org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.facade
Class ItemFacade

java.lang.Object
  org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.facade.ItemFacade

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable, ItemDataIfc

Direct Known Subclasses:

PublishedItemFacade

public class ItemFacade
extends Object
implements Serializable, ItemDataIfc, Comparable

ItemFacade implements ItemDataIfc that encapsulates our out of bound (OOB) agreement.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String	createdBy
protected Date	createdDate
protected ItemDataIfc	data
protected String	description
protected Float	discount
protected Integer	duration
protected String	grade
protected Boolean	hasRationale
protected String	hint
protected org.osid.shared.Id	id
protected String	instruction
protected org.osid.assessment.Item	item
protected String	itemAttachmentMetaData
protected Set	itemAttachmentSet
protected Set	itemFeedbackSet
protected Long	itemId
protected String	itemIdString
protected Set	itemMetaDataSet
protected Set	itemTextSet
protected org.osid.shared.Type	itemType
protected TypeFacade	itemTypeFacade
protected String	lastModifiedBy
protected Date	lastModifiedDate
protected Boolean	partialCreditFlag
protected Float	score
protected Integer	sequence
protected Integer	status
protected Integer	triesAllowed
protected Long	typeId

Fields inherited from interface org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.data.ifc.assessment.ItemDataIfc

ACTIVE_STATUS, INACTIVE_STATUS

Constructor Summary

ItemFacade()
ItemFacade is the class that is exposed to developer It contains some of the useful methods specified in org.osid.assessment.Item and it implements org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.ifc.

ItemFacade(ItemDataIfc data)
This is a very important constructor.

Method Summary

void	addItemAttachmentMetaData(String entry)
void	addItemFeedback(String feedbackTypeId, String text) Add feedback of a specified feedback type (e.g.
void	addItemMetaData(String label, String entry) Add a Meta Data to ItemFacade
void	addItemText(String text, Set answerSet) Add item text (question text) to ItemFacade (question).
int	compareTo(Object o)
String	getAnswerKey() This method return the answerKey for a matching question e.g.
String	getCorrectItemFeedback() Get Correct Feedback
String	getCreatedBy() Get createdBy for ItemFacade.
Date	getCreatedDate() Get the creation date of ItemFacade.
ItemDataIfc	getData() Get the data for this ItemFacade.
String	getDescription()
Float	getDiscount() Get Discount for ItemFacade
Integer	getDuration()
String	getGeneralItemFeedback() Get General Feedback
String	getGrade() Get Grade for ItemFacade
Boolean	getHasRationale() Check if item (question) require rationale in answer
String	getHint() Get Hint for ItemFacade
String	getInCorrectItemFeedback() Get Incorrect Feedback
String	getInstruction()
Boolean	getIsTrue() If this is a true-false question return true if it is true, else false.
List	getItemAttachmentList()
String	getItemAttachmentMetaData()
Set	getItemAttachmentSet()
String	getItemFeedback(String feedbackTypeId) Get feedback based on feedback type (e.g.
Set	getItemFeedbackSet() Set the item feedback set for ItemFacade using the "data"
Long	getItemId()
String	getItemIdString()
String	getItemMetaDataByLabel(String label) Get meta data by label
Set	getItemMetaDataSet()
ArrayList	getItemTextArray()
ArrayList	getItemTextArraySorted()
Set	getItemTextSet() Get item text set (question text set) from ItemFacade.data
TypeFacade	getItemTypeFacade()
String	getLastModifiedBy() Get the agentId of the person who last modified ItemFacade
Date	getLastModifiedDate() Get the date when ItemFacade where last modified By
Boolean	getPartialCreditFlag()
Float	getScore() Get Score for ItemFacade
SectionDataIfc	getSection()
Integer	getSequence()
Integer	getStatus() Get status of ItemFacade. 1 = active, 0 = inactive
String	getText() Utility method.
String	getTextHtmlStripped() Utility method.
String	getTextHtmlStrippedAll() Utility method.
Integer	getTriesAllowed()
TypeIfc	getType()
Long	getTypeId()
void	removeFeedbackByType(String feedbackTypeId) Remove Feedback by feedback typeId (e.g.
void	removeMetaDataByType(String label)
void	setCorrectItemFeedback(String text) Set Correct Feedback
void	setCreatedBy(String createdBy) Set createdBy for ItemFacade.
void	setCreatedDate(Date createdDate) Set the creation date of ItemFacade
void	setData(ItemDataIfc data) Set data for ItemFacade
void	setDescription(String description) Set description for ItemFacade
void	setDiscount(Float discount) Set Discount for ItemFacade
void	setDuration(Integer duration) Set duration for ItemFacade
void	setGeneralItemFeedback(String text) Set General Feedback
void	setGrade(String grade) Set Grade for ItemFacade
void	setHasRationale(Boolean hasRationale) Set preference if rationale should be collected in answer
void	setHint(String hint) Set Hint for ItemFacade
void	setInCorrectItemFeedback(String text) Set InCorrect Feedback
void	setInstruction(String instruction) Set instruction for ItemFacade e.g.
void	setItemAttachmentSet(Set itemAttachmentSet)
void	setItemFeedbackSet(Set itemFeedbackSet) Set the item feedback set for ItemFacade and ItemFacade.data
void	setItemId(Long itemId) Set itemId for ItemFacade
void	setItemIdString(String itemIdString) Set itemId for ItemFacade
void	setItemMetaDataSet(Set itemMetaDataSet) Set item metadata set in ItemFacade and ItemFacade.data
void	setItemTextSet(Set itemTextSet) Set item text (question text) in ItemFacade.data
void	setLastModifiedBy(String lastModifiedBy) set the agentId of the person who last modified itemFacade
void	setLastModifiedDate(Date lastModifiedDate) Set the last modified date
void	setPartialCreditFlag(Boolean partialCreditFlag)
void	setScore(Float score) Set Score for ItemFacade
void	setSection(SectionDataIfc section)
void	setSequence(Integer sequence)
void	setStatus(Integer status) Set status for ItemFacade. 1 = active, 0 = inactive
void	setTriesAllowed(Integer triesAllowed) Set duration for ItemFacade
void	setTypeId(Long typeId) Set TypeId for ItemType.
void	updateData(ItemDataIfc data) Call setDate() to update data in ItemFacade

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

item

protected org.osid.assessment.Item item

id

protected org.osid.shared.Id id

description

protected String description

data

protected ItemDataIfc data

itemType

protected org.osid.shared.Type itemType

itemId

protected Long itemId

itemIdString

protected String itemIdString

sequence

protected Integer sequence

duration

protected Integer duration

triesAllowed

protected Integer triesAllowed

instruction

protected String instruction

typeId

protected Long typeId

grade

protected String grade

score

protected Float score

discount

protected Float discount

hint

protected String hint

partialCreditFlag

protected Boolean partialCreditFlag

hasRationale

protected Boolean hasRationale

status

protected Integer status

createdBy

protected String createdBy

createdDate

protected Date createdDate

lastModifiedBy

protected String lastModifiedBy

lastModifiedDate

protected Date lastModifiedDate

itemTextSet

protected Set itemTextSet

itemMetaDataSet

protected Set itemMetaDataSet

itemFeedbackSet

protected Set itemFeedbackSet

itemTypeFacade

protected TypeFacade itemTypeFacade

itemAttachmentSet

protected Set itemAttachmentSet

itemAttachmentMetaData

protected String itemAttachmentMetaData

Constructor Detail

ItemFacade

public ItemFacade()

ItemFacade is the class that is exposed to developer It contains some of the useful methods specified in org.osid.assessment.Item and it implements org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.ifc. When new methods is added to osid api, this code is still workable. If signature in any of the osid methods that we mirrored changes, we only need to modify those particular methods. - daisyf

ItemFacade

public ItemFacade(ItemDataIfc data)

This is a very important constructor. Please make sure that you have set all the properties (declared above as private) of ItemFacade using the "data" supplied. "data" is a org.osid.assessment.Item properties and I use it to store info about an item.

Parameters:

data -

Method Detail

getType

public TypeIfc getType()

Specified by:

getType in interface ItemDataIfc

getItemTypeFacade

public TypeFacade getItemTypeFacade()

getData

public ItemDataIfc getData()

Get the data for this ItemFacade.

Returns:

ItemDataIfc

updateData

public void updateData(ItemDataIfc data)

Call setDate() to update data in ItemFacade

Parameters:

data -

setData

public void setData(ItemDataIfc data)

Set data for ItemFacade

Parameters:

data -

getItemId

public Long getItemId()
               throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getItemId in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setItemId

public void setItemId(Long itemId)

Set itemId for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setItemId in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

itemId -

getItemIdString

public String getItemIdString()
                       throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getItemIdString in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setItemIdString

public void setItemIdString(String itemIdString)

Set itemId for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setItemIdString in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

itemId -

getSection

public SectionDataIfc getSection()
                          throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getSection in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setSection

public void setSection(SectionDataIfc section)

Specified by:

setSection in interface ItemDataIfc

getSequence

public Integer getSequence()
                    throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getSequence in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setSequence

public void setSequence(Integer sequence)

Specified by:

setSequence in interface ItemDataIfc

getDuration

public Integer getDuration()
                    throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getDuration in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setDuration

public void setDuration(Integer duration)

Set duration for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setDuration in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

duration -

getInstruction

public String getInstruction()
                      throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getInstruction in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setInstruction

public void setInstruction(String instruction)

Set instruction for ItemFacade e.g. "Match the following sentences", "In the score between 1-5, specify your preference"

Specified by:

setInstruction in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

instruction -

getDescription

public String getDescription()
                      throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getDescription in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

Set description for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setDescription in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

description -

getTypeId

public Long getTypeId()
               throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getTypeId in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setTypeId

public void setTypeId(Long typeId)

Set TypeId for ItemType. This property is used to indicate question type. e.g. 1 = Multiple Choice, 2 = Multiple Correct. Please check out ddl/02_TypeData.sql and table "type".

Specified by:

setTypeId in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

typeId -

getGrade

public String getGrade()
                throws DataFacadeException

Get Grade for ItemFacade

Specified by:

getGrade in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setGrade

public void setGrade(String grade)

Set Grade for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setGrade in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

grade -

getScore

public Float getScore()
               throws DataFacadeException

Get Score for ItemFacade

Specified by:

getScore in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setScore

public void setScore(Float score)

Set Score for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setScore in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

score -

getDiscount

public Float getDiscount()
                  throws DataFacadeException

Get Discount for ItemFacade

Specified by:

getDiscount in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setDiscount

public void setDiscount(Float discount)

Set Discount for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setDiscount in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

discount -

getHint

public String getHint()
               throws DataFacadeException

Get Hint for ItemFacade

Specified by:

getHint in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setHint

public void setHint(String hint)

Set Hint for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setHint in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

hint -

getHasRationale

public Boolean getHasRationale()
                        throws DataFacadeException

Check if item (question) require rationale in answer

Specified by:

getHasRationale in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setHasRationale

public void setHasRationale(Boolean hasRationale)

Set preference if rationale should be collected in answer

Specified by:

setHasRationale in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

hasRationale -

getStatus

public Integer getStatus()
                  throws DataFacadeException

Get status of ItemFacade. 1 = active, 0 = inactive

Specified by:

getStatus in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setStatus

public void setStatus(Integer status)

Set status for ItemFacade. 1 = active, 0 = inactive

Specified by:

setStatus in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

status -

getCreatedBy

public String getCreatedBy()
                    throws DataFacadeException

Get createdBy for ItemFacade. This represents the agentId of the person who created the record

Specified by:

getCreatedBy in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setCreatedBy

public void setCreatedBy(String createdBy)

Set createdBy for ItemFacade. This represents the agentId of the person who created the record

Specified by:

setCreatedBy in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

createdBy -

getCreatedDate

public Date getCreatedDate()
                    throws DataFacadeException

Get the creation date of ItemFacade.

Specified by:

getCreatedDate in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setCreatedDate

public void setCreatedDate(Date createdDate)

Set the creation date of ItemFacade

Specified by:

setCreatedDate in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

createdDate -

getLastModifiedBy

public String getLastModifiedBy()
                         throws DataFacadeException

Get the agentId of the person who last modified ItemFacade

Specified by:

getLastModifiedBy in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setLastModifiedBy

public void setLastModifiedBy(String lastModifiedBy)

set the agentId of the person who last modified itemFacade

Specified by:

setLastModifiedBy in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

lastModifiedBy -

getLastModifiedDate

public Date getLastModifiedDate()
                         throws DataFacadeException

Get the date when ItemFacade where last modified By

Specified by:

getLastModifiedDate in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setLastModifiedDate

public void setLastModifiedDate(Date lastModifiedDate)

Set the last modified date

Specified by:

setLastModifiedDate in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

lastModifiedBy -

getItemTextSet

public Set getItemTextSet()
                   throws DataFacadeException

Get item text set (question text set) from ItemFacade.data

Specified by:

getItemTextSet in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setItemTextSet

public void setItemTextSet(Set itemTextSet)

Set item text (question text) in ItemFacade.data

Specified by:

setItemTextSet in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

itemTextSet -

getItemMetaDataSet

public Set getItemMetaDataSet()
                       throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getItemMetaDataSet in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setItemMetaDataSet

public void setItemMetaDataSet(Set itemMetaDataSet)

Set item metadata set in ItemFacade and ItemFacade.data

Specified by:

setItemMetaDataSet in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

itemMetaDataSet -

getItemFeedbackSet

public Set getItemFeedbackSet()

Set the item feedback set for ItemFacade using the "data"

Specified by:

getItemFeedbackSet in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

setItemFeedbackSet

public void setItemFeedbackSet(Set itemFeedbackSet)

Set the item feedback set for ItemFacade and ItemFacade.data

Specified by:

setItemFeedbackSet in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

itemFeedbackSet -

addItemText

public void addItemText(String text,
                        Set answerSet)

Add item text (question text) to ItemFacade (question). For multiple choice, multiple correct, survey, matching & fill in the blank, you can specify a set of acceptable answers. Usually, the purpose for this is to facilitate auto-grading.

Specified by:

addItemText in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

text -

answerSet -

getItemMetaDataByLabel

public String getItemMetaDataByLabel(String label)

Get meta data by label

Specified by:

getItemMetaDataByLabel in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

label -

Returns:

addItemMetaData

public void addItemMetaData(String label,
                            String entry)

Add a Meta Data to ItemFacade

Specified by:

addItemMetaData in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

label -

entry -

getGeneralItemFeedback

public String getGeneralItemFeedback()

Get General Feedback

Specified by:

getGeneralItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

setGeneralItemFeedback

public void setGeneralItemFeedback(String text)

Set General Feedback

Specified by:

setGeneralItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

text -

getCorrectItemFeedback

public String getCorrectItemFeedback()

Get Correct Feedback

Specified by:

getCorrectItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

setCorrectItemFeedback

public void setCorrectItemFeedback(String text)

Set Correct Feedback

Specified by:

setCorrectItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

text -

getInCorrectItemFeedback

public String getInCorrectItemFeedback()

Get Incorrect Feedback

Specified by:

getInCorrectItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

setInCorrectItemFeedback

public void setInCorrectItemFeedback(String text)

Set InCorrect Feedback

Specified by:

setInCorrectItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

text -

getItemFeedback

public String getItemFeedback(String feedbackTypeId)

Get feedback based on feedback type (e.g. CORRECT, INCORRECT)

Specified by:

getItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

feedbackTypeId -

Returns:

addItemFeedback

public void addItemFeedback(String feedbackTypeId,
                            String text)

Add feedback of a specified feedback type (e.g. CORRECT, INCORRECT) to ItemFacade

Specified by:

addItemFeedback in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

feedbackTypeId -

text -

removeFeedbackByType

public void removeFeedbackByType(String feedbackTypeId)

Remove Feedback by feedback typeId (e.g. CORRECT, INCORRECT)

Specified by:

removeFeedbackByType in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

feedbackTypeId -

getIsTrue

public Boolean getIsTrue()
                  throws DataFacadeException

If this is a true-false question return true if it is true, else false. If it is not a true-false question return false.

Specified by:

getIsTrue in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

true if this is a true true-false question

Throws:

DataFacadeException

getText

public String getText()
               throws DataFacadeException

Utility method. In the case of an ordinary question, this will obtain the a set of text with one element and return it; in FIB or FIN return multiple elements separated by underscores.

Specified by:

getText in interface ItemDataIfc

Returns:

text of question

Throws:

DataFacadeException

getTextHtmlStripped

public String getTextHtmlStripped()
                           throws DataFacadeException

Utility method. Obeys the semantics and rules of the getText() but removes HTML tags.

Returns:

text of question, removes HTML tags.

Throws:

DataFacadeException

See Also:

getText()

getTextHtmlStrippedAll

public String getTextHtmlStrippedAll()
                              throws DataFacadeException

Utility method. Obeys the semantics and rules of the getText() but removes HTML tags. The differency of getTextHtmlStripped() is this API doesn't replace HTMLtags by white space.

Returns:

text of question, removes HTML tags.

Throws:

DataFacadeException

See Also:

getText()

getItemTextArray

public ArrayList getItemTextArray()

Specified by:

getItemTextArray in interface ItemDataIfc

getItemTextArraySorted

public ArrayList getItemTextArraySorted()

Specified by:

getItemTextArraySorted in interface ItemDataIfc

getTriesAllowed

public Integer getTriesAllowed()
                        throws DataFacadeException

Specified by:

getTriesAllowed in interface ItemDataIfc

Throws:

DataFacadeException

setTriesAllowed

public void setTriesAllowed(Integer triesAllowed)

Set duration for ItemFacade

Specified by:

setTriesAllowed in interface ItemDataIfc

Parameters:

duration -

removeMetaDataByType

public void removeMetaDataByType(String label)

Specified by:

removeMetaDataByType in interface ItemDataIfc

getAnswerKey

public String getAnswerKey()

This method return the answerKey for a matching question e.g. A:2, B:3, C:1, D:4 (where A, B & C is the answer label and 1,2 &3 are the itemText sequence

Specified by:

getAnswerKey in interface ItemDataIfc

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

getItemAttachmentSet

public Set getItemAttachmentSet()

Specified by:

getItemAttachmentSet in interface ItemDataIfc

setItemAttachmentSet

public void setItemAttachmentSet(Set itemAttachmentSet)

Specified by:

setItemAttachmentSet in interface ItemDataIfc

getItemAttachmentList

public List getItemAttachmentList()

Specified by:

getItemAttachmentList in interface ItemDataIfc

addItemAttachmentMetaData

public void addItemAttachmentMetaData(String entry)

getItemAttachmentMetaData

public String getItemAttachmentMetaData()

setPartialCreditFlag

public void setPartialCreditFlag(Boolean partialCreditFlag)

Specified by:

setPartialCreditFlag in interface ItemDataIfc

getPartialCreditFlag

public Boolean getPartialCreditFlag()

Specified by:

getPartialCreditFlag in interface ItemDataIfc