OSID - osid.authorization.QualifierQueryInspector Service Interface Definition

Interface	osid.authorization.QualifierQueryInspector
Implements	`osid.OsidObjectQueryInspector`
Implements	`osid.OsidFederateableQueryInspector`
Used By	`osid.authorization.AuthorizationQueryInspector`
	`osid.authorization.QualifierSearchResults`
	`osid.authorization.QualifierSmartVaultSession`
	`osid.authorization.VaultQueryInspector`
Description	This is the query inspector for examining qualifiers queries. Like all `OsidQueryInspectors`, `QualifierQueryInspector` is stateful and must not be accessed by multiple processing threads.
Method	getQualifierHierarchyIdTerms
Description	Gets the qualifier hierarchy `Id` query terms.
Return	`osid.search.terms.IdTerm[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getQualifierHierarchyTerms
Description	Gets the qualifier hierarchy query terms.
Return	`osid.hierarchy.HierarchyQueryInspector[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getAuthorizationIdTerms
Description	Gets the authorization `Id` query terms.
Return	`osid.search.terms.IdTerm[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getAuthorizationTerms
Description	Gets the authorization query terms.
Return	`osid.authorization.AuthorizationQueryInspector[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getAncestorQualifierIdTerms
Description	Gets the ancestor qualifier `Id` query terms.
Return	`osid.search.terms.IdTerm[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getAncestorQualifierTerms
Description	Gets the ancestor qualifier query terms.
Return	`osid.authorization.FunctionQueryInspector[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getDescendantQualifierIdTerms
Description	Gets the descendant qualifier `Id` query terms.
Return	`osid.search.terms.IdTerm[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getDescendantQualifierTerms
Description	Gets the descendant qualifier query terms.
Return	`osid.authorization.FunctionQueryInspector[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getVaultIdTerms
Description	Gets the vault `Id` query terms.
Return	`osid.search.terms.IdTerm[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getVaultTerms
Description	Gets the vault query terms.
Return	`osid.authorization.VaultQueryInspector[]`		the query terms
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getQualifierQueryInspectorRecord
Description	Gets the qualifier query inspector record corresponding to the given `Qualifier` record `Type`.
Parameters	`osid.type.Type`	`qualifierRecordType`	a qualifier query inspector record type
Return	`osid.authorization.records.QualifierQueryInspectorRecord`		the qualifier query inspector record
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`qualifierRecordType` is `null`
	OPERATION_FAILED		unable to complete request
	UNSUPPORTED		`hasRecordType(qualifierRecordType)` is `false`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.