cmu.survey.editor.data
Interface QuestionDataBitSet

All Superinterfaces:

DataBitSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

QuestionDataBitSetSQL, QuestionDataBitSetTable

public interface QuestionDataBitSet
extends DataBitSet

Method Summary

AuxillaryQuestionPartSet	getAuxillaryParts() Gets a AuxillaryQuestionPartSet which has a list of the auxillary question parts.
StringDataBit	getBackgroundColor()
IntegerDataBit	getCacheRandomizeInnerOrder()
ChoicesDataBitSet	getChoices()
StringDataBit	getEndQuestion() HTML text that shows at the end of the question.
java.lang.String	getErrorDescription(StringDataBit answersTable)
StringDataBit	getHelpText() HTML text that shows when you click a little "?".
IntegerDataBit	getPageIDInsideThis() Only required when the type is PAGE.
Page	getPageInsideThis()
IntegerDataBit	getRandomizeInnerOrder()
boolean	getSavesToDatabase()
IntegerDataBit	getSingleQuestionFlag() This means one of two things.
StringDataBit	getStartQuestion() HTML text that shows at the beginning of the question.
StringDataBit	getType()
VariableDataBitSet	getVariable()
boolean	hasError(StringDataBit answersTable)
boolean	isNew()

Methods inherited from interface cmu.survey.editor.data.DataBitSet

hasBeenModified

Method Detail

getStartQuestion

StringDataBit getStartQuestion()

HTML text that shows at the beginning of the question.

Returns:

getEndQuestion

StringDataBit getEndQuestion()

HTML text that shows at the end of the question.

Returns:

getHelpText

StringDataBit getHelpText()

HTML text that shows when you click a little "?".

Returns:

getType

StringDataBit getType()

getSavesToDatabase

boolean getSavesToDatabase()

getVariable

VariableDataBitSet getVariable()

getAuxillaryParts

AuxillaryQuestionPartSet getAuxillaryParts()

Gets a AuxillaryQuestionPartSet which has a list of the auxillary question parts. These parts are parts of the question that are used for rendering the question, mostly for Abstract questions.

Returns:

getBackgroundColor

StringDataBit getBackgroundColor()

getPageIDInsideThis

IntegerDataBit getPageIDInsideThis()

Only required when the type is PAGE.

Returns:

getPageInsideThis

Page getPageInsideThis()

getSingleQuestionFlag

IntegerDataBit getSingleQuestionFlag()

This means one of two things. (a) If the type is a radio button or text field, this is whether this one should be auto-submitted. (b) If this is a group, this is whether it should show only one item from the list. (c) If it's any other type, this is ignored.

Returns:

getRandomizeInnerOrder

IntegerDataBit getRandomizeInnerOrder()

getCacheRandomizeInnerOrder

IntegerDataBit getCacheRandomizeInnerOrder()

getChoices

ChoicesDataBitSet getChoices()

Returns:

the choices this question has, if it has choices at all. If this question type does not have choices, this returns null.

isNew

boolean isNew()

hasError

boolean hasError(StringDataBit answersTable)

getErrorDescription

java.lang.String getErrorDescription(StringDataBit answersTable)