com.bea.commerce.ebusiness.discount.mgmt
Interface DiscountMgmt

public interface DiscountMgmt

This interface defines the public interface of the DiscountMgmt service. This service controls the persistance of discount sets and the creation and access of discounts.

Method Summary

QualificationDiscountDef	getDiscountById(QualificationDiscountId id) Gets a discount (QualificationDiscountDef) by it's id (QualificationDiscountId).
QualificationDiscountDef	getDiscountByName(String discountName) Gets a discount definition (QualificationDiscountDef) by its name.
QualificationDiscountDef	getDiscountByName(String setName, String discountName) Deprecated use getDiscountByName(String discountName)
Set	getDiscountsById(Set idSet, Set qualDiscountDefSet) Gets a Set of QualificationDiscountDefs whose ids (QualificationDiscountId)s are in the Set argument passed.
Set	getGlobalDiscounts() Gets all the global discounts currently deployed

Method Detail

getGlobalDiscounts

Set getGlobalDiscounts()
                       throws RemoteException

Gets all the global discounts currently deployed

Returns

a Set containging all of the global QualificationDiscountDef objects currently deployed, if there are no global discounts deployed the Set will be empty.

Throws

RemoteException - thrown on a communication error

getDiscountById

QualificationDiscountDef getDiscountById(QualificationDiscountId id)
                                         throws RemoteException

Gets a discount (QualificationDiscountDef) by it's id (QualificationDiscountId).

Parameters

id - the QualificationDiscountId of the discount

Returns

the QualificationDiscountDef specifed by the id or null if the discount was not found

Throws

RemoteException - thrown on a communication error

getDiscountsById

Set getDiscountsById(Set idSet,
                     Set qualDiscountDefSet)
                     throws RemoteException

Gets a Set of QualificationDiscountDefs whose ids (QualificationDiscountId)s are in the Set argument passed.

Parameters

idSet - a Set of QualificationDiscountId objects. This Set will not be modified by this method.

qualDiscountDefSet - an empty set into which the QualificationDiscountDef objects will be placed. This set must be modifiable. Anything that was already in the set will be removed.

Returns

a Set, the one specifed by the qualDiscountDefSet parameter, of QualificationDiscountDef objects whose QualificationDiscountIds match those passed in the idSet parameter. If no matching QualificationDiscountDef objects the returned set will be empty.

Throws

RemoteException - thrown on a communication error

getDiscountByName

QualificationDiscountDef getDiscountByName(String discountName)
                                           throws RemoteException

Gets a discount definition (QualificationDiscountDef) by its name. Since discount name are only unquie within a discount set the set name is required also.

Parameters

setName - the name of the set to which the discount belongs

discountName - the id (QualificationDiscountId) of the discount to retrieve

Returns

the discount definition (QualificationDiscountDef), or null if the discount was not found

Throws

RemoteException - thrown on a communication error

getDiscountByName

QualificationDiscountDef getDiscountByName(String setName,
                                           String discountName)
                                           throws RemoteException

Deprecated use getDiscountByName(String discountName)

Throws

RemoteException