org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.qti.helper
Class AuthoringHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.qti.helper.AuthoringHelper

public class AuthoringHelper
extends Object

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004

Organization: Sakai Project

Version:

$Id: AuthoringHelper.java 9274 2006-05-10 22:50:48Z daisyf@stanford.edu $

Author:

Ed Smiley esmiley@stanford.edu, Shastri, Rashmi

Constructor Summary

AuthoringHelper(int qtiVersion)
QTI versioned constructor

Method Summary

ArrayList	changeDelimitedStringtoArray(String inputStr, String delimiter) Helper method.
AssessmentFacade	createImportedAssessment(Document document) Import an assessment XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data.
AssessmentFacade	createImportedAssessment(Document document, String unzipLocation)
AssessmentFacade	createImportedAssessment(Document document, String unzipLocation, boolean isRespondus, ArrayList failedMatchingQuestions)
AssessmentFacade	createImportedAssessment(Document document, String unzipLocation, String templateId, boolean isRespondus, ArrayList failedMatchingQuestions, String siteId)
AssessmentFacade	createImportedAssessment(Document document, String unzipLocation, String templateId, String siteId) Import an assessment XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data.
ItemFacade	createImportedItem(Document document) Deprecated. Import an item XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data.
QuestionPoolFacade	createImportedQuestionPool(Document document) Import an assessment XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data.
AssessmentFacade[]	createMultipleImportedAssessments(Document objectBank) Pull apart object bank into multiple assessments
AssessmentFacade[]	createMultipleImportedAssessments(Document[] documents) Import multiple assessment documents in QTI format, extract & persist.
Document	getAssessment(String assessmentId) Get a published assessment in Document form.
Document	getAssessment(String assessmentId, InputStream is) Get an assessment in Document form.
Document	getAssessmentBank(String[] assessmentIds) Get an object bank of asessments (asi) in Document form.
InputStream	getBlankSectionTemplateFileStream() Get an InputStream to an unpopulated section XML from file system.
Document	getItem(String itemId) Get an item in Document form.
Document	getItemBank(String[] itemIds) Get an object bank of items in Document form.
int	getQtiVersion()
XmlStringBuffer	readXMLDocument(InputStream inputStream) Create an XmlStringBuffer (base class for A,S,I XML classes)
void	setQtiVersion(int qtiVersion)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AuthoringHelper

public AuthoringHelper(int qtiVersion)

QTI versioned constructor

Parameters:

qtiVersion - either QTIVersion.VERSION_1_2 or QTIVersion.VERSION_2_0;

Method Detail

getAssessment

public Document getAssessment(String assessmentId)

Get a published assessment in Document form.

Parameters:

assessmentId - the published assessment's Id

Returns:

the Document with the published assessment data

getAssessment

public Document getAssessment(String assessmentId,
                              InputStream is)

Get an assessment in Document form.

Parameters:

assessmentId - the assessment's Id

is - a stream containing the unpopulated XML document

Returns:

the Document with the published assessment data

getItemBank

public Document getItemBank(String[] itemIds)

Get an object bank of items in Document form.

Parameters:

itemIds - array of the the item ids

Returns:

the Document with the item bank data

getAssessmentBank

public Document getAssessmentBank(String[] assessmentIds)

Get an object bank of asessments (asi) in Document form.

Parameters:

assessmentIds - array of the the assessment ids

Returns:

the Document with the item bank data

getItem

public Document getItem(String itemId)

Get an item in Document form.

Parameters:

itemId - the item id

Returns:

the Document with the item data

getBlankSectionTemplateFileStream

public InputStream getBlankSectionTemplateFileStream()

Get an InputStream to an unpopulated section XML from file system.

Returns:

InputStream to an unpopulated section XML

createMultipleImportedAssessments

public AssessmentFacade[] createMultipleImportedAssessments(Document objectBank)

Pull apart object bank into multiple assessments

Parameters:

objectBank -

Returns:

an array of AssesmentFacades

createMultipleImportedAssessments

public AssessmentFacade[] createMultipleImportedAssessments(Document[] documents)

Import multiple assessment documents in QTI format, extract & persist.

Parameters:

objectBank -

Returns:

an array of AssesmentFacades

createImportedAssessment

public AssessmentFacade createImportedAssessment(Document document)

Import an assessment XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data.

Parameters:

document - the assessment XML document in QTI format

Returns:

a persisted assessment

createImportedAssessment

public AssessmentFacade createImportedAssessment(Document document,
                                                 String unzipLocation)

createImportedAssessment

public AssessmentFacade createImportedAssessment(Document document,
                                                 String unzipLocation,
                                                 boolean isRespondus,
                                                 ArrayList failedMatchingQuestions)

createImportedAssessment

public AssessmentFacade createImportedAssessment(Document document,
                                                 String unzipLocation,
                                                 String templateId,
                                                 String siteId)

Import an assessment XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data.

Parameters:

document - the assessment XML document in QTI format

Returns:

a persisted assessment

createImportedAssessment

public AssessmentFacade createImportedAssessment(Document document,
                                                 String unzipLocation,
                                                 String templateId,
                                                 boolean isRespondus,
                                                 ArrayList failedMatchingQuestions,
                                                 String siteId)

createImportedQuestionPool

public QuestionPoolFacade createImportedQuestionPool(Document document)

Import an assessment XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data. import process assumes assessment structure, not objectbank or itembank

Parameters:

document - the assessment XML document in QTI format

Returns:

a persisted assessment

createImportedItem

public ItemFacade createImportedItem(Document document)

Deprecated. Import an item XML document in QTI format, extract & persist the data.

Parameters:

document - the item XML document in QTI format

Returns:

a persisted item

readXMLDocument

public XmlStringBuffer readXMLDocument(InputStream inputStream)

Create an XmlStringBuffer (base class for A,S,I XML classes)

Parameters:

inputStream - the input stram

Returns:

an XmlStringBuffer (this is the base class for A,S,I XML classes)

changeDelimitedStringtoArray

public ArrayList changeDelimitedStringtoArray(String inputStr,
                                              String delimiter)

Helper method.

Parameters:

inputStr -

delimiter -

Returns:

getQtiVersion

public int getQtiVersion()

setQtiVersion

public void setQtiVersion(int qtiVersion)