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financials package
Version 3.1.0
Interfaceosid.financials.AccountHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Used Byosid.financials.FinancialsManager
osid.financials.FinancialsProxyManager
Description

This session defines methods for managing a hierarchy of Accounts. Each node in the hierarchy is a unique Account.

MethodgetAccountHierarchyId
Description

Gets the hierarchy Id associated with this session.

Returnosid.id.Id the hierarchy Id associated with this session
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodgetAccountHierarchy
Description

Gets the hierarchy associated with this session.

Returnosid.hierarchy.Hierarchy the hierarchy associated with this session
ErrorsOPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodcanModifyAccountHierarchy
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
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodaddRootAccount
Description

Adds a root account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountId the Id of an account
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS accountId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUND accountId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootAccount
Description

Removes a root account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountId the Id of an account
ErrorsNOT_FOUND accountId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId is null
OPERATION_FAILED the root accounts
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildAccount
Description

Adds a child to an account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountId the Id of an account
osid.id.IdchildId the Id of the new child
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS accountId is already a parent of childId
NOT_FOUND accountId or childId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildAccount
Description

Removes a child from an account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountId the Id of an account
osid.id.IdchildId the Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUND accountId not a parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildAccounts
Description

Removes all children from an account.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountId the Id of an account
ErrorsNOT_FOUND accountId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodreassignAccountToBusiness
Description

Moves an Account from one Business to another. Mappings to other Businesses are unaffected.

Parametersosid.id.IdaccountId the Id of the Account
osid.id.IdfromBusinessId the Id of the current Business
osid.id.IdtoBusinessId the Id of the destination Business
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS accountId already assigned to toB usinessId
NOT_FOUND accountId, fromBusinessId, or toBusinessId not found or accountId not mapped to fromBusinessId
NULL_ARGUMENT accountId, fromBusinessId, or toBusinessId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.