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voting package
Version 3.0.0
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Interfaceosid.voting.PollsHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Description

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

MethodgetPollsHierarchyId
Description

Gets the hierarchy Id associated with this session.

Returnosid.id.Idthe hierarchy Id associated with this session
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodgetPollsHierarchy
Description

Gets the hierarchy associated with this session.

Returnosid.hierarchy.Hierarchythe hierarchy associated with this session
ErrorsOPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodcanModifyPollsHierarchy
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
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddRootPolls
Description

Adds a root polls.

Parametersosid.id.IdpollsIdthe Id of a polls
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS pollsId is already in hierarchy
NOT_FOUND pollsId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT pollsId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveRootPolls
Description

Removes a root polls.

Parametersosid.id.IdpollsIdthe Id of a polls
ErrorsNOT_FOUND pollsId not a root
NULL_ARGUMENT pollsId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildPolls
Description

Adds a child to a polls.

Parametersosid.id.IdpollsIdthe Id of a polls
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsALREADY_EXISTS pollsId is already a parent of childId
NOT_FOUND pollsId or childId not found
NULL_ARGUMENT pollsId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildPolls
Description

Removes a child from a polls.

Parametersosid.id.IdpollsIdthe Id of a polls
osid.id.IdchildIdthe Id of the new child
ErrorsNOT_FOUND pollsId not a parent of childId
NULL_ARGUMENT pollsId or childId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.
MethodremoveChildPolls
Description

Removes all children from a polls.

Parametersosid.id.IdpollsIdthe Id of a polls
ErrorsNOT_FOUND pollsId not in hierarchy
NULL_ARGUMENT pollsId is null
OPERATION_FAILEDunable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIEDauthorization failure
CompliancemandatoryThis method must be implemented.