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Reorders a set of vote enablers for a vote.

Parameters:

voteEnablerIds - the Ids for a set of VoteEnablers

voteId - the Id of the Vote

Throws:

NotFoundException - voteEnablerId, voteId , or referenceId not found or, voteEnablerId or referenceId not related to voteId

NullArgumentException - voteEnablerIds, voteId , or referenceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.