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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.3.x will end 7 October 2024 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.3.x will end 21 April 2025 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 8.0.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.1. PHP 8.2.x is supported too.
   1  <?php
   2  // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
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  16  
  17  namespace core_question\local\bank;
  18  
  19  /**
  20   * Base class to implement actions that can be performed on any column.
  21   *
  22   * A plugin should define subclasses of this for each action it provides, and return an instance of each from
  23   * plugin_feature::get_column_actions(). The action returned from {@see get_action_menu_link()} will be displayed in each column
  24   * header.
  25   *
  26   * @package   core_question
  27   * @copyright 2023 onwards Catalyst IT EU {@link https://catalyst-eu.net}
  28   * @author    Mark Johnson <mark.johnson@catalyst-eu.net>
  29   * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  30   */
  31  abstract class column_action_base extends view_component {
  32      /**
  33       * A chance for subclasses to initialise themselves, for example to load lang strings,
  34       * without having to override the constructor.
  35       */
  36      protected function init(): void {
  37      }
  38  
  39      /**
  40       * Return the action menu link for this action on the supplied column.
  41       *
  42       * @param column_base $column The column we are providing the action for.
  43       * @return ?\action_menu_link The action to display in the column header.
  44       */
  45      abstract public function get_action_menu_link(column_base $column): ?\action_menu_link;
  46  }