org.osid.assessment

Interface Bank

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface Bank
extends OsidCatalog

A bank defines a collection of assessments and items.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BankRecord	getBankRecord(Type bankRecordType) Gets the bank record corresponding to the given Bank record Type.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidObject

getDescription, getDisplayName, getGenusType, isOfGenusType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Identifiable

getId, isCurrent

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Browsable

getProperties, getPropertiesByRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Sourceable

getBranding, getBrandingIds, getLicense, getProvider, getProviderId

Method Detail

getBankRecord

BankRecord getBankRecord(Type bankRecordType)
                         throws OperationFailedException

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

Parameters:

bankRecordType - a bank record type

Returns:

the bank record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - bankRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(bankRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.