tao-test/app/vendor/oat-sa/lib-tao-qti/helpers/class.AbstractVariableFiller.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) 2013-2014 (original work) Open Assessment Technologies SA (under the project TAO-PRODUCT);
*
*/
use qtism\data\IAssessmentItem;
/**
* The VariableFiller provides a way to fill a QtiSm Runtime Variable with
* a value coming from the client side. These values are always transmitted as
* plain strings. However, we need a way to transform these string values as
* QtiSm compliant variable values. This is the goal of this class.
*
* @author Jérôme Bogaerts <jerome@taotesting.com>
*
*/
abstract class taoQtiCommon_helpers_AbstractVariableFiller {
/**
* The description of the item the variables belong to.
*
* @var IAssessmentItem
*/
private $itemRef;
/**
* Create a new VariableFiller object.
*
* @param IAssessmentItem $itemRef The item the variables you want to fill belong to.
*/
public function __construct(IAssessmentItem $itemRef) {
$this->setItemRef($itemRef);
}
/**
* Get the item reference the variables you want to fill belong to.
*
* @return IAssessmentItem An ExtendedAssessmentItemRef object.
*/
protected function getItemRef() {
return $this->itemRef;
}
/**
* Set the item reference the variables you want to fill belong to.
*
* @param IAssessmentItem $itemRef An IAssessmentItem object.
*/
protected function setItemRef(IAssessmentItem $itemRef) {
$this->itemRef = $itemRef;
}
/**
* Fill the variable $variableName with a correctly transformed $clientSideValue.
*
* @param string $variableName The variable identifier you want to fill.
* @param mixed $clientSideValue The value received from the client-side representing the value of the variable with identifier $variableName.
* @return Variable A Variable object filled with a correctly transformed $clientSideValue.
* @throws OutOfBoundsException If no variable with $variableName is described in the item.
* @throws OutOfRangeException If the $clientSideValue does not fit the target variable's baseType.
*/
abstract public function fill($variableName, $clientSideValue);
}