org.sakaiproject.announcement.api
Interface AnnouncementChannel

All Superinterfaces:

org.sakaiproject.entity.api.Entity, org.sakaiproject.message.api.MessageChannel

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnnouncementChannelEdit

public interface AnnouncementChannel
extends org.sakaiproject.message.api.MessageChannel

AnnouncementChannel is the extension to the MessageChanel interface for a Sakai Announcement service announcement channel.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.sakaiproject.entity.api.Entity

SEPARATOR

Method Summary

AnnouncementMessageEdit	addAnnouncementMessage() a (AnnouncementMessage) cover for addMessage to add a new message to this channel.
AnnouncementMessage	addAnnouncementMessage(String subject, boolean draft, List attachments, String body) a (AnnouncementMessage) cover for addMessage to add a new message to this channel.
AnnouncementMessageEdit	editAnnouncementMessage(String messageId) A (AnnouncementMessageEdit) cover for editMessage.
AnnouncementMessage	getAnnouncementMessage(String messageId) A (AnnouncementMessage) cover for getMessage to return a specific announcement channel message, as specified by message id.
void	removeAnnouncementMessage(String messageId) A cover for removeMessage.

Methods inherited from interface org.sakaiproject.message.api.MessageChannel

addMessage, allowAddChannelMessage, allowAddDraftMessage, allowAddMessage, allowEditMessage, allowGetMessages, allowRemoveMessage, cancelMessage, commitMessage_order, commitMessage, commitMessage, commitMessage, editMessage, getContext, getCount, getCount, getGroupsAllowAddMessage, getGroupsAllowGetMessage, getGroupsAllowRemoveMessage, getMessage, getMessages, getMessages, getMessagesPublic, mergeMessage, removeMessage, removeMessage

Methods inherited from interface org.sakaiproject.entity.api.Entity

getId, getProperties, getReference, getReference, getUrl, getUrl, toXml

Method Detail

getAnnouncementMessage

AnnouncementMessage getAnnouncementMessage(String messageId)
                                           throws org.sakaiproject.exception.IdUnusedException,
                                                  org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException

A (AnnouncementMessage) cover for getMessage to return a specific announcement channel message, as specified by message id.

Parameters:

messageId - The id of the message to get.

Returns:

the AnnouncementMessage that has the specified id.

Throws:

org.sakaiproject.exception.IdUnusedException - If this name is not a defined message in this announcement channel.

org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException - If the user does not have any permissions to read the message.

editAnnouncementMessage

AnnouncementMessageEdit editAnnouncementMessage(String messageId)
                                                throws org.sakaiproject.exception.IdUnusedException,
                                                       org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException,
                                                       org.sakaiproject.exception.InUseException

A (AnnouncementMessageEdit) cover for editMessage. Return a specific channel message, as specified by message name, locked for update. Must commitEdit() to make official, or cancelEdit() when done!

Parameters:

messageId - The id of the message to get.

Returns:

the Message that has the specified id.

Throws:

org.sakaiproject.exception.IdUnusedException - If this name is not a defined message in this channel.

org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException - If the user does not have any permissions to read the message.

org.sakaiproject.exception.InUseException - if the current user does not have permission to mess with this user.

removeAnnouncementMessage

void removeAnnouncementMessage(String messageId)
                               throws org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException

A cover for removeMessage. Deletes the messages specified by the message id.

Parameters:

messageId - The id of the message to get.

Throws:

org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException - If the user does not have any permissions to delete the message.

addAnnouncementMessage

AnnouncementMessageEdit addAnnouncementMessage()
                                               throws org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException

a (AnnouncementMessage) cover for addMessage to add a new message to this channel. Must commitEdit() to make official, or cancelEdit() when done!

Returns:

The newly added message, locked for update.

Throws:

org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException - If the user does not have write permission to the channel.

addAnnouncementMessage

AnnouncementMessage addAnnouncementMessage(String subject,
                                           boolean draft,
                                           List attachments,
                                           String body)
                                           throws org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException

a (AnnouncementMessage) cover for addMessage to add a new message to this channel.

Parameters:

subject - The message header subject.

draft - The message header draft indication.

attachments - The message header attachments, a vector of Reference objects.

body - The message body.

Returns:

The newly added message.

Throws:

org.sakaiproject.exception.PermissionException - If the user does not have write permission to the channel.