org.osid.provisioning

Interface DistributorSearchOrder

All Superinterfaces:

Extensible, OsidBrowsableSearchOrder, OsidCatalogSearchOrder, OsidExtensibleSearchOrder, OsidFederateableSearchOrder, OsidIdentifiableSearchOrder, OsidObjectSearchOrder, OsidSearchOrder, OsidSourceableSearchOrder, Suppliable

public interface DistributorSearchOrder
extends OsidCatalogSearchOrder

An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DistributorSearchOrderRecord	getDistributorSearchOrderRecord(Type distributorRecordType) Gets the distributor search order record corresponding to the given distributor Type.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidObjectSearchOrder

orderByCreateTime, orderByCumulativeRating, orderByDescription, orderByDisplayName, orderByGenusType, orderByLastModifiedTime, orderByState, orderByStatistic

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidIdentifiableSearchOrder

orderById

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidSourceableSearchOrder

getProviderSearchOrder, orderByProvider, supportsProviderSearchOrder

Method Detail

getDistributorSearchOrderRecord

DistributorSearchOrderRecord getDistributorSearchOrderRecord(Type distributorRecordType)
                                                             throws OperationFailedException

Gets the distributor search order record corresponding to the given distributor Type. Multiple retrievals return the same underlying object.

Parameters:

distributorRecordType - a distributor record type

Returns:

the distributor search order record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - distributorRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(distributorRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.