org.osid.type

Interface TypeManager

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable, OsidManager, OsidProfile, Sourceable, TypeProfile

public interface TypeManager
extends OsidManager, TypeProfile

This manager provides access to the available sessions of the type service. The TypeLookupSession is used for looking up Types and the TypeAdminSession is used for managing and registering new Types.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TypeAdminSession	getTypeAdminSession() Gets the OsidSession associated with the type admin service.
TypeLookupSession	getTypeLookupSession() Gets the OsidSession associated with the type lookup service.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidManager

changeBranch, initialize, rollbackService

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.binding.java.OsidManager

close

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.type.TypeProfile

supportsTypeAdmin, supportsTypeLookup

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidProfile

getBranch, getBranchId, getDescription, getDisplayName, getId, getLocales, getProxyRecordTypes, getReleaseDate, getVersion, supportsJournalBranching, supportsJournalRollback, supportsOSIDVersion, supportsProxyRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Sourceable

getBranding, getBrandingIds, getLicense, getProvider, getProviderId

Method Detail

getTypeLookupSession

TypeLookupSession getTypeLookupSession()
                                       throws OperationFailedException

Gets the OsidSession associated with the type lookup service.

Returns:

a TypeLookupSession

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnimplementedException - supportsTypeLookup() is false

Compliance:

optional - This method must be implemented if supportsTypeLookup() is true.

getTypeAdminSession

TypeAdminSession getTypeAdminSession()
                                     throws OperationFailedException

Gets the OsidSession associated with the type admin service.

Returns:

a TypeAdminSession

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnimplementedException - supportsTypeAdmin() is false

Compliance:

optional - This method must be implemented if supportsTypeAdmin() is true.