org.osid.course.program

Interface ProgramCourseCatalogSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface ProgramCourseCatalogSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve Program to CourseCatalog mappings. A Program may appear in multiple CourseCatalog 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	canLookupCourseCatalogMappings() Tests if this user can perform lookups of program/course catalog mappings.
IdList	getCourseCatalogIdsByProgram(Id programId) Gets the CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a Program.
CourseCatalogList	getCourseCatalogsByProgram(Id programId) Gets the CourseCatalog objects mapped to a Program.
IdList	getProgramIdsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of Program Ids associated with a CourseCatalog.
IdList	getProgramIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of Program Ids corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.
ProgramList	getProgramsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of Programs associated with a CourseCatalog.
ProgramList	getProgramsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of Programs corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.
void	useComparativeCourseCatalogView() 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	usePlenaryCourseCatalogView() A complete view of the Program and CourseCatalog 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

canLookupCourseCatalogMappings

boolean canLookupCourseCatalogMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of program/course catalog 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.

useComparativeCourseCatalogView

void useComparativeCourseCatalogView()

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.

usePlenaryCourseCatalogView

void usePlenaryCourseCatalogView()

A complete view of the Program and CourseCatalog 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.

getProgramIdsByCourseCatalog

IdList getProgramIdsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId)
                                    throws NotFoundException,
                                           OperationFailedException,
                                           PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Program Ids associated with a CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of the CourseCatalog

Returns:

list of related program Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - courseCatalogId is not found

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getProgramsByCourseCatalog

ProgramList getProgramsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId)
                                       throws NotFoundException,
                                              OperationFailedException,
                                              PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Programs associated with a CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of the CourseCatalog

Returns:

list of related programs

Throws:

NotFoundException - courseCatalogId is not found

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getProgramIdsByCourseCatalogs

IdList getProgramIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                     throws OperationFailedException,
                                            PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Program Ids corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of program Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getProgramsByCourseCatalogs

ProgramList getProgramsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                        throws OperationFailedException,
                                               PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Programs corresponding to a list of CourseCatalog objects.

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of programs

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogIdsByProgram

IdList getCourseCatalogIdsByProgram(Id programId)
                                    throws NotFoundException,
                                           OperationFailedException,
                                           PermissionDeniedException

Gets the CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a Program.

Parameters:

programId - Id of a Program

Returns:

list of course catalog Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - programId is not found

NullArgumentException - programId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogsByProgram

CourseCatalogList getCourseCatalogsByProgram(Id programId)
                                             throws NotFoundException,
                                                    OperationFailedException,
                                                    PermissionDeniedException

Gets the CourseCatalog objects mapped to a Program.

Parameters:

programId - Id of a Program

Returns:

list of course catalogs

Throws:

NotFoundException - programId is not found

NullArgumentException - programId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.