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Back-end code for handling data about quizzes and the current user's attempt. There are classes for loading all the information about a quiz and attempts, and for displaying the navigation panel.

Copyright: 2008 onwards Tim Hunt
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Defines 8 classes

moodle_quiz_exception:: (1 method):
  __construct()

quiz:: (37 methods):
  __construct()
  create()
  create_attempt_object()
  preload_questions()
  load_questions()
  get_structure()
  get_courseid()
  get_course()
  get_quizid()
  get_quiz()
  get_quiz_name()
  get_navigation_method()
  get_num_attempts_allowed()
  get_cmid()
  get_cm()
  get_context()
  is_preview_user()
  is_participant()
  show_only_active_users()
  has_questions()
  get_question()
  get_questions()
  get_sections()
  get_access_manager()
  has_capability()
  require_capability()
  view_url()
  edit_url()
  attempt_url()
  start_attempt_url()
  review_url()
  summary_url()
  confirm_start_attempt_message()
  cannot_review_message()
  navigation()
  ensure_question_loaded()
  get_all_question_types_used()

quiz_attempt:: (117 methods):
  __construct()
  create_helper()
  create()
  create_from_usage_id()
  state_name()
  load_questions()
  preload_all_attempt_step_users()
  link_sections_and_slots()
  determine_layout()
  number_questions()
  force_page_number_into_range()
  get_quiz()
  get_quizobj()
  get_courseid()
  get_course()
  get_quizid()
  get_quiz_name()
  get_navigation_method()
  get_cm()
  get_cmid()
  is_preview_user()
  get_num_attempts_allowed()
  get_num_pages()
  get_access_manager()
  get_attemptid()
  get_uniqueid()
  get_attempt()
  get_attempt_number()
  get_state()
  get_userid()
  get_currentpage()
  get_sum_marks()
  is_finished()
  is_preview()
  is_own_attempt()
  is_own_preview()
  is_review_allowed()
  has_response_to_at_least_one_graded_question()
  requires_manual_grading()
  get_additional_summary_data()
  get_overall_feedback()
  has_capability()
  require_capability()
  check_review_capability()
  can_navigate_to()
  get_attempt_state()
  get_display_options()
  get_display_options_with_edit_link()
  is_last_page()
  get_slots()
  get_active_slots()
  get_question_usage()
  get_question_attempt()
  all_question_attempts_originally_in_slot()
  is_real_question()
  is_question_flagged()
  is_blocked_by_previous_question()
  can_question_be_redone_now()
  get_original_slot()
  get_question_number()
  get_heading_before_slot()
  get_question_page()
  get_question_name()
  get_question_state()
  get_question_status()
  get_question_state_class()
  get_question_mark()
  get_question_action_time()
  get_question_type_name()
  get_time_left_display()
  get_submitted_date()
  get_due_date()
  view_url()
  start_attempt_url()
  attempt_page_title()
  attempt_url()
  summary_page_title()
  summary_url()
  processattempt_url()
  review_page_title()
  review_url()
  get_default_show_all()
  cannot_review_message()
  get_html_head_contributions()
  get_question_html_head_contributions()
  restart_preview_button()
  render_question()
  render_question_helper()
  make_blocked_question_placeholder()
  render_question_at_step()
  render_question_for_commenting()
  check_file_access()
  get_navigation_panel()
  links_to_other_attempts()
  links_to_other_redos()
  handle_if_time_expired()
  process_submitted_actions()
  process_redo_question()
  process_auto_save()
  save_question_flags()
  process_finish()
  update_timecheckstate()
  process_going_overdue()
  process_abandon()
  fire_state_transition_event()
  page_and_question_url()
  process_attempt()
  check_page_access()
  set_currentpage()
  fire_attempt_viewed_event()
  fire_attempt_updated_event()
  fire_attempt_autosaved_event()
  fire_attempt_question_restarted_event()
  fire_attempt_summary_viewed_event()
  fire_attempt_reviewed_event()
  fire_attempt_manual_grading_completed_event()
  set_offline_modified_time()

quiz_nav_section_heading:: (1 method):
  __construct()

quiz_nav_question_button:: (0 methods):

quiz_nav_panel_base:: (7 methods):
  __construct()
  get_question_buttons()
  get_state_string()
  render_before_button_bits()
  render_restart_preview_link()
  user_picture()
  get_button_container_class()

quiz_attempt_nav_panel:: (3 methods):
  get_question_url()
  render_before_button_bits()
  render_end_bits()

quiz_review_nav_panel:: (2 methods):
  get_question_url()
  render_end_bits()


Class: moodle_quiz_exception  - X-Ref

Class for quiz exceptions. Just saves a couple of arguments on the
constructor for a moodle_exception.

__construct($quizobj, $errorcode, $a = null, $link = '', $debuginfo = null)   X-Ref
Constructor.

param: quiz $quizobj the quiz the error relates to.
param: string $errorcode The name of the string from error.php to print.
param: mixed $a Extra words and phrases that might be required in the error string.
param: string $link The url where the user will be prompted to continue.
param: string|null $debuginfo optional debugging information.

Class: quiz  - X-Ref

A class encapsulating a quiz and the questions it contains, and making the
information available to scripts like view.php.

Initially, it only loads a minimal amout of information about each question - loading
extra information only when necessary or when asked. The class tracks which questions
are loaded.

__construct($quiz, $cm, $course, $getcontext = true)   X-Ref
Constructor, assuming we already have the necessary data loaded.

param: object $quiz the row from the quiz table.
param: object $cm the course_module object for this quiz.
param: object $course the row from the course table for the course we belong to.
param: bool $getcontext intended for testing - stops the constructor getting the context.

create($quizid, $userid = null)   X-Ref
Static function to create a new quiz object for a specific user.

return: quiz the new quiz object.
param: int $quizid the the quiz id.
param: int|null $userid the the userid (optional). If passed, relevant overrides are applied.

create_attempt_object($attemptdata)   X-Ref
Create a {@link quiz_attempt} for an attempt at this quiz.

return: quiz_attempt the new quiz_attempt object.
param: object $attemptdata row from the quiz_attempts table.

preload_questions()   X-Ref
Load just basic information about all the questions in this quiz.


load_questions($deprecated = null)   X-Ref
Fully load some or all of the questions for this quiz. You must call
{@link preload_questions()} first.

param: array|null $deprecated no longer supported (it was not used).

get_structure()   X-Ref
Get an instance of the {@link \mod_quiz\structure} class for this quiz.

return: \mod_quiz\structure describes the questions in the quiz.

get_courseid()   X-Ref
Get the id of the course this quiz belongs to.

return: int the course id.

get_course()   X-Ref
Get the course settings object that this quiz belongs to.

return: object the row of the course table.

get_quizid()   X-Ref
Get this quiz's id (in the quiz table).

return: int the quiz id.

get_quiz()   X-Ref
Get the quiz settings object.

return: stdClass the row of the quiz table.

get_quiz_name()   X-Ref
Get the quiz name.

return: string the name of this quiz.

get_navigation_method()   X-Ref
Get the navigation method in use.

return: int QUIZ_NAVMETHOD_FREE or QUIZ_NAVMETHOD_SEQ.

get_num_attempts_allowed()   X-Ref
No description

get_cmid()   X-Ref
Get the course-module id for this quiz.

return: int the course_module id.

get_cm()   X-Ref
Get the course-module object for this quiz.

return: object the course_module object.

get_context()   X-Ref
Get the quiz context.

return: context_module the module context for this quiz.

is_preview_user()   X-Ref

return: bool whether the current user is someone who previews the quiz,

is_participant($userid)   X-Ref
Checks user enrollment in the current course.

return: bool whether the user is enrolled.
param: int $userid the id of the user to check.

show_only_active_users()   X-Ref
Check is only active users in course should be shown.

return: bool true if only active users should be shown.

has_questions()   X-Ref

return: bool whether any questions have been added to this quiz.

get_question($id)   X-Ref

return: stdClass the question object with that id.
param: int $id the question id.

get_questions($questionids = null)   X-Ref

return: stdClass[] the question data objects.
param: array|null $questionids question ids of the questions to load. null for all.

get_sections()   X-Ref
Get all the sections in this quiz.

return: array 0, 1, 2, ... => quiz_sections row from the database.

get_access_manager($timenow)   X-Ref
Return quiz_access_manager and instance of the quiz_access_manager class
for this quiz at this time.

return: quiz_access_manager and instance of the quiz_access_manager class
param: int $timenow the current time as a unix timestamp.

has_capability($capability, $userid = null, $doanything = true)   X-Ref
Wrapper round the has_capability funciton that automatically passes in the quiz context.

return: boolean true if the user has this capability. Otherwise false.
param: string $capability the name of the capability to check. For example mod/quiz:view.
param: int|null $userid A user id. By default (null) checks the permissions of the current user.
param: bool $doanything If false, ignore effect of admin role assignment.

require_capability($capability, $userid = null, $doanything = true)   X-Ref
Wrapper round the require_capability function that automatically passes in the quiz context.

param: string $capability the name of the capability to check. For example mod/quiz:view.
param: int|null $userid A user id. By default (null) checks the permissions of the current user.
param: bool $doanything If false, ignore effect of admin role assignment.

view_url()   X-Ref

return: string the URL of this quiz's view page.

edit_url()   X-Ref

return: string the URL of this quiz's edit page.

attempt_url($attemptid, $page = 0)   X-Ref

return: string the URL of that attempt.
param: int $attemptid the id of an attempt.
param: int $page optional page number to go to in the attempt.

start_attempt_url($page = 0)   X-Ref
Get the URL to start/continue an attempt.

return: moodle_url the URL of this quiz's edit page. Needs to be POSTed to with a cmid parameter.
param: int $page page in the attempt to start on (optional).

review_url($attemptid)   X-Ref

return: string the URL of the review of that attempt.
param: int $attemptid the id of an attempt.

summary_url($attemptid)   X-Ref

return: string the URL of the review of that attempt.
param: int $attemptid the id of an attempt.

confirm_start_attempt_message($notused)   X-Ref

return: string an empty string.
param: bool $notused not used.

cannot_review_message($when, $short = false)   X-Ref
If $reviewoptions->attempt is false, meaning that students can't review this
attempt at the moment, return an appropriate string explaining why.

return: string an appropraite message.
param: int $when One of the mod_quiz_display_options::DURING,
param: bool $short if true, return a shorter string.

navigation($title)   X-Ref
Probably not used any more, but left for backwards compatibility.

return: string always returns ''.
param: string $title the name of this particular quiz page.

ensure_question_loaded($id)   X-Ref
Check that the definition of a particular question is loaded, and if not throw an exception.

param: int $id a question id.

get_all_question_types_used($includepotential = false)   X-Ref
Return all the question types used in this quiz.

return: array a sorted array including the different question types.
param: boolean $includepotential if the quiz include random questions,

Class: quiz_attempt  - X-Ref

This class extends the quiz class to hold data about the state of a particular attempt,
in addition to the data about the quiz.

__construct($attempt, $quiz, $cm, $course, $loadquestions = true)   X-Ref
Constructor assuming we already have the necessary data loaded.

param: object $attempt the row of the quiz_attempts table.
param: object $quiz the quiz object for this attempt and user.
param: object $cm the course_module object for this quiz.
param: object $course the row from the course table for the course we belong to.
param: bool $loadquestions (optional) if true, the default, load all the details

create_helper($conditions)   X-Ref
Used by {create()} and {create_from_usage_id()}.

return: quiz_attempt the desired instance of this class.
param: array $conditions passed to $DB->get_record('quiz_attempts', $conditions).

create($attemptid)   X-Ref
Static function to create a new quiz_attempt object given an attemptid.

return: quiz_attempt the new quiz_attempt object
param: int $attemptid the attempt id.

create_from_usage_id($usageid)   X-Ref
Static function to create a new quiz_attempt object given a usage id.

return: quiz_attempt the new quiz_attempt object
param: int $usageid the attempt usage id.

state_name($state)   X-Ref

return: string the human-readable state name.
param: string $state one of the state constants like IN_PROGRESS.

load_questions()   X-Ref
This method can be called later if the object was constructed with $loadqusetions = false.


preload_all_attempt_step_users()   X-Ref
Preload all attempt step users to show in Response history.


link_sections_and_slots()   X-Ref
Let each slot know which section it is part of.


determine_layout()   X-Ref
Parse attempt->layout to populate the other arrays the represent the layout.


number_questions()   X-Ref
Work out the number to display for each question/slot.


force_page_number_into_range($page)   X-Ref
If the given page number is out of range (before the first page, or after
the last page, chnage it to be within range).

return: int a safe page number to use.
param: int $page the requested page number.

get_quiz()   X-Ref
No description

get_quizobj()   X-Ref
No description

get_courseid()   X-Ref
No description

get_course()   X-Ref
Get the course settings object.

return: stdClass the course settings object.

get_quizid()   X-Ref
No description

get_quiz_name()   X-Ref
No description

get_navigation_method()   X-Ref
No description

get_cm()   X-Ref
No description

get_cmid()   X-Ref
Get the course-module id.

return: int the course_module id.

is_preview_user()   X-Ref

return: bool whether the current user is someone who previews the quiz,

get_num_attempts_allowed()   X-Ref
No description

get_num_pages()   X-Ref
No description

get_access_manager($timenow)   X-Ref

return: quiz_access_manager and instance of the quiz_access_manager class
param: int $timenow the current time as a unix timestamp.

get_attemptid()   X-Ref
No description

get_uniqueid()   X-Ref
No description

get_attempt()   X-Ref
No description

get_attempt_number()   X-Ref
No description

get_state()   X-Ref
No description

get_userid()   X-Ref
No description

get_currentpage()   X-Ref
No description

get_sum_marks()   X-Ref
No description

is_finished()   X-Ref

return: bool whether this attempt has been finished (true) or is still

is_preview()   X-Ref
No description

is_own_attempt()   X-Ref
Is this someone dealing with their own attempt or preview?

return: bool true => own attempt/preview. false => reviewing someone else's.

is_own_preview()   X-Ref

return: bool whether this attempt is a preview belonging to the current user.

is_review_allowed()   X-Ref
Is the current user allowed to review this attempt. This applies when
{@link is_own_attempt()} returns false.

return: bool whether the review should be allowed.

has_response_to_at_least_one_graded_question()   X-Ref
Has the student, in this attempt, engaged with the quiz in a non-trivial way?

That is, is there any question worth a non-zero number of marks, where
the student has made some response that we have saved?

return: bool true if we have saved a response for at least one graded question.

requires_manual_grading()   X-Ref
Do any questions in this attempt need to be graded manually?

return: bool True if we have at least one question still needs manual grading.

get_additional_summary_data(question_display_options $options)   X-Ref
Get extra summary information about this attempt.

Some behaviours may be able to provide interesting summary information
about the attempt as a whole, and this method provides access to that data.
To see how this works, try setting a quiz to one of the CBM behaviours,
and then look at the extra information displayed at the top of the quiz
review page once you have sumitted an attempt.

In the return value, the array keys are identifiers of the form
qbehaviour_behaviourname_meaningfullkey. For qbehaviour_deferredcbm_highsummary.
The values are arrays with two items, title and content. Each of these
will be either a string, or a renderable.

return: array as described above.
param: question_display_options $options the display options for this quiz attempt at this time.

get_overall_feedback($grade)   X-Ref
Get the overall feedback corresponding to a particular mark.

return: string the feedback.
param: number $grade a particular grade.

has_capability($capability, $userid = null, $doanything = true)   X-Ref
Wrapper round the has_capability funciton that automatically passes in the quiz context.

return: boolean true if the user has this capability. Otherwise false.
param: string $capability the name of the capability to check. For example mod/forum:view.
param: int|null $userid A user id. By default (null) checks the permissions of the current user.
param: bool $doanything If false, ignore effect of admin role assignment.

require_capability($capability, $userid = null, $doanything = true)   X-Ref
Wrapper round the require_capability function that automatically passes in the quiz context.

param: string $capability the name of the capability to check. For example mod/forum:view.
param: int|null $userid A user id. By default (null) checks the permissions of the current user.
param: bool $doanything If false, ignore effect of admin role assignment.

check_review_capability()   X-Ref
Check the appropriate capability to see whether this user may review their own attempt.
If not, prints an error.


can_navigate_to($slot)   X-Ref
Checks whether a user may navigate to a particular slot.

return: bool true if the navigation should be allowed.
param: int $slot the target slot (currently does not affect the answer).

get_attempt_state()   X-Ref

return: int one of the mod_quiz_display_options::DURING,

get_display_options($reviewing)   X-Ref
Wrapper that the correct mod_quiz_display_options for this quiz at the
moment.

return: question_display_options the render options for this user on this attempt.
param: bool $reviewing true for options when reviewing, false for when attempting.

get_display_options_with_edit_link($reviewing, $slot, $thispageurl)   X-Ref
Wrapper that the correct mod_quiz_display_options for this quiz at the
moment.

return: question_display_options the render options for this user on this
param: bool $reviewing true for review page, else attempt page.
param: int $slot which question is being displayed.
param: moodle_url $thispageurl to return to after the editing form is

is_last_page($page)   X-Ref

return: bool true if this is the last page of the quiz.
param: int $page page number

get_slots($page = 'all')   X-Ref
Return the list of slot numbers for either a given page of the quiz, or for the
whole quiz.

return: array the requested list of slot numbers.
param: mixed $page string 'all' or integer page number.

get_active_slots($page = 'all')   X-Ref
Return the list of slot numbers for either a given page of the quiz, or for the
whole quiz.

return: array the requested list of slot numbers.
param: mixed $page string 'all' or integer page number.

get_question_usage()   X-Ref
Helper method for unit tests. Get the underlying question usage object.

return: question_usage_by_activity the usage.

get_question_attempt($slot)   X-Ref
Get the question_attempt object for a particular question in this attempt.

return: question_attempt the requested question_attempt.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

all_question_attempts_originally_in_slot($slot)   X-Ref
Get all the question_attempt objects that have ever appeared in a given slot.

This relates to the 'Try another question like this one' feature.

return: question_attempt[] the attempts.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

is_real_question($slot)   X-Ref
Is a particular question in this attempt a real question, or something like a description.

return: int whether that question is a real question. Actually returns the
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

is_question_flagged($slot)   X-Ref
Is a particular question in this attempt a real question, or something like a description.

return: bool whether that question is a real question.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

is_blocked_by_previous_question($slot)   X-Ref
Checks whether the question in this slot requires the previous
question to have been completed.

return: bool whether the previous question must have been completed before
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

can_question_be_redone_now($slot)   X-Ref
Is it possible for this question to be re-started within this attempt?

return: bool whether the student should be given the option to restart this question now.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

get_original_slot($slot)   X-Ref
Given a slot in this attempt, which may or not be a redone question, return the original slot.

return: int the slot where this question was originally.
param: int $slot identifies a particular question in this attempt.

get_question_number($slot)   X-Ref
Get the displayed question number for a slot.

return: string the displayed question number for the question in this slot.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

get_heading_before_slot($slot)   X-Ref
If the section heading, if any, that should come just before this slot.

return: string the required heading, or null if there is not one here.
param: int $slot identifies a particular question in this attempt.

get_question_page($slot)   X-Ref
Return the page of the quiz where this question appears.

return: int the page of the quiz this question appears on.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

get_question_name($slot)   X-Ref
Return the grade obtained on a particular question, if the user is permitted
to see it. You must previously have called load_question_states to load the
state data about this question.

return: string the formatted grade, to the number of decimal places specified
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

get_question_state($slot)   X-Ref
Return the {@link question_state} that this question is in.

return: question_state the state this question is in.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

get_question_status($slot, $showcorrectness)   X-Ref
Return the grade obtained on a particular question, if the user is permitted
to see it. You must previously have called load_question_states to load the
state data about this question.

return: string the formatted grade, to the number of decimal places specified
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.
param: bool $showcorrectness Whether right/partial/wrong states should

get_question_state_class($slot, $showcorrectness)   X-Ref
Return the grade obtained on a particular question, if the user is permitted
to see it. You must previously have called load_question_states to load the
state data about this question.

return: string class name for this state.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.
param: bool $showcorrectness Whether right/partial/wrong states should

get_question_mark($slot)   X-Ref
Return the grade obtained on a particular question.

You must previously have called load_question_states to load the state
data about this question.

return: string the formatted grade, to the number of decimal places specified by the quiz.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

get_question_action_time($slot)   X-Ref
Get the time of the most recent action performed on a question.

return: int timestamp.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this usage.

get_question_type_name($slot)   X-Ref
Return the question type name for a given slot within the current attempt.

return: string the question type name.
param: int $slot the number used to identify this question within this attempt.

get_time_left_display($timenow)   X-Ref
Get the time remaining for an in-progress attempt, if the time is short
enough that it would be worth showing a timer.

return: int|false the number of seconds remaining for this attempt.
param: int $timenow the time to consider as 'now'.

get_submitted_date()   X-Ref

return: int the time when this attempt was submitted. 0 if it has not been

get_due_date()   X-Ref
If the attempt is in an applicable state, work out the time by which the
student should next do something.

return: int timestamp by which the student needs to do something.

view_url()   X-Ref

return: string quiz view url.

start_attempt_url($slot = null, $page = -1)   X-Ref
Get the URL to start or continue an attempt.

return: string the URL of this quiz's edit page. Needs to be POSTed to with a cmid parameter.
param: int|null $slot which question in the attempt to go to after starting (optional).
param: int $page which page in the attempt to go to after starting.

attempt_page_title(int $page)   X-Ref
Generates the title of the attempt page.

return: string attempt page title.
param: int $page the page number (starting with 0) in the attempt.

attempt_url($slot = null, $page = -1, $thispage = -1)   X-Ref

return: string the URL to continue this attempt.
param: int|null $slot if specified, the slot number of a specific question to link to.
param: int $page if specified, a particular page to link to. If not given deduced
param: int $thispage if not -1, the current page. Will cause links to other things on

summary_page_title()   X-Ref
Generates the title of the summary page.

return: string summary page title.

summary_url()   X-Ref

return: moodle_url the URL of this quiz's summary page.

processattempt_url()   X-Ref

return: moodle_url the URL of this quiz's summary page.

review_page_title(int $page, bool $showall = false)   X-Ref
Generates the title of the review page.

return: string title of the review page.
param: int $page the page number (starting with 0) in the attempt.
param: bool $showall whether the review page contains the entire attempt on one page.

review_url($slot = null, $page = -1, $showall = null, $thispage = -1)   X-Ref

return: string the URL to review this attempt.
param: int|null $slot indicates which question to link to.
param: int $page if specified, the URL of this particular page of the attempt, otherwise
param: bool|null $showall if true, the URL will be to review the entire attempt on one page,
param: int $thispage if not -1, the current page. Will cause links to other things on

get_default_show_all($script)   X-Ref
By default, should this script show all questions on one page for this attempt?

return: bool whether show all on one page should be on by default.
param: string $script the script name, e.g. 'attempt', 'summary', 'review'.

cannot_review_message($short = false)   X-Ref
If $reviewoptions->attempt is false, meaning that students can't review this
attempt at the moment, return an appropriate string explaining why.

return: string an appropriate message.
param: bool $short if true, return a shorter string.

get_html_head_contributions($page = 'all', $showall = false)   X-Ref
Initialise the JS etc. required all the questions on a page.

return: string HTML to output - mostly obsolete, will probably be an empty string.
param: int|string $page a page number, or 'all'.
param: bool $showall if true forces page number to all.

get_question_html_head_contributions($slot)   X-Ref
Initialise the JS etc. required by one question.

return: string HTML to output - but this is mostly obsolete. Will probably be an empty string.
param: int $slot the question slot number.

restart_preview_button()   X-Ref
Print the HTML for the start new preview button, if the current user
is allowed to see one.

return: string HTML for the button.

render_question($slot, $reviewing, mod_quiz_renderer $renderer, $thispageurl = null)   X-Ref
Generate the HTML that displayes the question in its current state, with
the appropriate display options.

return: string HTML for the question in its current state.
param: int $slot identifies the question in the attempt.
param: bool $reviewing is the being printed on an attempt or a review page.
param: mod_quiz_renderer $renderer the quiz renderer.
param: moodle_url $thispageurl the URL of the page this question is being printed on.

render_question_helper($slot, $reviewing, $thispageurl,mod_quiz_renderer $renderer, $seq)   X-Ref
Helper used by {@link render_question()} and {@link render_question_at_step()}.

return: string HTML fragment.
param: int $slot identifies the question in the attempt.
param: bool $reviewing is the being printed on an attempt or a review page.
param: moodle_url $thispageurl the URL of the page this question is being printed on.
param: mod_quiz_renderer $renderer the quiz renderer.
param: int|null $seq the seq number of the past state to display.

make_blocked_question_placeholder($slot)   X-Ref
Create a fake question to be displayed in place of a question that is blocked
until the previous question has been answered.

return: question_attempt the placeholder question attempt.
param: int $slot int slot number of the question to replace.

render_question_at_step($slot, $seq, $reviewing,mod_quiz_renderer $renderer, $thispageurl = null)   X-Ref
Like {@link render_question()} but displays the question at the past step
indicated by $seq, rather than showing the latest step.

return: string HTML for the question in its current state.
param: int $slot the slot number of a question in this quiz attempt.
param: int $seq the seq number of the past state to display.
param: bool $reviewing is the being printed on an attempt or a review page.
param: mod_quiz_renderer $renderer the quiz renderer.
param: moodle_url $thispageurl the URL of the page this question is being printed on.

render_question_for_commenting($slot)   X-Ref
Wrapper round print_question from lib/questionlib.php.

return: string HTML of the question.
param: int $slot the id of a question in this quiz attempt.

check_file_access($slot, $reviewing, $contextid, $component,$filearea, $args, $forcedownload)   X-Ref
Check wheter access should be allowed to a particular file.

return: string HTML for the question in its current state.
param: int $slot the slot of a question in this quiz attempt.
param: bool $reviewing is the being printed on an attempt or a review page.
param: int $contextid the file context id from the request.
param: string $component the file component from the request.
param: string $filearea the file area from the request.
param: array $args extra part components from the request.
param: bool $forcedownload whether to force download.

get_navigation_panel(mod_quiz_renderer $output,$panelclass, $page, $showall = false)   X-Ref
Get the navigation panel object for this attempt.

return: block_contents the requested object.
param: mod_quiz_renderer $output the quiz renderer to use to output things.
param: string $panelclass The type of panel, quiz_attempt_nav_panel or quiz_review_nav_panel
param: int $page the current page number.
param: bool $showall whether we are showing the whole quiz on one page. (Used by review.php.)

links_to_other_attempts(moodle_url $url)   X-Ref
Return an array of variant URLs to other attempts at this quiz.

The $url passed in must contain an attempt parameter.

The {@link mod_quiz_links_to_other_attempts} object returned contains an
array with keys that are the attempt number, 1, 2, 3.
The array values are either a {@link moodle_url} with the attempt parameter
updated to point to the attempt id of the other attempt, or null corresponding
to the current attempt number.

return: mod_quiz_links_to_other_attempts|bool containing array int => null|moodle_url.
param: moodle_url $url a URL.

links_to_other_redos($slot, moodle_url $baseurl)   X-Ref
Return an array of variant URLs to other redos of the question in a particular slot.

The $url passed in must contain a slot parameter.

The {@link mod_quiz_links_to_other_attempts} object returned contains an
array with keys that are the redo number, 1, 2, 3.
The array values are either a {@link moodle_url} with the slot parameter
updated to point to the slot that has that redo of this question; or null
corresponding to the redo identified by $slot.

return: mod_quiz_links_to_other_attempts|null containing array int => null|moodle_url,
param: int $slot identifies a question in this attempt.
param: moodle_url $baseurl the base URL to modify to generate each link.

handle_if_time_expired($timestamp, $studentisonline)   X-Ref
Check this attempt, to see if there are any state transitions that should
happen automatically. This function will update the attempt checkstatetime.

param: int $timestamp the timestamp that should be stored as the modified
param: bool $studentisonline is the student currently interacting with Moodle?

process_submitted_actions($timestamp, $becomingoverdue = false, $simulatedresponses = null)   X-Ref
Process all the actions that were submitted as part of the current request.

param: int $timestamp the timestamp that should be stored as the modified.
param: bool $becomingoverdue
param: array|null $simulatedresponses If not null, then we are testing, and this is an array of simulated data.

process_redo_question($slot, $timestamp)   X-Ref
Replace a question in an attempt with a new attempt at the same question.

Well, for randomised questions, it won't be the same question, it will be
a different randomised selection.

param: int $slot the question to restart.
param: int $timestamp the timestamp to record for this action.

process_auto_save($timestamp)   X-Ref
Process all the autosaved data that was part of the current request.

param: int $timestamp the timestamp that should be stored as the modified.

save_question_flags()   X-Ref
Update the flagged state for all question_attempts in this usage, if their
flagged state was changed in the request.


process_finish($timestamp, $processsubmitted, $timefinish = null, $studentisonline = false)   X-Ref
Submit the attempt.

The separate $timefinish argument should be used when the quiz attempt
is being processed asynchronously (for example when cron is submitting
attempts where the time has expired).

param: int $timestamp the time to record as last modified time.
param: bool $processsubmitted if true, and question responses in the current
param: ?int $timefinish if set, use this as the finish time for the attempt.
param: bool $studentisonline is the student currently interacting with Moodle?

update_timecheckstate($time)   X-Ref
Update this attempt timecheckstate if necessary.

param: int|null $time the timestamp to set.

process_going_overdue($timestamp, $studentisonline)   X-Ref
Mark this attempt as now overdue.

param: int $timestamp the time to deem as now.
param: bool $studentisonline is the student currently interacting with Moodle?

process_abandon($timestamp, $studentisonline)   X-Ref
Mark this attempt as abandoned.

param: int $timestamp the time to deem as now.
param: bool $studentisonline is the student currently interacting with Moodle?

fire_state_transition_event($eventclass, $timestamp, $studentisonline)   X-Ref
Fire a state transition event.

param: string $eventclass the event class name.
param: int $timestamp the timestamp to include in the event.
param: bool $studentisonline is the student currently interacting with Moodle?

page_and_question_url($script, $slot, $page, $showall, $thispage)   X-Ref
Get a URL for a particular question on a particular page of the quiz.
Used by {@link attempt_url()} and {@link review_url()}.

return: moodle_url The requested URL.
param: string $script. Used in the URL like /mod/quiz/$script.php.
param: int $slot identifies the specific question on the page to jump to.
param: int $page -1 to look up the page number from the slot, otherwise
param: bool|null $showall if true, return a URL with showall=1, and not page number.
param: int $thispage the page we are currently on. Links to questions on this

process_attempt($timenow, $finishattempt, $timeup, $thispage)   X-Ref
Process responses during an attempt at a quiz.

return: string the attempt state once the data has been processed.
param: int $timenow time when the processing started.
param: bool $finishattempt whether to finish the attempt or not.
param: bool $timeup true if form was submitted by timer.
param: int $thispage current page number.

check_page_access(int $page, bool $allownext = true)   X-Ref
Check a page read access to see if is an out of sequence access.

If allownext is set then we also check whether access to the page
after the current one should be permitted.

return: boolean false is an out of sequence access, true otherwise.
param: int $page page number.
param: bool $allownext in case of a sequential navigation, can we go to next page ?

set_currentpage($page)   X-Ref
Update attempt page.

return: boolean true if everything was ok, false otherwise (out of sequence access).
param: int $page page number.

fire_attempt_viewed_event()   X-Ref
Trigger the attempt_viewed event.


fire_attempt_updated_event()   X-Ref
Trigger the attempt_updated event.

return: void

fire_attempt_autosaved_event()   X-Ref
Trigger the attempt_autosaved event.

return: void

fire_attempt_question_restarted_event(int $slot, int $newquestionid)   X-Ref
Trigger the attempt_question_restarted event.

return: void
param: int $slot Slot number
param: int $newquestionid New question id.

fire_attempt_summary_viewed_event()   X-Ref
Trigger the attempt_summary_viewed event.


fire_attempt_reviewed_event()   X-Ref
Trigger the attempt_reviewed event.


fire_attempt_manual_grading_completed_event()   X-Ref
Trigger the attempt manual grading completed event.


set_offline_modified_time($time)   X-Ref
Update the timemodifiedoffline attempt field.

This function should be used only when web services are being used.

return: boolean false if the field is not updated because web services aren't being used.
param: int $time time stamp.

Class: quiz_nav_section_heading  - X-Ref

Represents a heading in the navigation panel.

__construct($heading)   X-Ref
Constructor.

param: string $heading the heading text

Class: quiz_nav_question_button  - X-Ref

Represents a single link in the navigation panel.

Class: quiz_nav_panel_base  - X-Ref

Represents the navigation panel, and builds a {@link block_contents} to allow
it to be output.

__construct(quiz_attempt $attemptobj,question_display_options $options, $page, $showall)   X-Ref
No description

get_question_buttons()   X-Ref
Get the buttons and section headings to go in the quiz navigation block.

return: renderable[] the buttons, possibly interleaved with section headings.

get_state_string(question_attempt $qa, $showcorrectness)   X-Ref
No description

render_before_button_bits(mod_quiz_renderer $output)   X-Ref
Hook for subclasses to override.

return: string HTML to output.
param: mod_quiz_renderer $output the quiz renderer to use.

render_restart_preview_link($output)   X-Ref
Render the restart preview button.

return: string HTML to output.
param: mod_quiz_renderer $output the quiz renderer to use.

user_picture()   X-Ref
No description

get_button_container_class()   X-Ref
Return 'allquestionsononepage' as CSS class name when $showall is set,
otherwise, return 'multipages' as CSS class name.

return: string, CSS class name

Class: quiz_attempt_nav_panel  - X-Ref

Specialisation of {@link quiz_nav_panel_base} for the attempt quiz page.

get_question_url($slot)   X-Ref
No description

render_before_button_bits(mod_quiz_renderer $output)   X-Ref
No description

render_end_bits(mod_quiz_renderer $output)   X-Ref
No description

Class: quiz_review_nav_panel  - X-Ref

Specialisation of {@link quiz_nav_panel_base} for the review quiz page.

get_question_url($slot)   X-Ref
No description

render_end_bits(mod_quiz_renderer $output)   X-Ref
No description