org.osid.billing

Interface CustomerBusinessSession

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable, OsidSession

public interface CustomerBusinessSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve Customer to Business mappings. A Customer may appear in multiple Business objects. Each catalog may have its own authorizations governing who is allowed to look at it.

This lookup session defines several views:

• comparative view: elements may be silently omitted or re-ordered
• plenary view: provides a complete result set or is an error condition

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canLookupCustomerBusinessMappings() Tests if this user can perform lookups of customer/business mappings.
BusinessList	getBusinessesByCustomer(Id customerId) Gets the Business objects mapped to a Customer.
IdList	getBusinessIdsByCustomer(Id customerId) Gets the Business Ids mapped to a Customer.
IdList	getCustomerIdsByBusiness(Id businessId) Gets the list of Customer Ids associated with a Business.
IdList	getCustomerIdsByBusinesses(IdList businessIds) Gets the list of Customer Ids corresponding to a list of Business objects.
CustomerList	getCustomersByBusiness(Id businessId) Gets the list of Customers associated with a Business.
CustomerList	getCustomersByBusinesses(IdList businessIds) Gets the list of Customers corresponding to a list of Business objects.
void	useComparativeCustomerBusinessView() The returns from the lookup methods may omit or translate elements based on this session, such as authorization, and not result in an error.
void	usePlenaryCustomerBusinessView() A complete view of the Customer and Business returns is desired.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidSession

getAuthenticatedAgent, getAuthenticatedAgentId, getClockRate, getDate, getEffectiveAgent, getEffectiveAgentId, getFormatType, getLocale, isAuthenticated, startTransaction, supportsTransactions

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.binding.java.OsidSession

close

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Detail

canLookupCustomerBusinessMappings

boolean canLookupCustomerBusinessMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of customer/business mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known lookup 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 looking up mappings is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

useComparativeCustomerBusinessView

void useComparativeCustomerBusinessView()

The returns from the lookup methods may omit or translate elements based on this session, such as authorization, and not result in an error. This view is used when greater interoperability is desired at the expense of precision.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

usePlenaryCustomerBusinessView

void usePlenaryCustomerBusinessView()

A complete view of the Customer and Business returns is desired. Methods will return what is requested or result in an error. This view is used when greater precision is desired at the expense of interoperability.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

getCustomerIdsByBusiness

IdList getCustomerIdsByBusiness(Id businessId)
                                throws NotFoundException,
                                       OperationFailedException,
                                       PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Customer Ids associated with a Business.

Parameters:

businessId - Id of the Business

Returns:

list of related customer Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - businessId is not found

NullArgumentException - businessId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCustomersByBusiness

CustomerList getCustomersByBusiness(Id businessId)
                                    throws NotFoundException,
                                           OperationFailedException,
                                           PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Customers associated with a Business.

Parameters:

businessId - Id of the Business

Returns:

list of related customers

Throws:

NotFoundException - businessId is not found

NullArgumentException - businessId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCustomerIdsByBusinesses

IdList getCustomerIdsByBusinesses(IdList businessIds)
                                  throws OperationFailedException,
                                         PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Customer Ids corresponding to a list of Business objects.

Parameters:

businessIds - list of business Ids

Returns:

list of customer Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - businessIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCustomersByBusinesses

CustomerList getCustomersByBusinesses(IdList businessIds)
                                      throws OperationFailedException,
                                             PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Customers corresponding to a list of Business objects.

Parameters:

businessIds - list of business Ids

Returns:

list of customers

Throws:

NullArgumentException - businessIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getBusinessIdsByCustomer

IdList getBusinessIdsByCustomer(Id customerId)
                                throws NotFoundException,
                                       OperationFailedException,
                                       PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Business Ids mapped to a Customer.

Parameters:

customerId - Id of a Customer

Returns:

list of business Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - customerId is not found

NullArgumentException - customerId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getBusinessesByCustomer

BusinessList getBusinessesByCustomer(Id customerId)
                                     throws NotFoundException,
                                            OperationFailedException,
                                            PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Business objects mapped to a Customer.

Parameters:

customerId - Id of a Customer

Returns:

list of businesses

Throws:

NotFoundException - customerId is not found

NullArgumentException - customerId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.