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public interface ManageSubjectAreas
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Subject areas group data into topic areas. This makes it easier to manage common definitions such as glossary terms, reference data and governance definitions that are specific to a certain type of data. The SubjectArea classification can be added to digital services and digital products.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addSubjectAreaMemberClassification(String userId, String elementGUID, SubjectAreaClassificationProperties properties)`	Add a subject area classification to a referenceable element.
`void`	`deleteSubjectAreaMemberClassification(String userId, String elementGUID)`	Remove a subject area classification from a referenceable.
`List<ElementStub>`	`getMembersOfSubjectArea(String userId, String subjectAreaName, int startFrom, int pageSize)`	Return information about the contents of a subject area such as the digital services, digital products, glossaries, reference data sets and quality definitions.
`SubjectAreaElement`	`getSubjectAreaByName(String userId, String subjectAreaName)`	Return information about a specific subject area.
`List<SubjectAreaElement>`	`getSubjectAreas(String userId, int domainIdentifier, int startFrom, int pageSize)`	Return information about the defined subject areas.

Method Detail

getSubjectAreaByName

SubjectAreaElement getSubjectAreaByName(String userId,
                                        String subjectAreaName)
                                 throws InvalidParameterException,
                                        UserNotAuthorizedException,
                                        PropertyServerException

Return information about a specific subject area.

Parameters:: userId - calling user; subjectAreaName - unique name for the subject area
Returns:: properties of the subject area
Throws:: InvalidParameterException - qualifiedName or userId is null; PropertyServerException - problem accessing property server; UserNotAuthorizedException - security access problem

getSubjectAreas

List<SubjectAreaElement> getSubjectAreas(String userId,
                                         int domainIdentifier,
                                         int startFrom,
                                         int pageSize)
                                  throws InvalidParameterException,
                                         UserNotAuthorizedException,
                                         PropertyServerException

Return information about the defined subject areas.

Parameters:: userId - calling user; domainIdentifier - identifier for the desired governance domain - if 0 then all subject areas are returned; startFrom - paging start point; pageSize - maximum results that can be returned
Returns:: properties of the subject areas
Throws:: InvalidParameterException - qualifiedName or userId is null; PropertyServerException - problem accessing property server; UserNotAuthorizedException - security access problem

addSubjectAreaMemberClassification

void addSubjectAreaMemberClassification(String userId,
                                        String elementGUID,
                                        SubjectAreaClassificationProperties properties)
                                 throws InvalidParameterException,
                                        UserNotAuthorizedException,
                                        PropertyServerException

Add a subject area classification to a referenceable element.

Parameters:: userId - calling user; elementGUID - unique identifier for the element; properties - identifier for a subject area
Throws:: InvalidParameterException - qualifiedName or userId is null; qualifiedName is not unique; PropertyServerException - problem accessing property server; UserNotAuthorizedException - security access problem

deleteSubjectAreaMemberClassification

void deleteSubjectAreaMemberClassification(String userId,
                                           String elementGUID)
                                    throws InvalidParameterException,
                                           UserNotAuthorizedException,
                                           PropertyServerException

Remove a subject area classification from a referenceable.

Parameters:: userId - calling user; elementGUID - unique identifier for the element
Throws:: InvalidParameterException - guid or userId is null; guid is not known; PropertyServerException - problem accessing property server; UserNotAuthorizedException - security access problem

getMembersOfSubjectArea

List<ElementStub> getMembersOfSubjectArea(String userId,
                                          String subjectAreaName,
                                          int startFrom,
                                          int pageSize)
                                   throws InvalidParameterException,
                                          UserNotAuthorizedException,
                                          PropertyServerException

Return information about the contents of a subject area such as the digital services, digital products, glossaries, reference data sets and quality definitions.

Parameters:: userId - calling user; subjectAreaName - unique identifier for the subject area; startFrom - paging start point; pageSize - maximum results that can be returned
Returns:: properties of the subject area members
Throws:: InvalidParameterException - qualifiedName or userId is null; PropertyServerException - problem accessing property server; UserNotAuthorizedException - security access problem