org.osid.repository

Interface AssetTemporalAssignmentSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface AssetTemporalAssignmentSession
extends OsidSession

This session defines methods to manage temporal coverage of an asset.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addTemporalCoverage(Id assetId, DateTime begin, DateTime end) Adds a temporal coverage to this asset expressed as a range between two date/times.
boolean	canAssignTemporalCoverage() Tests if this user can manage temporal lookups.
Repository	getRepository() Gets the Repository associated with this session.
Id	getRepositoryId() Gets the Repository Id associated with this session.
void	removeTemporalCoverage(Id assetId, DateTime begin, DateTime end) Removes a temporal range from an asset.

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

getRepositoryId

Id getRepositoryId()

Gets the Repository Id associated with this session.

Returns:

the Repository Id associated with this session

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getRepository

Repository getRepository()
                         throws OperationFailedException,
                                PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Repository associated with this session.

Returns:

the Repository associated with this session

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canAssignTemporalCoverage

boolean canAssignTemporalCoverage()

Tests if this user can manage temporal lookups. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known all 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 assignment operations.

Returns:

false if temporal management is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

addTemporalCoverage

void addTemporalCoverage(Id assetId,
                       DateTime begin,
                       DateTime end)
                         throws AlreadyExistsException,
                                NotFoundException,
                                OperationFailedException,
                                PermissionDeniedException

Adds a temporal coverage to this asset expressed as a range between two date/times.

Parameters:

assetId - Id of the Asset

begin - start date/time

end - end date/time

Throws:

AlreadyExistsException - interval already exists

InvalidArgumentException - begin is greater than end

NotFoundException - assetId not found

NullArgumentException - assetId, begin or end is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization fauilure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

removeTemporalCoverage

void removeTemporalCoverage(Id assetId,
                          DateTime begin,
                          DateTime end)
                            throws NotFoundException,
                                   OperationFailedException,
                                   PermissionDeniedException

Removes a temporal range from an asset.

Parameters:

assetId - Id of the Asset

begin - start date/time

end - end date/time

Throws:

NotFoundException - assetId with begin and end not found

NullArgumentException - assetId, begin or end is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization fauilure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.