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OSID Specifications
cataloging package
Version 3.0.0
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Interfaceosid.cataloging.CatalogHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Description

This session manages a hierarchy of catalogs. Catalogs may be organized into a hierarchy for organizing or federating. A parent Catalog includes all of the Ids of its children such that a single root node contains all of the Ids of the federation.

MethodgetCatalogHierarchyId
Description

Gets the hierarchy Id associated with this session.

Returnosid.id.Idthe hierarchy Id associated with this session
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetCatalogHierarchy
Description

Gets the hierarchy associated with this session.

Returnosid.hierarchy.Hierarchythe hierarchy associated with this session
ErrorsOPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDassessment failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodcanModifyCatalogHierarchy
Description

Tests if this user can change the hierarchy. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known performing any update will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer these operations to an unauthorized user.

Returnboolean false if changing this hierarchy is not authorized, true otherwise
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddRootCatalog
Description

Adds a root catalog.

Parametersosid.id.IdcatalogIdthe Id of a catalog
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS catalogId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUND catalogId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT catalogId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure occurred
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootCatalog
Description

Removes a root catalog.

Parametersosid.id.IdcatalogIdthe Id of a catalog
ErrorsNOT_FOUND catalogId is not a root
NULL_ARGUMENT catalogId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure occurred
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildCatalog
Description

Adds a child to a catalog.

Parametersosid.id.IdcatalogIdthe Id of a catalog
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS catalogId is already a parent of childId
NOT_FOUND catalogId or childId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT catalogId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure occurred
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildCatalog
Description

Removes a child from a catalog.

Parametersosid.id.IdcatalogIdthe Id of a catalog
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUND catalogId is not a parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENT catalogId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure occurred
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildCatalogs
Description

Removes all children from a catalog.

Parametersosid.id.IdcatalogIdthe Id of a catalog
ErrorsNOT_FOUND catalogId is not in hierarchy
NULL_ARGUMENT catalogId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure occurred
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.