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provisioning package
Version 3.1.0
Interfaceosid.provisioning.DistributorHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Used Byosid.provisioning.ProvisioningManager
osid.provisioning.ProvisioningProxyManager
Description

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

MethodgetDistributorHierarchyId
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.
MethodgetDistributorHierarchy
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.
MethodcanModifyDistributorHierarchy
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.
MethodaddRootDistributor
Description

Adds a root distributor.

Parametersosid.id.IddistributorId the Id of a distributor
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS distributorId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUND distributorId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT distributorId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootDistributor
Description

Removes a root distributor.

Parametersosid.id.IddistributorId the Id of a distributor
ErrorsNOT_FOUND distributorId is not a root
NULL_ARGUMENT distributorId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildDistributor
Description

Adds a child to a distributor.

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

Removes a child from a distributor.

Parametersosid.id.IddistributorId the Id of a distributor
osid.id.IdchildId the Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUND distributorId is not parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENT distributorId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildDistributors
Description

Removes all children from a distributor.

Parametersosid.id.IddistributorId the Id of a distributor
ErrorsNOT_FOUND distributorId is not found
NULL_ARGUMENT distributorId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.