org.osid.inventory

Interface ItemSearch

All Superinterfaces:

Extensible, OsidCondition, OsidSearch, Suppliable

public interface ItemSearch
extends OsidSearch

The search interface for governing item searches.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ItemSearchRecord	getItemSearchRecord(Type itemSearchRecordType) Gets the item search record corresponding to the given item search record Type.
void	orderItemResults(ItemSearchOrder itemSearchOrder) Specify an ordering to the search results.
void	searchAmongItems(IdList itemIds) Execute this search among the given list of items.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidSearch

limitResultSet

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Method Detail

searchAmongItems

void searchAmongItems(IdList itemIds)

Execute this search among the given list of items.

Parameters:

itemIds - list of items

Throws:

NullArgumentException - itemIds is null

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

orderItemResults

void orderItemResults(ItemSearchOrder itemSearchOrder)

Specify an ordering to the search results.

Parameters:

itemSearchOrder - item search order

Throws:

NullArgumentException - itemSearchOrder is null

UnsupportedException - itemSearchOrder is not of this service

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getItemSearchRecord

ItemSearchRecord getItemSearchRecord(Type itemSearchRecordType)
                                     throws OperationFailedException

Gets the item search record corresponding to the given item search record Type. This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested record.

Parameters:

itemSearchRecordType - a item search record type

Returns:

the item search record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - itemSearchRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(itemSearchRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.