OSID - osid.recognition.Academy Service Interface Definition

Interface	osid.recognition.Academy
Implements	`osid.OsidCatalog`
Used By	`osid.recognition.AcademyAdminSession`
	`osid.recognition.AcademyList`
	`osid.recognition.AcademyLookupSession`
	`osid.recognition.AcademyNode`
	`osid.recognition.AwardAdminSession`
	`osid.recognition.AwardLookupSession`
	`osid.recognition.AwardNotificationSession`
	`osid.recognition.AwardQuerySession`
	`osid.recognition.AwardSmartAcademySession`
	`osid.recognition.ConferralAdminSession`
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`osid.recognition.ConferralLookupSession`
`osid.recognition.ConferralNotificationSession`
`osid.recognition.ConferralQuerySession`
`osid.recognition.ConferralSmartAcademySession`
`osid.recognition.ConvocationAdminSession`
`osid.recognition.ConvocationLookupSession`
`osid.recognition.ConvocationNotificationSession`
`osid.recognition.ConvocationQuerySession`
`osid.recognition.ConvocationSmartAcademySession`
Description	An `Academy` represents a collection of awards and conferrals. Like all OSID objects, a `Academy` is identified by its `Id` and any persisted references should use the `Id`. Like all `OsidObjects`, `Academy` is managed by its `OsidSessions` and may not be accessed by concurrent processing threads.
Method	getAcademyRecord
Description	Gets the academy record corresponding to the given `Academy` record `Type`.This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested record. The `academyRecordType` may be the `Type` returned in `getRecordTypes()` or any of its parents in a `Type` hierarchy where `hasRecordType(academyRecordType)` is `true`.
Parameters	`osid.type.Type`	`academyRecordType`	the type of academy record to retrieve
Return	`osid.recognition.records.AcademyRecord`		the academy record
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`academyRecordType` is `null`
	OPERATION_FAILED		unable to complete request
	UNSUPPORTED		`hasRecordType(academyRecordType)` is `false`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.