theory.smart.ebusiness.inventory
Interface InventoryManager

public interface InventoryManager

extends Session

The inventory manager provides a simplified interface to the Inventory classes. To accomplish this it uses ItemInventory and InventoryRecord

See Also:

InventoryManagerHome, InventoryManagerImpl

Method Summary

InventoryRecord	addItemToInventory(Item item, Quantity qty) Create a new inventory record and set the initial balance to the quantity specified.
void	assignItems(Account acct, Item item, Quantity quantity) Iterate the Inventory records for the item and execute withdrawals until the desired amount has been acquired.
boolean	checkItemAvailability(Item item) Find the ItemInventory object that summarizes all Inventory Records available for this item type.
InventoryRecord	increaseInventory(java.lang.String inventoryKey, Quantity qty) Increase the balance on the Inventory Record by the specified Quantity.

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject

getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove

Method Detail

checkItemAvailability

public boolean checkItemAvailability(Item item)
                              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Find the ItemInventory object that summarizes all Inventory Records available for this item type. Iterate these items until the quantity desired has been found. Return true if the quantity is available and false if not.

assignItems

public void assignItems(Account acct,
                        Item item,
                        Quantity quantity)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Iterate the Inventory records for the item and execute withdrawals until the desired amount has been acquired. All of this is done within a single transaction.

addItemToInventory

public InventoryRecord addItemToInventory(Item item,
                                          Quantity qty)
                                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Create a new inventory record and set the initial balance to the quantity specified.

increaseInventory

public InventoryRecord increaseInventory(java.lang.String inventoryKey,
                                         Quantity qty)
                                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Increase the balance on the Inventory Record by the specified Quantity.