Interface ObjectiveBank

All Superinterfaces:

Browsable, Extensible, Federateable, Identifiable, OsidCatalog, OsidObject, Sourceable

public interface ObjectiveBank
extends OsidCatalog

an objective bank defines a collection of objectives.

Like all OsidObjects, ObjectiveBank is managed by its OsidSessions and may not be accessed by concurrent processing threads.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ObjectiveBankRecord	getObjectiveBankRecord(Type objectiveBankRecordType)	Gets the objective bank record corresponding to the given ObjectiveBank record Type.

Methods inherited from interface Browsable

getProperties, getPropertiesByRecordType

Methods inherited from interface Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Methods inherited from interface Identifiable

getId, isCurrent

Methods inherited from interface OsidObject

getDescription, getDisplayName, getGenusType, isOfGenusType

Methods inherited from interface Sourceable

getBranding, getBrandingIds, getLicense, getProvider, getProviderId

Method Details

getObjectiveBankRecord

ObjectiveBankRecord getObjectiveBankRecord(Type objectiveBankRecordType)
                                    throws OperationFailedException

Gets the objective bank record corresponding to the given ObjectiveBank record Type. This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested record. The objectiveBankRecordType may be the Type returned in getRecordTypes() or any of its parents in a Type hierarchy where hasRecordType(objectiveBankRecordType) is true.

Parameters:

objectiveBankRecordType - an objective bank record type

Returns:

the objective bank record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - objectiveBankRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(objectiveBankRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.