org.osid.provisioning

Interface ProvisionDistributorSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface ProvisionDistributorSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve Provision to Distributor mappings. A Provision may appear in multiple Distributor objects. Each distributor 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	canLookupProvisionDistributorMappings() Tests if this user can perform lookups of provision/distributor mappings.
IdList	getDistributorIdsByProvision(Id provisionId) Gets the Distributor Ids mapped to a Provision.
DistributorList	getDistributorsByProvision(Id provisionId) Gets the Distributors mapped to a Provision.
IdList	getProvisionIdsByDistributor(Id distributorId) Gets the list of Provision Ids associated with a Distributor.
IdList	getProvisionIdsByDistributors(IdList distributorIds) Gets the list of Provision Ids corresponding to a list of Distributors.
ProvisionList	getProvisionsByDistributor(Id distributorId) Gets the list of Provisions associated with a Distributor.
ProvisionList	getProvisionsByDistributors(IdList distributorIds) Gets the list of Provision corresponding to a list of Distributors.
void	useComparativeProvisionDistributorView() 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	usePlenaryProvisionDistributorView() A complete view of the Provision and Distributor 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

canLookupProvisionDistributorMappings

boolean canLookupProvisionDistributorMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of provision/distributor 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.

useComparativeProvisionDistributorView

void useComparativeProvisionDistributorView()

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.

usePlenaryProvisionDistributorView

void usePlenaryProvisionDistributorView()

A complete view of the Provision and Distributor 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.

getProvisionIdsByDistributor

IdList getProvisionIdsByDistributor(Id distributorId)
                                    throws NotFoundException,
                                           OperationFailedException,
                                           PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Provision Ids associated with a Distributor.

Parameters:

distributorId - Id of the Distributor

Returns:

list of related provision Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - distributorId is not found

NullArgumentException - distributorId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getProvisionsByDistributor

ProvisionList getProvisionsByDistributor(Id distributorId)
                                         throws NotFoundException,
                                                OperationFailedException,
                                                PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Provisions associated with a Distributor.

Parameters:

distributorId - Id of the Distributor

Returns:

list of related provisions

Throws:

NotFoundException - distributorId is not found

NullArgumentException - distributorId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getProvisionIdsByDistributors

IdList getProvisionIdsByDistributors(IdList distributorIds)
                                     throws OperationFailedException,
                                            PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Provision Ids corresponding to a list of Distributors.

Parameters:

distributorIds - list of distributor Ids

Returns:

list of provision Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - distributorIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getProvisionsByDistributors

ProvisionList getProvisionsByDistributors(IdList distributorIds)
                                          throws OperationFailedException,
                                                 PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Provision corresponding to a list of Distributors.

Parameters:

distributorIds - list of distributor Ids

Returns:

list of provisions

Throws:

NullArgumentException - distributorIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getDistributorIdsByProvision

IdList getDistributorIdsByProvision(Id provisionId)
                                    throws NotFoundException,
                                           OperationFailedException,
                                           PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Distributor Ids mapped to a Provision.

Parameters:

provisionId - Id of a Provision

Returns:

list of distributors

Throws:

NotFoundException - provisionId is not found

NullArgumentException - provisionId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getDistributorsByProvision

DistributorList getDistributorsByProvision(Id provisionId)
                                           throws NotFoundException,
                                                  OperationFailedException,
                                                  PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Distributors mapped to a Provision.

Parameters:

provisionId - Id of a Provision

Returns:

list of distributors

Throws:

NotFoundException - provisionId is not found

NullArgumentException - provisionId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.