Interface Item

All Superinterfaces:
Aggregateable, Browsable, Extensible, Identifiable, OsidObject
public interface Item extends OsidObject, Aggregateable

An Item represents an individual assessment item such as a question. Like all OSID objects, a Item is identified by its Id and any persisted references should use the Id .

An Item is composed of a Question and an Answer .

  • Method Details

    • getLearningObjectiveIds

      IdList getLearningObjectiveIds()
      Gets the Ids of any Objectives corresponding to this item.
      Returns:
      the learning objective Ids
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getLearningObjectives

      ObjectiveList getLearningObjectives() throws OperationFailedException
      Gets the any Objectives corresponding to this item.
      Returns:
      the learning objectives
      Throws:
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getQuestionId

      Id getQuestionId()
      Gets the Id of the Question .
      Returns:
      the question Id
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getQuestion

      Question getQuestion() throws OperationFailedException
      Gets the question.
      Returns:
      the question
      Throws:
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAnswerIds

      IdList getAnswerIds()
      Gets the Ids of the answers. Questions may have more than one acceptable answer.
      Returns:
      the answer Ids
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAnswers

      AnswerList getAnswers() throws OperationFailedException
      Gets the answers.
      Returns:
      the answers
      Throws:
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getItemRecord

      ItemRecord getItemRecord(Type itemRecordType) throws OperationFailedException
      Gets the item record corresponding to the given Item record Type . This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested records. 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 - the type of the record to retrieve
      Returns:
      the item record
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - itemRecordType is null
      OperationFailedException - unable to complete request
      UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(itemRecordType) is false
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.