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  16  
  17  /**
  18   * This file defines the class {@link question_definition} and its subclasses.
  19   *
  20   * The type hierarchy is quite complex. Here is a summary:
  21   * - question_definition
  22   *   - question_information_item
  23   *   - question_with_responses implements question_manually_gradable
  24   *     - question_graded_automatically implements question_automatically_gradable
  25   *       - question_graded_automatically_with_countback implements question_automatically_gradable_with_countback
  26   *       - question_graded_by_strategy
  27   *
  28   * Other classes:
  29   * - question_classified_response
  30   * - question_answer
  31   * - question_hint
  32   *   - question_hint_with_parts
  33   * - question_first_matching_answer_grading_strategy implements question_grading_strategy
  34   *
  35   * Other interfaces:
  36   * - question_response_answer_comparer
  37   *
  38   * @package    moodlecore
  39   * @subpackage questiontypes
  40   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
  41   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  42   */
  43  
  44  
  45  defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  46  
  47  
  48  /**
  49   * The definition of a question of a particular type.
  50   *
  51   * This class is a close match to the question table in the database.
  52   * Definitions of question of a particular type normally subclass one of the
  53   * more specific classes {@link question_with_responses},
  54   * {@link question_graded_automatically} or {@link question_information_item}.
  55   *
  56   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
  57   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  58   */
  59  abstract class question_definition {
  60      /** @var integer id of the question in the datase, or null if this question
  61       * is not in the database. */
  62      public $id;
  63  
  64      /** @var integer question category id. */
  65      public $category;
  66  
  67      /** @var integer question context id. */
  68      public $contextid;
  69  
  70      /** @var integer parent question id. */
  71      public $parent = 0;
  72  
  73      /** @var question_type the question type this question is. */
  74      public $qtype;
  75  
  76      /** @var string question name. */
  77      public $name;
  78  
  79      /** @var string question text. */
  80      public $questiontext;
  81  
  82      /** @var integer question test format. */
  83      public $questiontextformat;
  84  
  85      /** @var string question general feedback. */
  86      public $generalfeedback;
  87  
  88      /** @var integer question test format. */
  89      public $generalfeedbackformat;
  90  
  91      /** @var float what this quetsion is marked out of, by default. */
  92      public $defaultmark = 1;
  93  
  94      /** @var integer How many question numbers this question consumes. */
  95      public $length = 1;
  96  
  97      /** @var number penalty factor of this question. */
  98      public $penalty = 0;
  99  
 100      /** @var string unique identifier of this question. */
 101      public $stamp;
 102  
 103      /** @var string question idnumber. */
 104      public $idnumber;
 105  
 106      /** @var integer timestamp when this question was created. */
 107      public $timecreated;
 108  
 109      /** @var integer timestamp when this question was modified. */
 110      public $timemodified;
 111  
 112      /** @var integer userid of the use who created this question. */
 113      public $createdby;
 114  
 115      /** @var integer userid of the use who modified this question. */
 116      public $modifiedby;
 117  
 118      /** @var array of question_hints. */
 119      public $hints = array();
 120  
 121      /** @var boolean question status hidden/ready/draft in the question bank. */
 122      public $status = \core_question\local\bank\question_version_status::QUESTION_STATUS_READY;
 123  
 124      /** @var int Version id of the question in a question bank */
 125      public $versionid;
 126  
 127      /** @var int Version number of the question in a question bank */
 128      public $version;
 129  
 130      /** @var int Bank entry id for the question */
 131      public $questionbankentryid;
 132  
 133      /**
 134       * @var array of array of \core_customfield\data_controller objects indexed by fieldid for the questions custom fields.
 135       */
 136      public $customfields = array();
 137  
 138      /**
 139       * Constructor. Normally to get a question, you call
 140       * {@link question_bank::load_question()}, but questions can be created
 141       * directly, for example in unit test code.
 142       */
 143      public function __construct() {
 144      }
 145  
 146      /**
 147       * @return string the name of the question type (for example multichoice) that this
 148       * question is.
 149       */
 150      public function get_type_name() {
 151          return $this->qtype->name();
 152      }
 153  
 154      /**
 155       * Creat the appropriate behaviour for an attempt at this quetsion,
 156       * given the desired (archetypal) behaviour.
 157       *
 158       * This default implementation will suit most normal graded questions.
 159       *
 160       * If your question is of a patricular type, then it may need to do something
 161       * different. For example, if your question can only be graded manually, then
 162       * it should probably return a manualgraded behaviour, irrespective of
 163       * what is asked for.
 164       *
 165       * If your question wants to do somthing especially complicated is some situations,
 166       * then you may wish to return a particular behaviour related to the
 167       * one asked for. For example, you migth want to return a
 168       * qbehaviour_interactive_adapted_for_myqtype.
 169       *
 170       * @param question_attempt $qa the attempt we are creating a behaviour for.
 171       * @param string $preferredbehaviour the requested type of behaviour.
 172       * @return question_behaviour the new behaviour object.
 173       */
 174      public function make_behaviour(question_attempt $qa, $preferredbehaviour) {
 175          return question_engine::make_archetypal_behaviour($preferredbehaviour, $qa);
 176      }
 177  
 178      /**
 179       * Start a new attempt at this question, storing any information that will
 180       * be needed later in the step.
 181       *
 182       * This is where the question can do any initialisation required on a
 183       * per-attempt basis. For example, this is where the multiple choice
 184       * question type randomly shuffles the choices (if that option is set).
 185       *
 186       * Any information about how the question has been set up for this attempt
 187       * should be stored in the $step, by calling $step->set_qt_var(...).
 188       *
 189       * @param question_attempt_step The first step of the {@link question_attempt}
 190       *      being started. Can be used to store state.
 191       * @param int $varant which variant of this question to start. Will be between
 192       *      1 and {@link get_num_variants()} inclusive.
 193       */
 194      public function start_attempt(question_attempt_step $step, $variant) {
 195      }
 196  
 197      /**
 198       * When an in-progress {@link question_attempt} is re-loaded from the
 199       * database, this method is called so that the question can re-initialise
 200       * its internal state as needed by this attempt.
 201       *
 202       * For example, the multiple choice question type needs to set the order
 203       * of the choices to the order that was set up when start_attempt was called
 204       * originally. All the information required to do this should be in the
 205       * $step object, which is the first step of the question_attempt being loaded.
 206       *
 207       * @param question_attempt_step The first step of the {@link question_attempt}
 208       *      being loaded.
 209       */
 210      public function apply_attempt_state(question_attempt_step $step) {
 211      }
 212  
 213      /**
 214       * Verify if an attempt at this question can be re-graded using the other question version.
 215       *
 216       * To put it another way, will {@see update_attempt_state_date_from_old_version()} be able to work?
 217       *
 218       * It is expected that this relationship is symmetrical, so if you can regrade from V1 to V3, then
 219       * you can change back from V3 to V1.
 220       *
 221       * @param question_definition $otherversion a different version of the question to use in the regrade.
 222       * @return string|null null if the regrade can proceed, else a reason why not.
 223       */
 224      public function validate_can_regrade_with_other_version(question_definition $otherversion): ?string {
 225          if (get_class($otherversion) !== get_class($this)) {
 226              return get_string('cannotregradedifferentqtype', 'question');
 227          }
 228  
 229          return null;
 230      }
 231  
 232      /**
 233       * Update the data representing the initial state of an attempt another version of this question, to allow for the changes.
 234       *
 235       * What is required is probably most easily understood using an example. Think about multiple choice questions.
 236       * The first step has a variable '_order' which is a comma-separated list of question_answer ids.
 237       * A different version of the question will have different question_answers with different ids. However, the list of
 238       * choices should be similar, and so we need to shuffle the new list of ids in the same way that the old one was.
 239       *
 240       * Note: be sure to return all the data that was originally in $oldstep, while updating the fields that
 241       * require it. Otherwise you might break features like 'Each attempt builds on last' in the quiz.
 242       *
 243       * This method should only be called if {@see validate_can_regrade_with_other_version()} did not
 244       * flag up a potential problem. So, this method will throw a {@see coding_exception} if it is not
 245       * possible to work out a return value.
 246       *
 247       * @param question_attempt_step $oldstep the first step of a {@see question_attempt} at $oldquestion.
 248       * @param question_definition $oldquestion the previous version of the question, which $oldstate comes from.
 249       * @return array the submit data which can be passed to {@see apply_attempt_state} to start
 250       *     an attempt at this version of this question, corresponding to the attempt at the old question.
 251       * @throws coding_exception if this can't be done.
 252       */
 253      public function update_attempt_state_data_for_new_version(
 254              question_attempt_step $oldstep, question_definition $oldquestion) {
 255          $message = $this->validate_can_regrade_with_other_version($oldquestion);
 256          if ($message) {
 257              throw new coding_exception($message);
 258          }
 259  
 260          return $oldstep->get_qt_data();
 261      }
 262  
 263      /**
 264       * Generate a brief, plain-text, summary of this question. This is used by
 265       * various reports. This should show the particular variant of the question
 266       * as presented to students. For example, the calculated quetsion type would
 267       * fill in the particular numbers that were presented to the student.
 268       * This method will return null if such a summary is not possible, or
 269       * inappropriate.
 270       * @return string|null a plain text summary of this question.
 271       */
 272      public function get_question_summary() {
 273          return $this->html_to_text($this->questiontext, $this->questiontextformat);
 274      }
 275  
 276      /**
 277       * @return int the number of vaiants that this question has.
 278       */
 279      public function get_num_variants() {
 280          return 1;
 281      }
 282  
 283      /**
 284       * @return string that can be used to seed the pseudo-random selection of a
 285       *      variant.
 286       */
 287      public function get_variants_selection_seed() {
 288          return $this->stamp;
 289      }
 290  
 291      /**
 292       * Some questions can return a negative mark if the student gets it wrong.
 293       *
 294       * This method returns the lowest mark the question can return, on the
 295       * fraction scale. that is, where the maximum possible mark is 1.0.
 296       *
 297       * @return float minimum fraction this question will ever return.
 298       */
 299      public function get_min_fraction() {
 300          return 0;
 301      }
 302  
 303      /**
 304       * Some questions can return a mark greater than the maximum.
 305       *
 306       * This method returns the lowest highest the question can return, on the
 307       * fraction scale. that is, where the nominal maximum mark is 1.0.
 308       *
 309       * @return float maximum fraction this question will ever return.
 310       */
 311      public function get_max_fraction() {
 312          return 1;
 313      }
 314  
 315      /**
 316       * Given a response, rest the parts that are wrong.
 317       * @param array $response a response
 318       * @return array a cleaned up response with the wrong bits reset.
 319       */
 320      public function clear_wrong_from_response(array $response) {
 321          return array();
 322      }
 323  
 324      /**
 325       * Return the number of subparts of this response that are right.
 326       * @param array $response a response
 327       * @return array with two elements, the number of correct subparts, and
 328       * the total number of subparts.
 329       */
 330      public function get_num_parts_right(array $response) {
 331          return array(null, null);
 332      }
 333  
 334      /**
 335       * @param moodle_page the page we are outputting to.
 336       * @return qtype_renderer the renderer to use for outputting this question.
 337       */
 338      public function get_renderer(moodle_page $page) {
 339          return $page->get_renderer($this->qtype->plugin_name());
 340      }
 341  
 342      /**
 343       * What data may be included in the form submission when a student submits
 344       * this question in its current state?
 345       *
 346       * This information is used in calls to optional_param. The parameter name
 347       * has {@link question_attempt::get_field_prefix()} automatically prepended.
 348       *
 349       * @return array|string variable name => PARAM_... constant, or, as a special case
 350       *      that should only be used in unavoidable, the constant question_attempt::USE_RAW_DATA
 351       *      meaning take all the raw submitted data belonging to this question.
 352       */
 353      public abstract function get_expected_data();
 354  
 355      /**
 356       * What data would need to be submitted to get this question correct.
 357       * If there is more than one correct answer, this method should just
 358       * return one possibility. If it is not possible to compute a correct
 359       * response, this method should return null.
 360       *
 361       * @return array|null parameter name => value.
 362       */
 363      public abstract function get_correct_response();
 364  
 365  
 366      /**
 367       * Takes an array of values representing a student response represented in a way that is understandable by a human and
 368       * transforms that to the response as the POST values returned from the HTML form that takes the student response during a
 369       * student attempt. Primarily this is used when reading csv values from a file of student responses in order to be able to
 370       * simulate the student interaction with a quiz.
 371       *
 372       * In most cases the array will just be returned as is. Some question types will need to transform the keys of the array,
 373       * as the meaning of the keys in the html form is deliberately obfuscated so that someone looking at the html does not get an
 374       * advantage. The values that represent the response might also be changed in order to more meaningful to a human.
 375       *
 376       * See the examples of question types that have overridden this in core and also see the csv files of simulated student
 377       * responses used in unit tests in :
 378       * - mod/quiz/tests/fixtures/stepsXX.csv
 379       * - mod/quiz/report/responses/tests/fixtures/steps00.csv
 380       * - mod/quiz/report/statistics/tests/fixtures/stepsXX.csv
 381       *
 382       * Also see {@link https://github.com/jamiepratt/moodle-quiz_simulate}, a quiz report plug in for uploading and downloading
 383       * student responses as csv files.
 384       *
 385       * @param array $simulatedresponse an array of data representing a student response
 386       * @return array a response array as would be returned from the html form (but without prefixes)
 387       */
 388      public function prepare_simulated_post_data($simulatedresponse) {
 389          return $simulatedresponse;
 390      }
 391  
 392      /**
 393       * Does the opposite of {@link prepare_simulated_post_data}.
 394       *
 395       * This takes a student response (the POST values returned from the HTML form that takes the student response during a
 396       * student attempt) it then represents it in a way that is understandable by a human.
 397       *
 398       * Primarily this is used when creating a file of csv from real student responses in order later to be able to
 399       * simulate the same student interaction with a quiz later.
 400       *
 401       * @param string[] $realresponse the response array as was returned from the form during a student attempt (without prefixes).
 402       * @return string[] an array of data representing a student response.
 403       */
 404      public function get_student_response_values_for_simulation($realresponse) {
 405          return $realresponse;
 406      }
 407  
 408      /**
 409       * Apply {@link format_text()} to some content with appropriate settings for
 410       * this question.
 411       *
 412       * @param string $text some content that needs to be output.
 413       * @param int $format the FORMAT_... constant.
 414       * @param question_attempt $qa the question attempt.
 415       * @param string $component used for rewriting file area URLs.
 416       * @param string $filearea used for rewriting file area URLs.
 417       * @param bool $clean Whether the HTML needs to be cleaned. Generally,
 418       *      parts of the question do not need to be cleaned, and student input does.
 419       * @return string the text formatted for output by format_text.
 420       */
 421      public function format_text($text, $format, $qa, $component, $filearea, $itemid,
 422              $clean = false) {
 423          $formatoptions = new stdClass();
 424          $formatoptions->noclean = !$clean;
 425          $formatoptions->para = false;
 426          $text = $qa->rewrite_pluginfile_urls($text, $component, $filearea, $itemid);
 427          return format_text($text, $format, $formatoptions);
 428      }
 429  
 430      /**
 431       * Convert some part of the question text to plain text. This might be used,
 432       * for example, by get_response_summary().
 433       * @param string $text The HTML to reduce to plain text.
 434       * @param int $format the FORMAT_... constant.
 435       * @return string the equivalent plain text.
 436       */
 437      public function html_to_text($text, $format) {
 438          return question_utils::to_plain_text($text, $format);
 439      }
 440  
 441      /** @return the result of applying {@link format_text()} to the question text. */
 442      public function format_questiontext($qa) {
 443          return $this->format_text($this->questiontext, $this->questiontextformat,
 444                  $qa, 'question', 'questiontext', $this->id);
 445      }
 446  
 447      /** @return the result of applying {@link format_text()} to the general feedback. */
 448      public function format_generalfeedback($qa) {
 449          return $this->format_text($this->generalfeedback, $this->generalfeedbackformat,
 450                  $qa, 'question', 'generalfeedback', $this->id);
 451      }
 452  
 453      /**
 454       * Take some HTML that should probably already be a single line, like a
 455       * multiple choice choice, or the corresponding feedback, and make it so that
 456       * it is suitable to go in a place where the HTML must be inline, like inside a <p> tag.
 457       * @param string $html to HTML to fix up.
 458       * @return string the fixed HTML.
 459       */
 460      public function make_html_inline($html) {
 461          $html = preg_replace('~\s*<p>\s*~u', '', $html);
 462          $html = preg_replace('~\s*</p>\s*~u', '<br />', $html);
 463          $html = preg_replace('~(<br\s*/?>)+$~u', '', $html);
 464          return trim($html);
 465      }
 466  
 467      /**
 468       * Checks whether the users is allow to be served a particular file.
 469       * @param question_attempt $qa the question attempt being displayed.
 470       * @param question_display_options $options the options that control display of the question.
 471       * @param string $component the name of the component we are serving files for.
 472       * @param string $filearea the name of the file area.
 473       * @param array $args the remaining bits of the file path.
 474       * @param bool $forcedownload whether the user must be forced to download the file.
 475       * @return bool true if the user can access this file.
 476       */
 477      public function check_file_access($qa, $options, $component, $filearea, $args, $forcedownload) {
 478          if ($component == 'question' && $filearea == 'questiontext') {
 479              // Question text always visible, but check it is the right question id.
 480              return $args[0] == $this->id;
 481  
 482          } else if ($component == 'question' && $filearea == 'generalfeedback') {
 483              return $options->generalfeedback && $args[0] == $this->id;
 484  
 485          } else {
 486              // Unrecognised component or filearea.
 487              return false;
 488          }
 489      }
 490  
 491      /**
 492       * Return the question settings that define this question as structured data.
 493       *
 494       * This is used by external systems such as the Moodle mobile app, which want to display the question themselves,
 495       * rather than using the renderer provided.
 496       *
 497       * This method should only return the data that the student is allowed to see or know, given the current state of
 498       * the question. For example, do not include the 'General feedback' until the student has completed the question,
 499       * and even then, only include it if the question_display_options say it should be visible.
 500       *
 501       * But, within those rules, it is recommended that you return all the settings for the question,
 502       * to give maximum flexibility to the external system providing its own rendering of the question.
 503       *
 504       * @param question_attempt $qa the current attempt for which we are exporting the settings.
 505       * @param question_display_options $options the question display options which say which aspects of the question
 506       * should be visible.
 507       * @return mixed structure representing the question settings. In web services, this will be JSON-encoded.
 508       */
 509      public function get_question_definition_for_external_rendering(question_attempt $qa, question_display_options $options) {
 510  
 511          debugging('This question does not implement the get_question_definition_for_external_rendering() method yet.',
 512              DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
 513          return null;
 514      }
 515  }
 516  
 517  
 518  /**
 519   * This class represents a 'question' that actually does not allow the student
 520   * to respond, like the description 'question' type.
 521   *
 522   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 523   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 524   */
 525  class question_information_item extends question_definition {
 526      public function __construct() {
 527          parent::__construct();
 528          $this->defaultmark = 0;
 529          $this->penalty = 0;
 530          $this->length = 0;
 531      }
 532  
 533      public function make_behaviour(question_attempt $qa, $preferredbehaviour) {
 534          return question_engine::make_behaviour('informationitem', $qa, $preferredbehaviour);
 535      }
 536  
 537      public function get_expected_data() {
 538          return array();
 539      }
 540  
 541      public function get_correct_response() {
 542          return array();
 543      }
 544  
 545      public function get_question_summary() {
 546          return null;
 547      }
 548  }
 549  
 550  
 551  /**
 552   * Interface that a {@link question_definition} must implement to be usable by
 553   * the manual graded behaviour.
 554   *
 555   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 556   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 557   */
 558  interface question_manually_gradable {
 559      /**
 560       * Use by many of the behaviours to determine whether the student
 561       * has provided enough of an answer for the question to be graded automatically,
 562       * or whether it must be considered aborted.
 563       *
 564       * @param array $response responses, as returned by
 565       *      {@link question_attempt_step::get_qt_data()}.
 566       * @return bool whether this response can be graded.
 567       */
 568      public function is_gradable_response(array $response);
 569  
 570      /**
 571       * Used by many of the behaviours, to work out whether the student's
 572       * response to the question is complete. That is, whether the question attempt
 573       * should move to the COMPLETE or INCOMPLETE state.
 574       *
 575       * @param array $response responses, as returned by
 576       *      {@link question_attempt_step::get_qt_data()}.
 577       * @return bool whether this response is a complete answer to this question.
 578       */
 579      public function is_complete_response(array $response);
 580  
 581      /**
 582       * Use by many of the behaviours to determine whether the student's
 583       * response has changed. This is normally used to determine that a new set
 584       * of responses can safely be discarded.
 585       *
 586       * @param array $prevresponse the responses previously recorded for this question,
 587       *      as returned by {@link question_attempt_step::get_qt_data()}
 588       * @param array $newresponse the new responses, in the same format.
 589       * @return bool whether the two sets of responses are the same - that is
 590       *      whether the new set of responses can safely be discarded.
 591       */
 592      public function is_same_response(array $prevresponse, array $newresponse);
 593  
 594      /**
 595       * Produce a plain text summary of a response.
 596       * @param array $response a response, as might be passed to {@link grade_response()}.
 597       * @return string a plain text summary of that response, that could be used in reports.
 598       */
 599      public function summarise_response(array $response);
 600  
 601      /**
 602       * If possible, construct a response that could have lead to the given
 603       * response summary. This is basically the opposite of {@link summarise_response()}
 604       * but it is intended only to be used for testing.
 605       *
 606       * @param string $summary a string, which might have come from summarise_response
 607       * @return array a response that could have lead to that.
 608       */
 609      public function un_summarise_response(string $summary);
 610  
 611      /**
 612       * Categorise the student's response according to the categories defined by
 613       * get_possible_responses.
 614       * @param $response a response, as might be passed to {@link grade_response()}.
 615       * @return array subpartid => {@link question_classified_response} objects.
 616       *      returns an empty array if no analysis is possible.
 617       */
 618      public function classify_response(array $response);
 619  }
 620  
 621  
 622  /**
 623   * This class is used in the return value from
 624   * {@link question_manually_gradable::classify_response()}.
 625   *
 626   * @copyright  2010 The Open University
 627   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 628   */
 629  class question_classified_response {
 630      /**
 631       * @var string the classification of this response the student gave to this
 632       * part of the question. Must match one of the responseclasses returned by
 633       * {@link question_type::get_possible_responses()}.
 634       */
 635      public $responseclassid;
 636      /** @var string the actual response the student gave to this part. */
 637      public $response;
 638      /** @var number the fraction this part of the response earned. */
 639      public $fraction;
 640      /**
 641       * Constructor, just an easy way to set the fields.
 642       * @param string $responseclassid see the field descriptions above.
 643       * @param string $response see the field descriptions above.
 644       * @param number $fraction see the field descriptions above.
 645       */
 646      public function __construct($responseclassid, $response, $fraction) {
 647          $this->responseclassid = $responseclassid;
 648          $this->response = $response;
 649          $this->fraction = $fraction;
 650      }
 651  
 652      public static function no_response() {
 653          return new question_classified_response(null, get_string('noresponse', 'question'), null);
 654      }
 655  }
 656  
 657  
 658  /**
 659   * Interface that a {@link question_definition} must implement to be usable by
 660   * the various automatic grading behaviours.
 661   *
 662   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 663   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 664   */
 665  interface question_automatically_gradable extends question_manually_gradable {
 666      /**
 667       * In situations where is_gradable_response() returns false, this method
 668       * should generate a description of what the problem is.
 669       * @return string the message.
 670       */
 671      public function get_validation_error(array $response);
 672  
 673      /**
 674       * Grade a response to the question, returning a fraction between
 675       * get_min_fraction() and get_max_fraction(), and the corresponding {@link question_state}
 676       * right, partial or wrong.
 677       * @param array $response responses, as returned by
 678       *      {@link question_attempt_step::get_qt_data()}.
 679       * @return array (float, integer) the fraction, and the state.
 680       */
 681      public function grade_response(array $response);
 682  
 683      /**
 684       * Get one of the question hints. The question_attempt is passed in case
 685       * the question type wants to do something complex. For example, the
 686       * multiple choice with multiple responses question type will turn off most
 687       * of the hint options if the student has selected too many opitions.
 688       * @param int $hintnumber Which hint to display. Indexed starting from 0
 689       * @param question_attempt $qa The question_attempt.
 690       */
 691      public function get_hint($hintnumber, question_attempt $qa);
 692  
 693      /**
 694       * Generate a brief, plain-text, summary of the correct answer to this question.
 695       * This is used by various reports, and can also be useful when testing.
 696       * This method will return null if such a summary is not possible, or
 697       * inappropriate.
 698       * @return string|null a plain text summary of the right answer to this question.
 699       */
 700      public function get_right_answer_summary();
 701  }
 702  
 703  
 704  /**
 705   * Interface that a {@link question_definition} must implement to be usable by
 706   * the interactivecountback behaviour.
 707   *
 708   * @copyright  2010 The Open University
 709   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 710   */
 711  interface question_automatically_gradable_with_countback extends question_automatically_gradable {
 712      /**
 713       * Work out a final grade for this attempt, taking into account all the
 714       * tries the student made.
 715       * @param array $responses the response for each try. Each element of this
 716       * array is a response array, as would be passed to {@link grade_response()}.
 717       * There may be between 1 and $totaltries responses.
 718       * @param int $totaltries The maximum number of tries allowed.
 719       * @return numeric the fraction that should be awarded for this
 720       * sequence of response.
 721       */
 722      public function compute_final_grade($responses, $totaltries);
 723  }
 724  
 725  
 726  /**
 727   * This class represents a real question. That is, one that is not a
 728   * {@link question_information_item}.
 729   *
 730   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 731   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 732   */
 733  abstract class question_with_responses extends question_definition
 734          implements question_manually_gradable {
 735      public function classify_response(array $response) {
 736          return array();
 737      }
 738  
 739      public function is_gradable_response(array $response) {
 740          return $this->is_complete_response($response);
 741      }
 742  
 743      public function un_summarise_response(string $summary) {
 744          throw new coding_exception('This question type (' . get_class($this) .
 745                  ' does not implement the un_summarise_response testing method.');
 746      }
 747  }
 748  
 749  
 750  /**
 751   * This class represents a question that can be graded automatically.
 752   *
 753   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 754   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 755   */
 756  abstract class question_graded_automatically extends question_with_responses
 757          implements question_automatically_gradable {
 758      /** @var Some question types have the option to show the number of sub-parts correct. */
 759      public $shownumcorrect = false;
 760  
 761      public function get_right_answer_summary() {
 762          $correctresponse = $this->get_correct_response();
 763          if (empty($correctresponse)) {
 764              return null;
 765          }
 766          return $this->summarise_response($correctresponse);
 767      }
 768  
 769      /**
 770       * Check a request for access to a file belonging to a combined feedback field.
 771       * @param question_attempt $qa the question attempt being displayed.
 772       * @param question_display_options $options the options that control display of the question.
 773       * @param string $filearea the name of the file area.
 774       * @param array $args the remaining bits of the file path.
 775       * @return bool whether access to the file should be allowed.
 776       */
 777      protected function check_combined_feedback_file_access($qa, $options, $filearea, $args = null) {
 778          $state = $qa->get_state();
 779  
 780          if ($args === null) {
 781              debugging('You must pass $args as the fourth argument to check_combined_feedback_file_access.',
 782                      DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
 783              $args = array($this->id); // Fake it for now, so the rest of this method works.
 784          }
 785  
 786          if (!$state->is_finished()) {
 787              $response = $qa->get_last_qt_data();
 788              if (!$this->is_gradable_response($response)) {
 789                  return false;
 790              }
 791              list($notused, $state) = $this->grade_response($response);
 792          }
 793  
 794          return $options->feedback && $state->get_feedback_class() . 'feedback' == $filearea &&
 795                  $args[0] == $this->id;
 796      }
 797  
 798      /**
 799       * Check a request for access to a file belonging to a hint.
 800       * @param question_attempt $qa the question attempt being displayed.
 801       * @param question_display_options $options the options that control display of the question.
 802       * @param array $args the remaining bits of the file path.
 803       * @return bool whether access to the file should be allowed.
 804       */
 805      protected function check_hint_file_access($qa, $options, $args) {
 806          if (!$options->feedback) {
 807              return false;
 808          }
 809          $hint = $qa->get_applicable_hint();
 810          $hintid = reset($args); // Itemid is hint id.
 811          return $hintid == $hint->id;
 812      }
 813  
 814      public function get_hint($hintnumber, question_attempt $qa) {
 815          if (!isset($this->hints[$hintnumber])) {
 816              return null;
 817          }
 818          return $this->hints[$hintnumber];
 819      }
 820  
 821      public function format_hint(question_hint $hint, question_attempt $qa) {
 822          return $this->format_text($hint->hint, $hint->hintformat, $qa,
 823                  'question', 'hint', $hint->id);
 824      }
 825  }
 826  
 827  
 828  /**
 829   * This class represents a question that can be graded automatically with
 830   * countback grading in interactive mode.
 831   *
 832   * @copyright  2010 The Open University
 833   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 834   */
 835  abstract class question_graded_automatically_with_countback
 836          extends question_graded_automatically
 837          implements question_automatically_gradable_with_countback {
 838  
 839      public function make_behaviour(question_attempt $qa, $preferredbehaviour) {
 840          if ($preferredbehaviour == 'interactive') {
 841              return question_engine::make_behaviour('interactivecountback',
 842                      $qa, $preferredbehaviour);
 843          }
 844          return question_engine::make_archetypal_behaviour($preferredbehaviour, $qa);
 845      }
 846  }
 847  
 848  
 849  /**
 850   * This class represents a question that can be graded automatically by using
 851   * a {@link question_grading_strategy}.
 852   *
 853   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 854   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 855   */
 856  abstract class question_graded_by_strategy extends question_graded_automatically {
 857      /** @var question_grading_strategy the strategy to use for grading. */
 858      protected $gradingstrategy;
 859  
 860      /** @param question_grading_strategy  $strategy the strategy to use for grading. */
 861      public function __construct(question_grading_strategy $strategy) {
 862          parent::__construct();
 863          $this->gradingstrategy = $strategy;
 864      }
 865  
 866      public function get_correct_response() {
 867          $answer = $this->get_correct_answer();
 868          if (!$answer) {
 869              return array();
 870          }
 871  
 872          return array('answer' => $answer->answer);
 873      }
 874  
 875      /**
 876       * Get an answer that contains the feedback and fraction that should be
 877       * awarded for this resonse.
 878       * @param array $response a response.
 879       * @return question_answer the matching answer.
 880       */
 881      public function get_matching_answer(array $response) {
 882          return $this->gradingstrategy->grade($response);
 883      }
 884  
 885      /**
 886       * @return question_answer an answer that contains the a response that would
 887       *      get full marks.
 888       */
 889      public function get_correct_answer() {
 890          return $this->gradingstrategy->get_correct_answer();
 891      }
 892  
 893      public function grade_response(array $response) {
 894          $answer = $this->get_matching_answer($response);
 895          if ($answer) {
 896              return array($answer->fraction,
 897                      question_state::graded_state_for_fraction($answer->fraction));
 898          } else {
 899              return array(0, question_state::$gradedwrong);
 900          }
 901      }
 902  
 903      public function classify_response(array $response) {
 904          if (empty($response['answer'])) {
 905              return array($this->id => question_classified_response::no_response());
 906          }
 907  
 908          $ans = $this->get_matching_answer($response);
 909          if (!$ans) {
 910              return array($this->id => new question_classified_response(
 911                      0, $response['answer'], 0));
 912          }
 913  
 914          return array($this->id => new question_classified_response(
 915                  $ans->id, $response['answer'], $ans->fraction));
 916      }
 917  }
 918  
 919  
 920  /**
 921   * Class to represent a question answer, loaded from the question_answers table
 922   * in the database.
 923   *
 924   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 925   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 926   */
 927  class question_answer {
 928      /** @var integer the answer id. */
 929      public $id;
 930  
 931      /** @var string the answer. */
 932      public $answer;
 933  
 934      /** @var integer one of the FORMAT_... constans. */
 935      public $answerformat = FORMAT_PLAIN;
 936  
 937      /** @var number the fraction this answer is worth. */
 938      public $fraction;
 939  
 940      /** @var string the feedback for this answer. */
 941      public $feedback;
 942  
 943      /** @var integer one of the FORMAT_... constans. */
 944      public $feedbackformat;
 945  
 946      /**
 947       * Constructor.
 948       * @param int $id the answer.
 949       * @param string $answer the answer.
 950       * @param number $fraction the fraction this answer is worth.
 951       * @param string $feedback the feedback for this answer.
 952       * @param int $feedbackformat the format of the feedback.
 953       */
 954      public function __construct($id, $answer, $fraction, $feedback, $feedbackformat) {
 955          $this->id = $id;
 956          $this->answer = $answer;
 957          $this->fraction = $fraction;
 958          $this->feedback = $feedback;
 959          $this->feedbackformat = $feedbackformat;
 960      }
 961  }
 962  
 963  
 964  /**
 965   * Class to represent a hint associated with a question.
 966   * Used by iteractive mode, etc. A question has an array of these.
 967   *
 968   * @copyright  2010 The Open University
 969   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 970   */
 971  class question_hint {
 972      /** @var integer The hint id. */
 973      public $id;
 974      /** @var string The feedback hint to be shown. */
 975      public $hint;
 976      /** @var integer The corresponding text FORMAT_... type. */
 977      public $hintformat;
 978  
 979      /**
 980       * Constructor.
 981       * @param int the hint id from the database.
 982       * @param string $hint The hint text
 983       * @param int the corresponding text FORMAT_... type.
 984       */
 985      public function __construct($id, $hint, $hintformat) {
 986          $this->id = $id;
 987          $this->hint = $hint;
 988          $this->hintformat = $hintformat;
 989      }
 990  
 991      /**
 992       * Create a basic hint from a row loaded from the question_hints table in the database.
 993       * @param object $row with $row->hint set.
 994       * @return question_hint
 995       */
 996      public static function load_from_record($row) {
 997          return new question_hint($row->id, $row->hint, $row->hintformat);
 998      }
 999  
1000      /**
1001       * Adjust this display options according to the hint settings.
1002       * @param question_display_options $options
1003       */
1004      public function adjust_display_options(question_display_options $options) {
1005          // Do nothing.
1006      }
1007  }
1008  
1009  
1010  /**
1011   * An extension of {@link question_hint} for questions like match and multiple
1012   * choice with multile answers, where there are options for whether to show the
1013   * number of parts right at each stage, and to reset the wrong parts.
1014   *
1015   * @copyright  2010 The Open University
1016   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
1017   */
1018  class question_hint_with_parts extends question_hint {
1019      /** @var boolean option to show the number of sub-parts of the question that were right. */
1020      public $shownumcorrect;
1021  
1022      /** @var boolean option to clear the parts of the question that were wrong on retry. */
1023      public $clearwrong;
1024  
1025      /**
1026       * Constructor.
1027       * @param int the hint id from the database.
1028       * @param string $hint The hint text
1029       * @param int the corresponding text FORMAT_... type.
1030       * @param bool $shownumcorrect whether the number of right parts should be shown
1031       * @param bool $clearwrong whether the wrong parts should be reset.
1032       */
1033      public function __construct($id, $hint, $hintformat, $shownumcorrect, $clearwrong) {
1034          parent::__construct($id, $hint, $hintformat);
1035          $this->shownumcorrect = $shownumcorrect;
1036          $this->clearwrong = $clearwrong;
1037      }
1038  
1039      /**
1040       * Create a basic hint from a row loaded from the question_hints table in the database.
1041       * @param object $row with $row->hint, ->shownumcorrect and ->clearwrong set.
1042       * @return question_hint_with_parts
1043       */
1044      public static function load_from_record($row) {
1045          return new question_hint_with_parts($row->id, $row->hint, $row->hintformat,
1046                  $row->shownumcorrect, $row->clearwrong);
1047      }
1048  
1049      public function adjust_display_options(question_display_options $options) {
1050          parent::adjust_display_options($options);
1051          if ($this->clearwrong) {
1052              $options->clearwrong = true;
1053          }
1054          $options->numpartscorrect = $this->shownumcorrect;
1055      }
1056  }
1057  
1058  
1059  /**
1060   * This question_grading_strategy interface. Used to share grading code between
1061   * questions that that subclass {@link question_graded_by_strategy}.
1062   *
1063   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
1064   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
1065   */
1066  interface question_grading_strategy {
1067      /**
1068       * Return a question answer that describes the outcome (fraction and feeback)
1069       * for a particular respons.
1070       * @param array $response the response.
1071       * @return question_answer the answer describing the outcome.
1072       */
1073      public function grade(array $response);
1074  
1075      /**
1076       * @return question_answer an answer that contains the a response that would
1077       *      get full marks.
1078       */
1079      public function get_correct_answer();
1080  }
1081  
1082  
1083  /**
1084   * This interface defines the methods that a {@link question_definition} must
1085   * implement if it is to be graded by the
1086   * {@link question_first_matching_answer_grading_strategy}.
1087   *
1088   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
1089   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
1090   */
1091  interface question_response_answer_comparer {
1092      /** @return array of {@link question_answers}. */
1093      public function get_answers();
1094  
1095      /**
1096       * @param array $response the response.
1097       * @param question_answer $answer an answer.
1098       * @return bool whether the response matches the answer.
1099       */
1100      public function compare_response_with_answer(array $response, question_answer $answer);
1101  }
1102  
1103  
1104  /**
1105   * This grading strategy is used by question types like shortanswer an numerical.
1106   * It gets a list of possible answers from the question, and returns the first one
1107   * that matches the given response. It returns the first answer with fraction 1.0
1108   * when asked for the correct answer.
1109   *
1110   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
1111   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
1112   */
1113  class question_first_matching_answer_grading_strategy implements question_grading_strategy {
1114      /**
1115       * @var question_response_answer_comparer (presumably also a
1116       * {@link question_definition}) the question we are doing the grading for.
1117       */
1118      protected $question;
1119  
1120      /**
1121       * @param question_response_answer_comparer $question (presumably also a
1122       * {@link question_definition}) the question we are doing the grading for.
1123       */
1124      public function __construct(question_response_answer_comparer $question) {
1125          $this->question = $question;
1126      }
1127  
1128      public function grade(array $response) {
1129          foreach ($this->question->get_answers() as $aid => $answer) {
1130              if ($this->question->compare_response_with_answer($response, $answer)) {
1131                  $answer->id = $aid;
1132                  return $answer;
1133              }
1134          }
1135          return null;
1136      }
1137  
1138      public function get_correct_answer() {
1139          foreach ($this->question->get_answers() as $answer) {
1140              $state = question_state::graded_state_for_fraction($answer->fraction);
1141              if ($state == question_state::$gradedright) {
1142                  return $answer;
1143              }
1144          }
1145          return null;
1146      }
1147  }