org.osid.relationship.rules

Interface RelationshipEnablerRuleApplicationSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface RelationshipEnablerRuleApplicationSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to apply RelationshipEnablers to Relationships. A Relationship with multiple RelationshipEnablers means any positive rule evaluation across the enablers result in an effective Relationship.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	assignRelationshipEnablerToRelationship(Id relationshipEnablerId, Id relationshipId) Adds an existing RelationshipEnabler to a Relationship.
boolean	canAssignRelationshipEnablers() Tests if this user can alter relationship enabler/relationship mappings.
boolean	canSequenceRelationshipEnablers() Tests if this user can order RelationshipEnablers.
Family	getFamily() Gets the Family associated with this session.
Id	getFamilyId() Gets the Family Id associated with this session.
void	moveRelationshipEnablerAhead(Id relationshipEnablerId, Id relationshipId, Id referenceId) Reorders relationship enablers for a relationship by moving the specified relationship enabler in front of a reference relationship enabler.
void	moveRelationshipEnablerBehind(Id relationshipEnablerId, Id relationshipId, Id referenceId) Reorders relationship enablers for a relationship by moving the specified relationship enabler behind a reference relationship enabler.
void	orderRelationshipEnablers(Id[] relationshipEnablerIds, Id relationshipId) Reorders a set of relationship enablers for a relationship.
void	unassignRelationshipEnablerFromRelationship(Id relationshipEnablerId, Id relationshipId) Removes a RelationshipEnabler from a Relationship.

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

getFamilyId

Id getFamilyId()

Gets the Family Id associated with this session.

Returns:

the Family Id associated with this session

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getFamily

Family getFamily()
                 throws OperationFailedException,
                        PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Family associated with this session.

Returns:

the family

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canAssignRelationshipEnablers

boolean canAssignRelationshipEnablers()

Tests if this user can alter relationship enabler/relationship mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known mapping 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 mapping is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

assignRelationshipEnablerToRelationship

void assignRelationshipEnablerToRelationship(Id relationshipEnablerId,
                                           Id relationshipId)
                                             throws AlreadyExistsException,
                                                    NotFoundException,
                                                    OperationFailedException,
                                                    PermissionDeniedException

Adds an existing RelationshipEnabler to a Relationship.

Parameters:

relationshipEnablerId - the Id of the RelationshipEnabler

relationshipId - the Id of the Relationship

Throws:

AlreadyExistsException - relationshipEnablerId is already applied to relationshipId

NotFoundException - relationshipEnablerId or relationshipId not found

NullArgumentException - relationshipEnablerId or relationshipId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

unassignRelationshipEnablerFromRelationship

void unassignRelationshipEnablerFromRelationship(Id relationshipEnablerId,
                                               Id relationshipId)
                                                 throws NotFoundException,
                                                        OperationFailedException,
                                                        PermissionDeniedException

Removes a RelationshipEnabler from a Relationship.

Parameters:

relationshipEnablerId - the Id of the RelationshipEnabler

relationshipId - the Id of the Relationship

Throws:

NotFoundException - relationshipEnablerId or relationshipId not found or relationshipEnablerId not applied to relationshipId

NullArgumentException - relationshipEnablerId or relationshipId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canSequenceRelationshipEnablers

boolean canSequenceRelationshipEnablers()

Tests if this user can order RelationshipEnablers. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known sequencing operations will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer sequencing operations to an unauthorized user.

Returns:

false if RelationshipEnabler ordering is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

moveRelationshipEnablerAhead

void moveRelationshipEnablerAhead(Id relationshipEnablerId,
                                Id relationshipId,
                                Id referenceId)
                                  throws NotFoundException,
                                         OperationFailedException,
                                         PermissionDeniedException

Reorders relationship enablers for a relationship by moving the specified relationship enabler in front of a reference relationship enabler.

Parameters:

relationshipEnablerId - the Id of a RelationshipnEnabler

relationshipId - the Id of a Relationship

referenceId - the reference relationship enabler Id

Throws:

NotFoundException - relationshipEnablerId, relationshipId, or referenceId not found or, relationshipnEnablerId or referenceId not related to relationshipId

NullArgumentException - relationshipEnablerId, relationshipId, or referenceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

moveRelationshipEnablerBehind

void moveRelationshipEnablerBehind(Id relationshipEnablerId,
                                 Id relationshipId,
                                 Id referenceId)
                                   throws NotFoundException,
                                          OperationFailedException,
                                          PermissionDeniedException

Reorders relationship enablers for a relationship by moving the specified relationship enabler behind a reference relationship enabler.

Parameters:

relationshipEnablerId - the Id of a RelationshipnEnabler

relationshipId - the Id of a Relationship

referenceId - the reference relationship enabler Id

Throws:

NotFoundException - relationshipEnablerId, relationshipId, or referenceId not found or, relationshipnEnablerId or referenceId not related to relationshipId

NullArgumentException - relationshipEnablerId, relationshipId, or referenceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

orderRelationshipEnablers

void orderRelationshipEnablers(Id[] relationshipEnablerIds,
                             Id relationshipId)
                               throws NotFoundException,
                                      OperationFailedException,
                                      PermissionDeniedException

Reorders a set of relationship enablers for a relationship.

Parameters:

relationshipEnablerIds - the Ids for a set of RelationshipnEnablers

relationshipId - the Id of a Relationship

Throws:

NotFoundException - relationshipId not found or, an relationshipEnablerId not related to relationshipId

NullArgumentException - relationshipEnablerIds or relationshipId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.