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forum package
Version 3.1.0
Interfaceosid.forum.ForumHierarchyDesignSession
Implementsosid.OsidSession
Used Byosid.forum.ForumManager
osid.forum.ForumProxyManager
Description

This session manages a hierarchy of forums. Forums may be organized into a hierarchy for organizing or federating. A parent Forum includes all of the replies of its children such that a single root node contains all of the replies of the federation.

MethodgetForumHierarchyId
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.
MethodgetForumHierarchy
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.
MethodcanModifyForumHierarchy
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.
MethodaddRootForum
Description

Adds a root forum.

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

Removes a root forum.

Parametersosid.id.IdforumId the Id of a forum
ErrorsNOT_FOUND forumId is not a root
NULL_ARGUMENT forumId is null
OPERATION_FAILED unable to complete request
PERMISSION_DENIED authorization failure
Compliancemandatory This method must be implemented.
MethodaddChildForum
Description

Adds a child to a forum.

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

Removes a child from a forum.

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

Removes all children from a forum.

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