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/question/type/shortanswer/ -> question.php (source)

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Short answer question definition class.

Copyright: 2009 The Open University
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
File Size: 200 lines (7 kb)
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Defines 1 class

qtype_shortanswer_question:: (15 methods):
  __construct()
  get_expected_data()
  summarise_response()
  un_summarise_response()
  is_complete_response()
  get_validation_error()
  is_same_response()
  get_answers()
  compare_response_with_answer()
  compare_string_with_wildcard()
  safe_normalize()
  get_correct_response()
  clean_response()
  check_file_access()
  get_question_definition_for_external_rendering()


Class: qtype_shortanswer_question  - X-Ref

Represents a short answer question.

__construct()   X-Ref
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get_expected_data()   X-Ref
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summarise_response(array $response)   X-Ref
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un_summarise_response(string $summary)   X-Ref
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is_complete_response(array $response)   X-Ref
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get_validation_error(array $response)   X-Ref
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is_same_response(array $prevresponse, array $newresponse)   X-Ref
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get_answers()   X-Ref
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compare_response_with_answer(array $response, question_answer $answer)   X-Ref
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compare_string_with_wildcard($string, $pattern, $ignorecase)   X-Ref
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safe_normalize($string)   X-Ref
Normalise a UTf-8 string to FORM_C, avoiding the pitfalls in PHP's
normalizer_normalize function.

param: string $string the input string.
return: string the normalised string.

get_correct_response()   X-Ref
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clean_response($answer)   X-Ref
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check_file_access($qa, $options, $component, $filearea,$args, $forcedownload)   X-Ref
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get_question_definition_for_external_rendering(question_attempt $qa, question_display_options $options)   X-Ref
Return the question settings that define this question as structured data.

param: question_attempt $qa the current attempt for which we are exporting the settings.
param: question_display_options $options the question display options which say which aspects of the question
return: mixed structure representing the question settings. In web services, this will be JSON-encoded.