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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.3.x will end 7 October 2024 (12 months).
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namespace core_question\local\bank;

/**
 * Class bulk_action_base is the base class for bulk actions ui.
 *
 * Every plugin wants to implement a bulk action, should extend this class, add appropriate values to the methods
 * and finally pass this object via plugin_feature class.
 *
 * @package    core_question
 * @copyright  2021 Catalyst IT Australia Pty Ltd
 * @author     Safat Shahin <safatshahin@catalyst-au.net>
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
abstract class bulk_action_base {

    /**
     * Title of the bulk action.
     * Every bulk action will have a string to show in the list.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    abstract public function get_bulk_action_title(): string;

    /**
     * A unique key for the bulk action, this will be used in the api to identify the action data.
     * Every bulk must have a unique key to perform the action as a part of the form post in the base view.
     * When questions are selected, it will post according to the key its selected from the dropdown.
     *
     * @return string
     */
< public function get_bulk_action_key(): string { < return ''; < }
> abstract function get_key(): string;
/** * URL of the bulk action redirect page. * Bulk action can be performed by redirecting to a page and doing the appropriate selection * and finally doing the action. The url will be url of the page where users will be redirected to * select what to do with the selected questions. * * @return \moodle_url */ abstract public function get_bulk_action_url(): \moodle_url; /** * Get the capabilities for the bulk action. * The bulk actions might have some capabilities to action them as a user. * This method helps to get those caps which will be used by the base view before actioning the bulk action. * For ex: ['moodle/question:moveall', 'moodle/question:add'] * At least one of the cap need to be true for the user to use this action. * * @return array|null */ public function get_bulk_action_capabilities(): ?array { return null; }
<
/** * A unique key for the bulk action, this will be used in the api to identify the action data. * Every bulk must have a unique key to perform the action as a part of the form post in the base view. * When questions are selected, it will post according to the key its selected from the dropdown. *
< * Note: This method is the first towards moving from get_bulk_action_key() to get_key(). < *
* @return string
> * @deprecated since Moodle 4.1 */ > * @see get_key() public function get_key(): string { > * @todo Final deprecation on Moodle 4.5 MDL-72438
< public function get_key(): string { < if (!empty($this->get_bulk_action_key())) { < return $this->get_bulk_action_key(); < } < throw new \coding_exception('Bulk actions must implement the get_key() or get_bulk_action_key() method. ' . < 'In Moodle 4.1, get_bulk_action_key() is being deprecated and replaced by get_key().');
> public function get_bulk_action_key() { > debugging(__FUNCTION__ . " is deprecated and should no longer be used. Please use get_key() instead.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER); > return $this->get_key();
}