org.osid.voting

Interface BallotAuthoringSession

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface BallotAuthoringSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods for authoring ballots.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addRace(Id raceId) Adds a race to this ballot.
boolean	canAuthorBallots() Tests if this user can perform author ballots.
Ballot	getBallot() Gets the Ballot associated with this session.
Id	getBallotId() Gets the Ballot Id associated with this session.
RaceList	getRaces() Gets the races on this ballot.
void	moveRace(Id raceId, Id preceedingRaceId) Moves an existing race to follow another race in this ballot.
void	orderRaces(Id[] raceIds) Sequences existing races on this ballot.
void	removeRace(Id raceId) Removes a Race from this ballot.

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

getBallotId

Id getBallotId()

Gets the Ballot Id associated with this session.

Returns:

the Ballot Id associated with this session

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getBallot

Ballot getBallot()
                 throws OperationFailedException,
                        PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Ballot associated with this session.

Returns:

the Ballot associated with this session

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canAuthorBallots

boolean canAuthorBallots()

Tests if this user can perform author ballots. 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 lookup operations to unauthorized users.

Returns:

false if lookup methods are not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getRaces

RaceList getRaces()
                  throws OperationFailedException,
                         PermissionDeniedException

Gets the races on this ballot.

Returns:

the races

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

addRace

void addRace(Id raceId)
             throws AlreadyExistsException,
                    NotFoundException,
                    OperationFailedException,
                    PermissionDeniedException

Adds a race to this ballot.

Parameters:

raceId - the Id of the Race

Throws:

AlreadyExistsException - raceId already in ballot

NotFoundException - raceId not found

NullArgumentException - raceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure occurred

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

removeRace

void removeRace(Id raceId)
                throws NotFoundException,
                       OperationFailedException,
                       PermissionDeniedException

Removes a Race from this ballot.

Parameters:

raceId - the Id of the Race

Throws:

NotFoundException - raceId not in ballot

NullArgumentException - raceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure occurred

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

moveRace

void moveRace(Id raceId,
            Id preceedingRaceId)
              throws NotFoundException,
                     OperationFailedException,
                     PermissionDeniedException

Moves an existing race to follow another race in this ballot.

Parameters:

raceId - the Id of a Race

preceedingRaceId - the Id of a preceeding Race in the sequence

Throws:

NotFoundException - raceId or preceedingRaceId is not found

NullArgumentException - raceId or preceedingRaceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure occurred

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

orderRaces

void orderRaces(Id[] raceIds)
                throws NotFoundException,
                       OperationFailedException,
                       PermissionDeniedException

Sequences existing races on this ballot.

Parameters:

raceIds - the Id of the Races

Throws:

NotFoundException - a raceId was not found

NullArgumentException - raceIds is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure occurred

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.