org.osid.assessment

Interface AnswerSearchOrder

All Superinterfaces:

Extensible, OsidBrowsableSearchOrder, OsidExtensibleSearchOrder, OsidIdentifiableSearchOrder, OsidObjectSearchOrder, OsidSearchOrder, Suppliable

public interface AnswerSearchOrder
extends OsidObjectSearchOrder

An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AnswerSearchOrderRecord	getAnswerSearchOrderRecord(Type answerRecordType) Gets the answer search order record corresponding to the given answer record Type.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidObjectSearchOrder

orderByCreateTime, orderByCumulativeRating, orderByDescription, orderByDisplayName, orderByGenusType, orderByLastModifiedTime, orderByState, orderByStatistic

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidIdentifiableSearchOrder

orderById

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Method Detail

getAnswerSearchOrderRecord

AnswerSearchOrderRecord getAnswerSearchOrderRecord(Type answerRecordType)
                                                   throws OperationFailedException

Gets the answer search order record corresponding to the given answer record Type. Multiple retrievals return the same underlying object.

Parameters:

answerRecordType - an answer record type

Returns:

the answer search order record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - answerRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(answerRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.