org.osid.recognition

Interface AwardAcademySession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface AwardAcademySession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to retrieve Award to Academy mappings. An Award may appear in multiple Academies. Each Academy 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	canLookupAwardAcademyMappings() Tests if this user can perform lookups of award/academy mappings.
AcademyList	getAcademiesByAward(Id awardId) Gets the list of Academy objects mapped to an Award.
IdList	getAcademyIdsByAward(Id awardId) Gets the list of Academy Ids mapped to an Award.
IdList	getAwardIdsByAcademies(IdList academyIds) Gets the list of Award Ids corresponding to a list of Academy objects.
IdList	getAwardIdsByAcademy(Id academyId) Gets the list of Award Ids associated with an Academy.
AwardList	getAwardsByAcademies(IdList academyIds) Gets the list of Awards corresponding to a list of Academies.
AwardList	getAwardsByAcademy(Id academyId) Gets the list of Awards associated with an Academy.
void	useComparativeAcademyView() 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	usePlenaryAcademyView() A complete view of the Award and Academy 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

canLookupAwardAcademyMappings

boolean canLookupAwardAcademyMappings()

Tests if this user can perform lookups of award/academy 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.

useComparativeAcademyView

void useComparativeAcademyView()

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.

usePlenaryAcademyView

void usePlenaryAcademyView()

A complete view of the Award and Academy 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.

getAwardIdsByAcademy

IdList getAwardIdsByAcademy(Id academyId)
                            throws NotFoundException,
                                   OperationFailedException,
                                   PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Award Ids associated with an Academy.

Parameters:

academyId - Id of an Academy.

Returns:

list of related award Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - academyId is not found

NullArgumentException - academyId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getAwardsByAcademy

AwardList getAwardsByAcademy(Id academyId)
                             throws NotFoundException,
                                    OperationFailedException,
                                    PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Awards associated with an Academy.

Parameters:

academyId - Id of an Academy

Returns:

list of related awards

Throws:

NotFoundException - academyId is not found

NullArgumentException - academyId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getAwardIdsByAcademies

IdList getAwardIdsByAcademies(IdList academyIds)
                              throws OperationFailedException,
                                     PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Award Ids corresponding to a list of Academy objects.

Parameters:

academyIds - list of academy Ids

Returns:

list of award Ids

Throws:

NullArgumentException - academyIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getAwardsByAcademies

AwardList getAwardsByAcademies(IdList academyIds)
                               throws OperationFailedException,
                                      PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Awards corresponding to a list of Academies.

Parameters:

academyIds - list of academy Ids

Returns:

list of awards

Throws:

NullArgumentException - academyIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getAcademyIdsByAward

IdList getAcademyIdsByAward(Id awardId)
                            throws NotFoundException,
                                   OperationFailedException,
                                   PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Academy Ids mapped to an Award.

Parameters:

awardId - Id of an Award

Returns:

list of academy Ids

Throws:

NotFoundException - awardId is not found

NullArgumentException - awardId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getAcademiesByAward

AcademyList getAcademiesByAward(Id awardId)
                                throws NotFoundException,
                                       OperationFailedException,
                                       PermissionDeniedException

Gets the list of Academy objects mapped to an Award.

Parameters:

awardId - Id of an Award

Returns:

list of academies

Throws:

NotFoundException - awardId is not found

NullArgumentException - awardId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.