tao-test/app/taoQtiItem/model/qti/metadata/MetadataExtractor.php

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<?php
/**
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; under version 2
* of the License (non-upgradable).
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*
* Copyright (c) 2014 (original work) Open Assessment Technologies SA (under the project TAO-PRODUCT);
*
*/
namespace oat\taoQtiItem\model\qti\metadata;
/**
* A MetadataExtractor implements the mechanics to extract all metadata values from a given source.
*
* A MetadataExtractor implementation could extract MetadataValue objects from various kind of sources, such
* as IMS Manifest XML Files, Ontologies, QTI Items, QTI Tests, ...
*
* @author Jérôme Bogaerts <jerome@taotesting.com>
* @see MetadataValue The MedataValue interface, describing objects extracted and returned by a MetadataExtractor.
*/
interface MetadataExtractor
{
/**
* Extract the metadata values from a given source.
* Please see the documentation of the MetadataValue interface for in depth information
* about what a metadata value actually is.
*
* The return value of this method is an associative array. Each key is a Resource Identifier and
* each value for a key is an array of MetadataValue object that belongs to the resource identified
* by Resource Identifier.
*
* If no MetadataValue objects could be infered from the $source, an empty array is returned.
*
* @param mixed $source The source you want to extract MetaDataValue objects from.
* @throws MetadataExtractionException If something goes wrong during the extraction process.
* @return MetadataValue[] An associative array where MetadataValue objects are regrouped by Resource Identifier.
*/
public function extract($source);
}