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Long Term Support Release

  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.1.x will end 13 November 2023 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.1.x will end 10 November 2025 (36 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.4.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.0. PHP 8.0.x is supported too.

Differences Between: [Versions 400 and 401]

   1  <?php
   2  // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
   3  //
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  16  
  17  namespace core_question\local\bank;
  18  
  19  /**
  20   * Class bulk_action_base is the base class for bulk actions ui.
  21   *
  22   * Every plugin wants to implement a bulk action, should extend this class, add appropriate values to the methods
  23   * and finally pass this object via plugin_feature class.
  24   *
  25   * @package    core_question
  26   * @copyright  2021 Catalyst IT Australia Pty Ltd
  27   * @author     Safat Shahin <safatshahin@catalyst-au.net>
  28   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  29   */
  30  abstract class bulk_action_base {
  31  
  32      /**
  33       * Title of the bulk action.
  34       * Every bulk action will have a string to show in the list.
  35       *
  36       * @return string
  37       */
  38      abstract public function get_bulk_action_title(): string;
  39  
  40      /**
  41       * A unique key for the bulk action, this will be used in the api to identify the action data.
  42       * Every bulk must have a unique key to perform the action as a part of the form post in the base view.
  43       * When questions are selected, it will post according to the key its selected from the dropdown.
  44       *
  45       * @return string
  46       */
  47      abstract function get_key(): string;
  48  
  49      /**
  50       * URL of the bulk action redirect page.
  51       * Bulk action can be performed by redirecting to a page and doing the appropriate selection
  52       * and finally doing the action. The url will be url of the page where users will be redirected to
  53       * select what to do with the selected questions.
  54       *
  55       * @return \moodle_url
  56       */
  57      abstract public function get_bulk_action_url(): \moodle_url;
  58  
  59      /**
  60       * Get the capabilities for the bulk action.
  61       * The bulk actions might have some capabilities to action them as a user.
  62       * This method helps to get those caps which will be used by the base view before actioning the bulk action.
  63       * For ex: ['moodle/question:moveall', 'moodle/question:add']
  64       * At least one of the cap need to be true for the user to use this action.
  65       *
  66       * @return array|null
  67       */
  68      public function get_bulk_action_capabilities(): ?array {
  69          return null;
  70      }
  71  
  72      /**
  73       * A unique key for the bulk action, this will be used in the api to identify the action data.
  74       * Every bulk must have a unique key to perform the action as a part of the form post in the base view.
  75       * When questions are selected, it will post according to the key its selected from the dropdown.
  76       *
  77       * @return string
  78       * @deprecated since Moodle 4.1
  79       * @see get_key()
  80       * @todo Final deprecation on Moodle 4.5 MDL-72438
  81       */
  82      public function get_bulk_action_key() {
  83          debugging(__FUNCTION__ . " is deprecated and should no longer be used. Please use get_key() instead.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
  84          return $this->get_key();
  85      }
  86  }