com.ibm.itim.dataservices.model.domain

Class BusinessPartnerEntity

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.itim.dataservices.model.DirectoryObjectEntity

com.ibm.itim.dataservices.model.domain.PersonEntity

com.ibm.itim.dataservices.model.domain.BusinessPartnerEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.ibm.itim.util.Sortable, java.io.Serializable

public class BusinessPartnerEntity
extends PersonEntity

Represents a business partner in the data model.

See Also:

PersonEntity, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.itim.dataservices.model.domain.PersonEntity

ORGANIZATION, PARENT, ROLE, ROLE_ASSIGNMENT_DATA_DELIMETER, ROLE_ASSIGNMENT_KEY_DELIMETER, ROLE_ASSIGNMENT_VALUE_DELIMETER, SUPERVISOR

Fields inherited from interface com.ibm.itim.util.Sortable

ATTR_NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BusinessPartnerEntity(DirectoryObject person) Constructs a BusinessPartnerEntity with a DirectoryObject.
BusinessPartnerEntity(ObjectProfile profile, Person person) Constructs a BusinessPartnerEntity with a profile and value object.
BusinessPartnerEntity(Person person) Constructs a BusinessPartnerEntity with a value object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PersonEntity	getSponsor() Returns the BusinessPartnerEntity's sponsor.
void	setSponsor(DistinguishedName sponsorDN) Sets the BusinessPartnerEntity's sponsor.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.itim.dataservices.model.domain.PersonEntity

addRole, cleanupRoleAssignmentData, getAccounts, getImmediateSupervisor, getOrganization, getRoleAssignmentData, getRoleAssignmentData, getRoles, getRolesChanges, getRolesChanges, getSupervisor, isComparableTo, isMemberOfRole, move, removeAllRoleAssignmentData, removeRole, removeRoleAssignmentData, setImmediateSupervisor, setRoles, update, update, updateRoleAssignmentData

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.itim.dataservices.model.DirectoryObjectEntity

equals, getDirectoryObject, getDistinguishedName, getEntity, getLifecycle, getObjectCategory, getParent, getParentDN, getProfile, getRelationship, getSortValue, getSupportedRelationships, hashCode, initialize, initialize, isSupportedRelationship, remove, remove, setLifecycle, toString, update

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BusinessPartnerEntity

public BusinessPartnerEntity(ObjectProfile profile,
                             Person person)

Constructs a BusinessPartnerEntity with a profile and value object.

Parameters:

profile - Profile identifying the type of this business partner.

person - Person object holding the attributes of the business partner.

BusinessPartnerEntity

public BusinessPartnerEntity(Person person)

Constructs a BusinessPartnerEntity with a value object.

Parameters:

person - Person object holding the attributes of the business partner. Note: the object must have the name of the profile identifying the type of this business partner (i.e., Supplier, Manufacturer, etc.)

BusinessPartnerEntity

public BusinessPartnerEntity(DirectoryObject person)

Constructs a BusinessPartnerEntity with a DirectoryObject.

Parameters:

person - DirectoryObject holding the attributes of the business partner. Note: the object must have the name of the profile identifying the type of this business partner (i.e., Supplier, Manufacturer, etc.)

Method Detail

getSponsor

public PersonEntity getSponsor()
                        throws ModelCommunicationException,
                               ModelIntegrityException

Returns the BusinessPartnerEntity's sponsor. A business partner may have 0 or 1 sponsors.

Returns:

PersonEntity representing the sponsor, null if none present.

Throws:

ModelCommunicationException - Thrown if unable to communicate with the data store.

ModelIntegrityException - Thrown if a problem exists with the consistency of the data model preventing the evaluation of the relationship.

setSponsor

public void setSponsor(DistinguishedName sponsorDN)
                throws ModelCommunicationException,
                       ObjectNotFoundException

Sets the BusinessPartnerEntity's sponsor.

Parameters:

sponsorDN - DistinguishedName sponsorDN

Throws:

ModelCommunicationException - Thrown if unable to communicate with the data store.

ObjectNotFoundException - Thrown if unable to locate the business partner in the data store. This may be due to a data integrity problem, or the entity may have been removed by another client.