org.osid.assessment

Interface Response

All Superinterfaces:

Extensible, OsidCondition, Suppliable

public interface Response
extends OsidCondition

A response to an assessment item. This interface contains methods to set values in response to an assessmet item and mirrors the item record structure with the corresponding setters.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Item	getItem() Gets the Item.
Id	getItemId() Gets the Id of the Item.
ResponseRecord	getResponseRecord(Type itemRecordType) Gets the response record corresponding to the given Item record Type.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Method Detail

getItemId

Id getItemId()

Gets the Id of the Item.

Returns:

the assessment item Id

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getItem

Item getItem()

Gets the Item.

Returns:

the assessment item

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getResponseRecord

ResponseRecord getResponseRecord(Type itemRecordType)
                                 throws OperationFailedException

Gets the response record corresponding to the given Item record Type. This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested record. The itemRecordType may be the Type returned in getRecordTypes() or any of its parents in a Type hierarchy where hasRecordType(itemRecordType) is true .

Parameters:

itemRecordType - an item record type

Returns:

the response record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - itemRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(itemRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.