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personnel package
Version 3.1.0
Interfaceosid.personnel.OrganizationHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Used Byosid.personnel.PersonnelManager
osid.personnel.PersonnelProxyManager
Description

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

MethodgetOrganizationHierarchyId
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.
MethodgetOrganizationHierarchy
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.
MethodcanModifyOrganizationHierarchy
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.
MethodaddRootOrganization
Description

Adds a root organization.

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

Removes a root organization.

Parametersosid.id.IdorganizationId the Id of an organization
ErrorsNOT_FOUND organizationId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT organizationId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildOrganization
Description

Adds a child to an organization.

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

Removes a child from an organization.

Parametersosid.id.IdorganizationId the Id of a n organization
osid.id.IdchildId the Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUND organizationId not a parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENT organizationId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildOrganizations
Description

Removes all children from an organization.

Parametersosid.id.IdorganizationId the Id of an organization
ErrorsNOT_FOUND organizationId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT organizationId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.