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/**
 * This file defines the question attempt step class, and a few related classes.
 *
 * @package    moodlecore
 * @subpackage questionengine
 * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */


defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();


/**
 * Stores one step in a {@see question_attempt}.
 *
 * The most important attributes of a step are the state, which is one of the
 * {@see question_state} constants, the fraction, which may be null, or a
 * number bewteen the attempt's minfraction and maxfraction, and the array of submitted
 * data, about which more later.
 *
 * A step also tracks the time it was created, and the user responsible for
 * creating it.
 *
 * The submitted data is basically just an array of name => value pairs, with
 * certain conventions about the to divide the variables into five = 2 x 2 + 1 categories.
 *
 * Variables may either belong to the behaviour, in which case the
 * name starts with a '-', or they may belong to the question type in which case
 * they name does not start with a '-'.
 *
 * Second, variables may either be ones that came form the original request, in
 * which case the name does not start with an _, or they are cached values that
 * were created during processing, in which case the name does start with an _.
 *
 * In addition, we can store 'metadata', typically only in the first step of a
 * question attempt. These are stored with the initial characters ':_'.
 *
 * That is, each name will start with one of '', '_', '-', '-_' or ':_'. The remainder
 * of the name was supposed to match the regex [a-z][a-z0-9]* - but this has never
 * been enforced. Question types exist which break this rule. E.g. qtype_combined.
 * Perhpas now, an accurate regex would be [a-z][a-z0-9_:]*.
 *
 * These variables can be accessed with {@see get_behaviour_var()} and {@see get_qt_var()},
 * - to be clear, ->get_behaviour_var('x') gets the variable with name '-x' -
 * and values whose names start with '_' can be set using {@see set_behaviour_var()}
 * and {@see set_qt_var()}. There are some other methods like {@see has_behaviour_var()}
 * to check wether a varaible with a particular name is set, and {@see get_behaviour_data()}
 * to get all the behaviour data as an associative array. There are also
 * {@see get_metadata_var()}, {@see set_metadata_var()} and {@see has_metadata_var()},
 *
 * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
class question_attempt_step {
    /**
     * @var integer if this attempts is stored in the question_attempts table,
     * the id of that row.
     */
    private $id = null;

    /**
     * @var question_state one of the {@see question_state} constants.
     * The state after this step.
     */
    private $state;

    /**
     * @var null|number the fraction (grade on a scale of
     * minfraction .. maxfraction, normally 0..1) or null.
     */
    private $fraction = null;

    /** @var integer the timestamp when this step was created. */
    private $timecreated;

    /** @var integer the id of the user resonsible for creating this step. */
    private $userid;

    /** @var array name => value pairs. The submitted data. */
    private $data;

    /** @var array name => array of {@see stored_file}s. Caches the contents of file areas. */
    private $files = array();

    /** @var stdClass User information. */
    private $user = null;

    /**
     * You should not need to call this constructor in your own code. Steps are
     * normally created by {@see question_attempt} methods like
     * {@see question_attempt::process_action()}.
     * @param array $data the submitted data that defines this step.
     * @param int $timestamp the time to record for the action. (If not given, use now.)
     * @param int $userid the user to attribute the aciton to. (If not given, use the current user.)
     * @param int $existingstepid if this step is going to replace an existing step
     *      (for example, during a regrade) this is the id of the previous step we are replacing.
     */
    public function __construct($data = array(), $timecreated = null, $userid = null,
            $existingstepid = null) {
        global $USER;

        if (!is_array($data)) {
            throw new coding_exception('$data must be an array when constructing a question_attempt_step.');
        }
        $this->state = question_state::$unprocessed;
        $this->data = $data;
        if (is_null($timecreated)) {
            $this->timecreated = time();
        } else {
            $this->timecreated = $timecreated;
        }
        if (is_null($userid)) {
            $this->userid = $USER->id;
        } else {
            $this->userid = $userid;
        }

        if (!is_null($existingstepid)) {
            $this->id = $existingstepid;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @return int|null The id of this step in the database. null if this step
     * is not stored in the database.
     */
    public function get_id() {
        return $this->id;
    }

    /** @return question_state The state after this step. */
    public function get_state() {
        return $this->state;
    }

    /**
     * Set the state. Normally only called by behaviours.
     * @param question_state $state one of the {@see question_state} constants.
     */
    public function set_state($state) {
        $this->state = $state;
    }

    /**
     * @return null|number the fraction (grade on a scale of
     * minfraction .. maxfraction, normally 0..1),
     * or null if this step has not been marked.
     */
    public function get_fraction() {
        return $this->fraction;
    }

    /**
     * Set the fraction. Normally only called by behaviours.
     * @param null|number $fraction the fraction to set.
     */
    public function set_fraction($fraction) {
        $this->fraction = $fraction;
    }

    /** @return int the id of the user resonsible for creating this step. */
    public function get_user_id() {
        return $this->userid;
    }

    /**
     * Update full user information for step.
     *
     * @param stdClass $user Full user object.
     * @throws coding_exception
     */
    public function add_full_user_object(stdClass $user): void {
        if ($user->id != $this->userid) {
            throw new coding_exception('Wrong user passed to add_full_user_object');
        }
        $this->user = $user;
    }

    /**
     * Return the full user object.
     *
     * @return stdClass Get full user object.
     */
    public function get_user(): stdClass {
        return $this->user;
    }

    /**
     * Get full name of user who did action.
     *
     * @return string full name of user.
     */
    public function get_user_fullname(): string {
        return fullname($this->user);
    }

    /** @return int the timestamp when this step was created. */
    public function get_timecreated() {
        return $this->timecreated;
    }

    /**
     * @param string $name the name of a question type variable to look for in the submitted data.
     * @return bool whether a variable with this name exists in the question type data.
     */
    public function has_qt_var($name) {
        return array_key_exists($name, $this->data);
    }

    /**
     * @param string $name the name of a question type variable to look for in the submitted data.
     * @return string the requested variable, or null if the variable is not set.
     */
    public function get_qt_var($name) {
        if (!$this->has_qt_var($name)) {
            return null;
        }
        return $this->data[$name];
    }

    /**
     * Set a cached question type variable.
     * @param string $name the name of the variable to set. Must match _[a-z][a-z0-9]*.
     * @param string $value the value to set.
     */
    public function set_qt_var($name, $value) {
        if ($name[0] != '_') {
            throw new coding_exception('Cannot set question type data ' . $name .
                    ' on an attempt step. You can only set variables with names begining with _.');
        }
        $this->data[$name] = $value;
    }

    /**
     * Get the latest set of files for a particular question type variable of
     * type question_attempt::PARAM_FILES.
     *
     * @param string $name the name of the associated variable.
     * @param int $contextid contextid of the question attempt
     * @return array of {@see stored_files}.
     */
    public function get_qt_files($name, $contextid) {
        if (array_key_exists($name, $this->files)) {
            return $this->files[$name];
        }

        if (!$this->has_qt_var($name)) {
            $this->files[$name] = array();
            return array();
        }

        $fs = get_file_storage();
> $filearea = question_file_saver::clean_file_area_name('response_' . $name);
$this->files[$name] = $fs->get_area_files($contextid, 'question',
< 'response_' . $name, $this->id, 'sortorder', false);
> $filearea, $this->id, 'sortorder', false);
return $this->files[$name]; } /** * Prepare a draft file are for the files belonging the a response variable * of this step. * * @param string $name the variable name the files belong to. * @param int $contextid the id of the context the quba belongs to. * @return int the draft itemid. */ public function prepare_response_files_draft_itemid($name, $contextid) { list($draftid, $notused) = $this->prepare_response_files_draft_itemid_with_text( $name, $contextid, null); return $draftid; } /** * Prepare a draft file are for the files belonging the a response variable * of this step, while rewriting the URLs in some text. * * @param string $name the variable name the files belong to. * @param int $contextid the id of the context the quba belongs to.
< * @param string $text the text to update the URLs in.
> * @param string|null $text the text to update the URLs in.
* @return array(int, string) the draft itemid and the text with URLs rewritten. */ public function prepare_response_files_draft_itemid_with_text($name, $contextid, $text) {
> $filearea = question_file_saver::clean_file_area_name('response_' . $name);
$draftid = 0; // Will be filled in by file_prepare_draft_area. $newtext = file_prepare_draft_area($draftid, $contextid, 'question',
< 'response_' . $name, $this->id, null, $text);
> $filearea, $this->id, null, $text);
return array($draftid, $newtext); } /** * Rewrite the @@PLUGINFILE@@ tokens in a response variable from this step * that contains links to file. Normally you should probably call * {@see question_attempt::rewrite_response_pluginfile_urls()} instead of * calling this method directly. * * @param string $text the text to update the URLs in. * @param int $contextid the id of the context the quba belongs to. * @param string $name the variable name the files belong to.
< * @param array $extra extra file path components.
> * @param array $extras extra file path components.
* @return string the rewritten text. */ public function rewrite_response_pluginfile_urls($text, $contextid, $name, $extras) {
> $filearea = question_file_saver::clean_file_area_name('response_' . $name);
return question_rewrite_question_urls($text, 'pluginfile.php', $contextid,
< 'question', 'response_' . $name, $extras, $this->id);
> 'question', $filearea, $extras, $this->id);
} /** * Get all the question type variables. * @param array name => value pairs. */ public function get_qt_data() { $result = array(); foreach ($this->data as $name => $value) { if ($name[0] != '-' && $name[0] != ':') { $result[$name] = $value; } } return $result; } /** * @param string $name the name of a behaviour variable to look for in the submitted data. * @return bool whether a variable with this name exists in the question type data. */ public function has_behaviour_var($name) { return array_key_exists('-' . $name, $this->data); } /** * @param string $name the name of a behaviour variable to look for in the submitted data. * @return string the requested variable, or null if the variable is not set. */ public function get_behaviour_var($name) { if (!$this->has_behaviour_var($name)) { return null; } return $this->data['-' . $name]; } /** * Set a cached behaviour variable. * @param string $name the name of the variable to set. Must match _[a-z][a-z0-9]*. * @param string $value the value to set. */ public function set_behaviour_var($name, $value) { if ($name[0] != '_') { throw new coding_exception('Cannot set question type data ' . $name . ' on an attempt step. You can only set variables with names begining with _.'); } return $this->data['-' . $name] = $value; } /** * Get all the behaviour variables. * * @return array name => value pairs. NOTE! the name has the leading - stripped off. * (If you don't understand the note, read the comment at the top of this class :-)) */ public function get_behaviour_data() { $result = array(); foreach ($this->data as $name => $value) { if ($name[0] == '-') { $result[substr($name, 1)] = $value; } } return $result; } /** * Get all the submitted data, but not the cached data. behaviour * variables have the - at the start of their name. This is only really * intended for use by {@see question_attempt::regrade()}, it should not * be considered part of the public API. * @param array name => value pairs. */ public function get_submitted_data() { $result = array(); foreach ($this->data as $name => $value) { if ($name[0] == '_' || ($name[0] == '-' && $name[1] == '_')) { continue; } $result[$name] = $value; } return $result; } /** * Get all the data. behaviour variables have the - at the start of * their name. This is only intended for internal use, for example by * {@see question_engine_data_mapper::insert_question_attempt_step()}, * however, it can occasionally be useful in test code. It should not be * considered part of the public API of this class. * @param array name => value pairs. */ public function get_all_data() { return $this->data; } /** * Set a metadata variable. * * Do not call this method directly from your code. It is for internal * use only. You should call {@see question_usage::set_question_attempt_metadata()}. * * @param string $name the name of the variable to set. [a-z][a-z0-9]*. * @param string $value the value to set. */ public function set_metadata_var($name, $value) { $this->data[':_' . $name] = $value; } /** * Whether this step has a metadata variable. * * Do not call this method directly from your code. It is for internal * use only. You should call {@see question_usage::get_question_attempt_metadata()}. * * @param string $name the name of the variable to set. [a-z][a-z0-9]*. * @return bool the value to set previously, or null if this variable was never set. */ public function has_metadata_var($name) { return isset($this->data[':_' . $name]); } /** * Get a metadata variable. * * Do not call this method directly from your code. It is for internal * use only. You should call {@see question_usage::get_question_attempt_metadata()}. * * @param string $name the name of the variable to set. [a-z][a-z0-9]*. * @return string the value to set previously, or null if this variable was never set. */ public function get_metadata_var($name) { if (!$this->has_metadata_var($name)) { return null; } return $this->data[':_' . $name]; } /** * Create a question_attempt_step from records loaded from the database. * @param Iterator $records Raw records loaded from the database. * @param int $stepid The id of the records to extract. * @param string $qtype The question type of which this is an attempt. * If not given, each record must include a qtype field. * @return question_attempt_step The newly constructed question_attempt_step. */ public static function load_from_records($records, $attemptstepid, $qtype = null) { $currentrec = $records->current(); while ($currentrec->attemptstepid != $attemptstepid) { $records->next(); if (!$records->valid()) { throw new coding_exception('Question attempt step ' . $attemptstepid . ' not found in the database.'); } $currentrec = $records->current(); } $record = $currentrec; $contextid = null; $data = array(); while ($currentrec && $currentrec->attemptstepid == $attemptstepid) { if (!is_null($currentrec->name)) { $data[$currentrec->name] = $currentrec->value; } $records->next(); if ($records->valid()) { $currentrec = $records->current(); } else { $currentrec = false; } } $step = new question_attempt_step_read_only($data, $record->timecreated, $record->userid); $step->state = question_state::get($record->state); $step->id = $record->attemptstepid; if (!is_null($record->fraction)) { $step->fraction = $record->fraction + 0; } // This next chunk of code requires getting $contextid and $qtype here. // Somehow, we need to get that information to this point by modifying // all the paths by which this method can be called. // Can we only return files when it's possible? Should there be some kind of warning? if (is_null($qtype)) { $qtype = $record->qtype; } foreach (question_bank::get_qtype($qtype)->response_file_areas() as $area) { if (empty($step->data[$area])) { continue; } $step->data[$area] = new question_file_loader($step, $area, $step->data[$area], $record->contextid); } return $step; } } /** * A subclass of {@see question_attempt_step} used when processing a new submission. * * When we are processing some new submitted data, which may or may not lead to * a new step being added to the {@see question_usage_by_activity} we create an * instance of this class. which is then passed to the question behaviour and question * type for processing. At the end of processing we then may, or may not, keep it. * * @copyright 2010 The Open University * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ class question_attempt_pending_step extends question_attempt_step { /** @var string the new response summary, if there is one. */ protected $newresponsesummary = null; /** @var int the new variant number, if there is one. */ protected $newvariant = null; /** * If as a result of processing this step, the response summary for the * question attempt should changed, you should call this method to set the * new summary. * @param string $responsesummary the new response summary. */ public function set_new_response_summary($responsesummary) { $this->newresponsesummary = $responsesummary; } /** * Get the new response summary, if there is one. * @return string the new response summary, or null if it has not changed. */ public function get_new_response_summary() { return $this->newresponsesummary; } /** * Whether this processing this step has changed the response summary. * @return bool true if there is a new response summary. */ public function response_summary_changed() { return !is_null($this->newresponsesummary); } /** * If as a result of processing this step, you identify that this variant of the * question is actually identical to the another one, you may change the * variant number recorded, in order to give better statistics. For an example * see qbehaviour_opaque. * @param int $variant the new variant number. */ public function set_new_variant_number($variant) { $this->newvariant = $variant; } /** * Get the new variant number, if there is one. * @return int the new variant number, or null if it has not changed. */ public function get_new_variant_number() { return $this->newvariant; } /** * Whether this processing this step has changed the variant number. * @return bool true if there is a new variant number. */ public function variant_number_changed() { return !is_null($this->newvariant); } } /** * A subclass of {@see question_attempt_step} that cannot be modified. * * @copyright 2009 The Open University * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ class question_attempt_step_read_only extends question_attempt_step { public function set_state($state) { throw new coding_exception('Cannot modify a question_attempt_step_read_only.'); } public function set_fraction($fraction) { throw new coding_exception('Cannot modify a question_attempt_step_read_only.'); } public function set_qt_var($name, $value) { throw new coding_exception('Cannot modify a question_attempt_step_read_only.'); } public function set_behaviour_var($name, $value) { throw new coding_exception('Cannot modify a question_attempt_step_read_only.'); } } /** * A null {@see question_attempt_step} returned from * {@see question_attempt::get_last_step()} etc. when a an attempt has just been * created and there is no actual step. * * @copyright 2009 The Open University * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ class question_null_step { public function get_state() { return question_state::$notstarted; } public function set_state($state) { throw new coding_exception('This question has not been started.'); } public function get_fraction() { return null; } } /** * This is an adapter class that wraps a {@see question_attempt_step} and * modifies the get/set_*_data methods so that they operate only on the parts * that belong to a particular subquestion, as indicated by an extra prefix. * * @copyright 2010 The Open University * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ class question_attempt_step_subquestion_adapter extends question_attempt_step { /** @var question_attempt_step the step we are wrapping. */ protected $realstep; /** @var string the exta prefix on fields we work with. */ protected $extraprefix; /** * Constructor.
< * @param question_attempt_step $realqas the step to wrap. (Can be null if you
> * @param question_attempt_step $realstep the step to wrap. (Can be null if you
* just want to call add/remove.prefix.) * @param string $extraprefix the extra prefix that is used for date fields. */
< public function __construct($realqas, $extraprefix) { < $this->realqas = $realqas;
> public function __construct($realstep, $extraprefix) { > $this->realstep = $realstep;
$this->extraprefix = $extraprefix; } /** * Add the extra prefix to a field name. * @param string $field the plain field name. * @return string the field name with the extra bit of prefix added. */ public function add_prefix($field) { if (substr($field, 0, 2) === '-_') { return '-_' . $this->extraprefix . substr($field, 2); } else if (substr($field, 0, 1) === '-') { return '-' . $this->extraprefix . substr($field, 1); } else if (substr($field, 0, 1) === '_') { return '_' . $this->extraprefix . substr($field, 1); } else { return $this->extraprefix . $field; } } /** * Remove the extra prefix from a field name if it is present. * @param string $field the extended field name. * @return string the field name with the extra bit of prefix removed, or * null if the extre prefix was not present. */ public function remove_prefix($field) { if (preg_match('~^(-?_?)' . preg_quote($this->extraprefix, '~') . '(.*)$~', $field, $matches)) { return $matches[1] . $matches[2]; } else { return null; } } /** * Filter some data to keep only those entries where the key contains * extraprefix, and remove the extra prefix from the reutrned arrary. * @param array $data some of the data stored in this step. * @return array the data with the keys ajusted using {@see remove_prefix()}. */ public function filter_array($data) { $result = array(); foreach ($data as $fullname => $value) { if ($name = $this->remove_prefix($fullname)) { $result[$name] = $value; } } return $result; } public function get_state() {
< return $this->realqas->get_state();
> return $this->realstep->get_state();
} public function set_state($state) { throw new coding_exception('Cannot modify a question_attempt_step_subquestion_adapter.'); } public function get_fraction() {
< return $this->realqas->get_fraction();
> return $this->realstep->get_fraction();
} public function set_fraction($fraction) { throw new coding_exception('Cannot modify a question_attempt_step_subquestion_adapter.'); } public function get_user_id() {
< return $this->realqas->get_user_id();
> return $this->realstep->get_user_id();
} public function get_timecreated() {
< return $this->realqas->get_timecreated();
> return $this->realstep->get_timecreated();
} public function has_qt_var($name) {
< return $this->realqas->has_qt_var($this->add_prefix($name));
> return $this->realstep->has_qt_var($this->add_prefix($name));
} public function get_qt_var($name) {
< return $this->realqas->get_qt_var($this->add_prefix($name));
> return $this->realstep->get_qt_var($this->add_prefix($name));
} public function set_qt_var($name, $value) {
< $this->realqas->set_qt_var($this->add_prefix($name), $value);
> $this->realstep->set_qt_var($this->add_prefix($name), $value);
} public function get_qt_data() {
< return $this->filter_array($this->realqas->get_qt_data());
> return $this->filter_array($this->realstep->get_qt_data());
} public function has_behaviour_var($name) {
< return $this->realqas->has_behaviour_var($this->add_prefix($name));
> return $this->realstep->has_behaviour_var($this->add_prefix($name));
} public function get_behaviour_var($name) {
< return $this->realqas->get_behaviour_var($this->add_prefix($name));
> return $this->realstep->get_behaviour_var($this->add_prefix($name));
} public function set_behaviour_var($name, $value) {
< return $this->realqas->set_behaviour_var($this->add_prefix($name), $value);
> return $this->realstep->set_behaviour_var($this->add_prefix($name), $value);
} public function get_behaviour_data() {
< return $this->filter_array($this->realqas->get_behaviour_data());
> return $this->filter_array($this->realstep->get_behaviour_data());
} public function get_submitted_data() {
< return $this->filter_array($this->realqas->get_submitted_data());
> return $this->filter_array($this->realstep->get_submitted_data());
} public function get_all_data() {
< return $this->filter_array($this->realqas->get_all_data());
> return $this->filter_array($this->realstep->get_all_data());
} public function get_qt_files($name, $contextid) { throw new coding_exception('No attempt has yet been made to implement files support in ' . 'question_attempt_step_subquestion_adapter.'); } public function prepare_response_files_draft_itemid($name, $contextid) { throw new coding_exception('No attempt has yet been made to implement files support in ' . 'question_attempt_step_subquestion_adapter.'); } public function prepare_response_files_draft_itemid_with_text($name, $contextid, $text) { throw new coding_exception('No attempt has yet been made to implement files support in ' . 'question_attempt_step_subquestion_adapter.'); } public function rewrite_response_pluginfile_urls($text, $contextid, $name, $extras) { throw new coding_exception('No attempt has yet been made to implement files support in ' . 'question_attempt_step_subquestion_adapter.'); } }