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

This session provides methods to re-assign Requests to Distributor mappings. A Request may appear in multiple Distributor objects and removing the last reference to a Request is the equivalent of deleting it. Each Distributor may have its own authorizations governing who is allowed to operate on it.

Adding a reference of a Request to another Distributor is not a copy operation (eg: does not change its Id).

MethodcanAssignRequests
Description

Tests if this user can alter request/distributor mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known provisionable methods in this session will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer assignment operations to unauthorized users.

Returnboolean false if mapping is not authorized, true otherwise
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodcanAssignRequestsToDistributor
Description

Tests if this user can alter request/distributor mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known provisionable methods in this session will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer assignment operations to unauthorized users.

Parametersosid.id.IddistributorId the Id of the Distributor
Returnboolean false if mapping is not authorized, true otherwise
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT distributorId is null
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodgetAssignableDistributorIds
Description

Gets a list of distributors including and under the given distributor node in which any request can be assigned.

Parametersosid.id.IddistributorId the Id of the Distributor
Returnosid.id.IdList list of assignable distributor Ids
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT distributorId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodgetAssignableDistributorIdsForRequest
Description

Gets a list of distributors including and under the given distributor node in which a specific request can be assigned.

Parametersosid.id.IddistributorId the Id of the Distributor
osid.id.IdrequestId the Id of the Request
Returnosid.id.IdList list of assignable distributor Ids
ErrorsNULL_ARGUMENT distributorId or requestId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodassignRequestToDistributor
Description

Adds an existing Request to a Distributor.

Parametersosid.id.IdrequestId the Id of the Request
osid.id.IddistributorId the Id of the Distributor
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS requestId is already assigned to distributorId
NOT_FOUND requestId or distributorId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT requestId or distributorId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodunassignRequestFromDistributor
Description

Removes a Request from a Distributor.

Parametersosid.id.IdrequestId the Id of the Request
osid.id.IddistributorId the Id of the Distributor
ErrorsNOT_FOUND requestId or distributorId not found or requestId not assigned to distributorId
NULL_ARGUMENT requestId or distributorId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodreassignRequestToDistributor
Description

Moves a Request from one Distributor to another. Mappings to other Distributors are unaffected.

Parametersosid.id.IdrequestId the Id of the Request
osid.id.IdfromDistributorId the Id of the current Distributor
osid.id.IdtoDistributorId the Id of the destination Distributor
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS requestId already assigned to toDistributorId
NOT_FOUND requestId, fromDistributorId, or toDistributorId not found or requestId not mapped to fromDistributorId
NULL_ARGUMENT requestId, fromDistributorId, or toDistributorId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.