Interface QuestionBatchFormList

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable, OsidList, OsidList

public interface QuestionBatchFormList
extends OsidList

Like all OsidLists , QuestionBatchFormList provides a means for accessing QuestionBatchForm elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time. Examples:

while (qbfl.hasNext()) {
     QuestionBatchForm form = qbfl.getNextQuestionBatchForm();
}            
  

or

while (qbfl.hasNext()) {
     QuestionBatchForm[] forms = qbfl.getNextQuestionBatchForms(qbfl.available());
}            
  

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
QuestionBatchForm	getNextQuestionBatchForm()	Gets the next QuestionBatchForm in this list.
QuestionBatchForm[]	getNextQuestionBatchForms(long n)	Gets the next set of QuestionBatchForm elements in this list.

Methods inherited from interface Closeable

close

Methods inherited from interface OsidList

close

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Close this list.

Methods inherited from interface OsidList

available, hasNext, skip

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	available()	Gets the number of elements available for retrieval.
boolean	hasNext()	Tests if there are more elements in this list.
void	skip(long n)	Skip the specified number of elements in the list.

Method Details

getNextQuestionBatchForm

QuestionBatchForm getNextQuestionBatchForm()
                                    throws OperationFailedException

Gets the next QuestionBatchForm in this list.

Returns:

the next QuestionBatchForm in this list. The hasNext() method should be used to test that a next QuestionBatchForm is available before calling this method.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - no more elements available in this list

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getNextQuestionBatchForms

QuestionBatchForm[] getNextQuestionBatchForms(long n)
                                       throws OperationFailedException

Gets the next set of QuestionBatchForm elements in this list. The specified amount must be less than or equal to the return from available() .

Parameters:

n - the number of QuestionBatchForm elements requested which must be less than or equal to available()

Returns:

an array of QuestionBatchForm elements. The length of the array is less than or equal to the number specified.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - no more elements available in this list

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.