org.osid.course

Interface ActivityQuerySession

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Subinterfaces:

ActivitySearchSession

public interface ActivityQuerySession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods for searching among Activity objects. The search query is constructed using the ActivityQuery.

This session defines views that offer differing behaviors for searching.

• federated course catalog view: searches include activities in course catalogs of which this course catalog is an ancestor in the course catalog hierarchy
• isolated course catalog view: searches are restricted to activities in this course catalog

Activities may have a query record indicated by their respective record types. The query record is accessed via the ActivityQuery.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canSearchActivities() Tests if this user can perform Activity lookups.
ActivityList	getActivitiesByQuery(ActivityQuery activityQuery) Gets a list of Activities matching the given activity query.
ActivityQuery	getActivityQuery() Gets an activity query.
CourseCatalog	getCourseCatalog() Gets the CourseCatalog associated with this session.
Id	getCourseCatalogId() Gets the CourseCatalog Id associated with this session.
void	useFederatedCourseCatalogView() Federates the view for methods in this session.
void	useIsolatedCourseCatalogView() Isolates the view for methods in this session.

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

getCourseCatalogId

Id getCourseCatalogId()

Gets the CourseCatalog Id associated with this session.

Returns:

the CourseCatalog Id associated with this session

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getCourseCatalog

CourseCatalog getCourseCatalog()
                               throws OperationFailedException,
                                      PermissionDeniedException

Gets the CourseCatalog associated with this session.

Returns:

the course catalog

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canSearchActivities

boolean canSearchActivities()

Tests if this user can perform Activity 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 not offer lookup operations to unauthorized users.

Returns:

false if search methods are not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

useFederatedCourseCatalogView

void useFederatedCourseCatalogView()

Federates the view for methods in this session. A federated view will include activities in course catalog which are children of this course catalog in the course catalog hierarchy.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

useIsolatedCourseCatalogView

void useIsolatedCourseCatalogView()

Isolates the view for methods in this session. An isolated view restricts lookups to this course catalog only.

Compliance:

mandatory - This method is must be implemented.

getActivityQuery

ActivityQuery getActivityQuery()

Gets an activity query.

Returns:

the activity query

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getActivitiesByQuery

ActivityList getActivitiesByQuery(ActivityQuery activityQuery)
                                  throws OperationFailedException,
                                         PermissionDeniedException

Gets a list of Activities matching the given activity query.

Parameters:

activityQuery - the activity query

Returns:

the returned ActivityList

Throws:

NullArgumentException - activityQuery is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

UnsupportedException - activityQuery is not of this service

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.