org.osid.ontology

Interface Ontology

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface Ontology
extends OsidCatalog

An ontology defines a collection of subjects.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OntologyRecord	getOntologyRecord(Type ontologyRecordType) Gets the ontology record corresponding to the given Ontology 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

getOntologyRecord

OntologyRecord getOntologyRecord(Type ontologyRecordType)
                                 throws OperationFailedException

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

Parameters:

ontologyRecordType - an ontology record type

Returns:

the ontology record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - ontologyRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(ontologyRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.