org.osid.course.syllabus

Interface SyllabusCourseCatalogSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface SyllabusCourseCatalogSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve Syllabus to CourseCatalog mappings. A Syllabus may appear in multiple Course Catalogs. Each CourseCatalog 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	canLookupSyllabusCourseCatalogMappings() Tests if this user can perform lookups of syllabus/course catalog mappings.
IdList	getCourseCatalogIdsBySyllabus(Id syllabusId) Gets the list of CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a Syllabus.
CourseCatalogList	getCourseCatalogsBySyllabus(Id syllabusId) Gets the list of CourseCatalog objects mapped to a Syllabus.
SyllabusList	getSyllabiByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of Syllabi associated with an CourseCatalog.
SyllabusList	getSyllabiByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of Syllabi corresponding to a list of Course Catalogs.
IdList	getSyllabusIdsByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId) Gets the list of Syllabus Ids associated with an CourseCatalog.
IdList	getSyllabusIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds) Gets the list of Syllabus Ids 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 Syllabus 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

canLookupSyllabusCourseCatalogMappings

boolean canLookupSyllabusCourseCatalogMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of syllabus/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 intendedas 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 Syllabus 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.

getSyllabusIdsByCourseCatalog

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

Gets the list of Syllabus Ids associated with an CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of an CourseCatalog.

Returns:

list of related syllabus 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.

getSyllabiByCourseCatalog

SyllabusList getSyllabiByCourseCatalog(Id courseCatalogId)
                                       throws NotFoundException,
                                              OperationFailedException,
                                              PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Syllabi associated with an CourseCatalog.

Parameters:

courseCatalogId - Id of an CourseCatalog

Returns:

list of related syllabi

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.

getSyllabusIdsByCourseCatalogs

IdList getSyllabusIdsByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                      throws OperationFailedException,
                                             PermissionDeniedException

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

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of syllabus Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getSyllabiByCourseCatalogs

SyllabusList getSyllabiByCourseCatalogs(IdList courseCatalogIds)
                                        throws OperationFailedException,
                                               PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Syllabi corresponding to a list of Course Catalogs.

Parameters:

courseCatalogIds - list of course catalog Ids

Returns:

list of syllabi

Throws:

NullArgumentException - courseCatalogIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogIdsBySyllabus

IdList getCourseCatalogIdsBySyllabus(Id syllabusId)
                                     throws NotFoundException,
                                            OperationFailedException,
                                            PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of CourseCatalog Ids mapped to a Syllabus.

Parameters:

syllabusId - Id of a Syllabus

Returns:

list of course catalog Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - syllabusId is not found

NullArgumentException - syllabusId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalogsBySyllabus

CourseCatalogList getCourseCatalogsBySyllabus(Id syllabusId)
                                              throws NotFoundException,
                                                     OperationFailedException,
                                                     PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of CourseCatalog objects mapped to a Syllabus.

Parameters:

syllabusId - Id of a Syllabus

Returns:

list of course catalogs

Throws:

NotFoundException - syllabusId is not found

NullArgumentException - syllabusId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.