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package org.sakaiproject.component.section.cover;

import org.sakaiproject.component.cover.ComponentManager;
import org.sakaiproject.section.api.coursemanagement.Course;

/**
 * A static cover over the section info project's CourseManager.  Note that, since
 * some of CourseManager's interface methods are not implemented in Sakai, and so
 * are not available here.
 * 
 * TODO Move methods not available in sakai into another interface, or implement
 * them via legacy services.
 * 
 * @author Josh Holtzman
 *
 */
public class CourseManager {
	private static org.sakaiproject.section.api.CourseManager instance;

	public static final boolean courseExists(String siteContext) {
		return getInstance().courseExists(siteContext);
	}
	
	public static final Course createCourse(String siteContext, String title, boolean selfRegAllowed, boolean selfSwitchingAllowed, boolean externallyManaged) {
		return getInstance().createCourse(siteContext, title, selfRegAllowed, selfSwitchingAllowed, externallyManaged);
	}

	private static org.sakaiproject.section.api.CourseManager getInstance() {
		if(instance == null) {
			instance = (org.sakaiproject.section.api.CourseManager)ComponentManager.get(
					org.sakaiproject.section.api.CourseManager.class);
		}
		return instance;
	}

}