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This file defines an adhoc task to send notifications.

Copyright: 2018 Andrew Nicols <andrew@nicols.co.uk>
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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Defines 1 class

send_user_digests:: (12 methods):
  execute()
  prepare_data()
  empty_queue()
  fill_digest_cache()
  get_post_author()
  add_message_header()
  add_discussion_header()
  add_post_body()
  add_discussion_footer()
  get_maildigest()
  send_mail()
  get_renderer()


Class: send_user_digests  - X-Ref

Adhoc task to send moodle forum digests for the specified user.

execute()   X-Ref
Send out messages.


prepare_data(int $timenow)   X-Ref
Prepare the data for this run.

Note: This will also remove posts from the queue.

param: int     $timenow

empty_queue(int $userid, int $timemodified)   X-Ref
Empty the queue of posts for this user.

param: int $userid user id which queue elements are going to be removed.
param: int $timemodified up time limit of the queue elements to be removed.

fill_digest_cache()   X-Ref
Fill the cron digest cache.


get_post_author($userid, $course, $forum, $cm, $context)   X-Ref
Fetch and initialise the post author.

param: int         $userid The id of the user to fetch
param: \stdClass   $course
param: \stdClass   $forum
param: \stdClass   $cm
param: \context    $context
return: \stdClass

add_message_header()   X-Ref
Add the header to this message.


add_discussion_header($discussion, $forum, $course)   X-Ref
Add the header for this discussion.

param: \stdClass   $discussion The discussion to add the footer for
param: \stdClass   $forum The forum that the discussion belongs to
param: \stdClass   $course The course that the forum belongs to

add_post_body($author, $post, $discussion, $forum, $cm, $course)   X-Ref
Add the body of this post.

param: \stdClass   $author The author of the post
param: \stdClass   $post The post being sent
param: \stdClass   $discussion The discussion that the post is in
param: \stdClass   $forum The forum that the discussion belongs to
param: \cminfo     $cm The cminfo object for the forum
param: \stdClass   $course The course that the forum belongs to

add_discussion_footer($discussion)   X-Ref
Add the footer for this discussion.

param: \stdClass   $discussion The discussion to add the footer for

get_maildigest($forumid)   X-Ref
Get the forum digest type for the specified forum, failing back to
the default setting for the current user if not specified.

param: int     $forumid
return: int

send_mail()   X-Ref
Send the composed message to the user.


get_renderer($maildigest, $html = false)   X-Ref
Helper to fetch the required renderer, instantiating as required.

param: int     $maildigest The type of mail digest being sent
param: bool    $html Whether to fetch the HTML renderer
return: \core_renderer