function qformat_default::try_importing_using_qtypes in Quiz 6.6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 6.5 includes/moodle/question/format.php \qformat_default::try_importing_using_qtypes()

Import for questiontype plugins Do not override.

Parameters

data mixed The segment of data containing the question:

question object processed (so far) by standard import code if appropriate:

extra mixed any additional format specific data that may be passed by the format:

Return value

object question object suitable for save_options() or false if cannot handle

2 calls to qformat_default::try_importing_using_qtypes()

qformat_gift::readquestion in includes/moodle/question/format/gift/format.php

Given the data known to define a question in this format, this function converts it into a question object suitable for processing and insertion into Moodle.

qformat_xml::readquestions in includes/moodle/question/format/xml/format.php

parse the array of lines into an array of questions this *could* burn memory - but it won't happen that much so fingers crossed!

File

includes/moodle/question/format.php, line 186

Class

qformat_default

Base class for question import and export formats.

Code

function try_importing_using_qtypes($data, $question = null, $extra = null) {
  global $QTYPES;

  // work out what format we are using
  $formatname = substr(get_class($this), strlen('qformat_'));
  $methodname = "import_from_{$formatname}";

  // loop through installed questiontypes checking for
  // function to handle this question
  $QTYPES = isset($QTYPES) ? $QTYPES : array();
  foreach ($QTYPES as $qtype) {
    if (method_exists($qtype, $methodname)) {
      if ($question = $qtype
        ->{$methodname}($data, $question, $this, $extra)) {
        return $question;
      }
    }
  }
  return false;
}