DiscountMgmt Interface

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

public interface DiscountMgmt

    extends EJBObject

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.

All Superinterfaces
EJBObject, Remote

Method Summary
public QualificationDiscountDef
getDiscountById(QualificationDiscountId id)
Gets a discount (QualificationDiscountDef) by it's id (QualificationDiscountId).
public QualificationDiscountDef
getDiscountByName(String discountName)
Gets a discount definition (QualificationDiscountDef) by its name.
public QualificationDiscountDef
getDiscountByName(String setName, String discountName)
public Set
getDiscountsById(Set idSet, Set qualDiscountDefSet)
Gets a Set of QualificationDiscountDefs whose ids (QualificationDiscountId)s are in the Set argument passed.
public Set
getGlobalDiscounts()
Gets all the global discounts currently deployed
 
Methods from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject
getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove
   

Method Detail

getDiscountById(QualificationDiscountId) Method

public 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

Exceptions

RemoteException
thrown on a communication error

getDiscountByName(String) Method

public 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

discountName
the name of the set to which the discount belongs

Returns

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

Exceptions

RemoteException
thrown on a communication error

getDiscountByName(String, String) Method

DEPRECATED use getDiscountByName(String discountName)

public QualificationDiscountDef getDiscountByName(String setName, 
                                                  String discountName)
     throws RemoteException

Exceptions

RemoteException

getDiscountsById(Set, Set) Method

public 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.

Exceptions

RemoteException
thrown on a communication error

getGlobalDiscounts() Method

public 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.

Exceptions

RemoteException
thrown on a communication error