org.osid.tracking

Interface FrontOffice

All Superinterfaces:

Browsable, Extensible, Federateable, Identifiable, OsidCatalog, OsidObject, Sourceable

public interface FrontOffice
extends OsidCatalog

A FrontOffice represents a collection of issues and efforts.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FrontOfficeRecord	getFrontOfficeRecord(Type frontOfficeRecordType) Gets the front office record corresponding to the given FrontOffice record Type.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidObject

getDescription, getDisplayName, getGenusType, isOfGenusType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Identifiable

getId, isCurrent

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Browsable

getProperties, getPropertiesByRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Sourceable

getBranding, getBrandingIds, getLicense, getProvider, getProviderId

Method Detail

getFrontOfficeRecord

FrontOfficeRecord getFrontOfficeRecord(Type frontOfficeRecordType)
                                       throws OperationFailedException

Gets the front office record corresponding to the given FrontOffice record Type. This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested record. The frontOfficeRecordType may be the Type returned in getRecordTypes() or any of its parents in a Type hierarchy where hasRecordType(frontOfficeRecordType) is true .

Parameters:

frontOfficeRecordType - the type of front office record to retrieve

Returns:

the front office record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - frontOfficeRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(frontOfficeRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.