cmu.survey.jsp.tags
Class AbstractQuestion

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
      cmu.survey.jsp.tags.TagSupportAndMore
          cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionTagStub
              cmu.survey.jsp.tags.Question
                  cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithVariable
                      cmu.survey.jsp.tags.AbstractQuestion

All Implemented Interfaces:

HasErrorInfo, HasErrorInfoAndSaves, QuestionTag, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TryCatchFinally

public class AbstractQuestion
extends QuestionWithVariable

An abstract question, used in @link QuestionsFromDatabase. It can be used to form many different types of questions.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithVariable

dbField, FieldTypeIsKey, FieldTypeIsNumeric, FieldTypes, type

Fields inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.Question

blankImageLocation, endQuestion, helpText, imageDirectory, question

Fields inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.TagSupportAndMore

dateFormatAmerican, dateTimeFormatAmerican, DAYS_OF_THE_WEEK, debug, MONTHS_OF_THE_YEAR, timeFormatAmerican

Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

pageContext

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

EVAL_BODY_AGAIN

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE

Constructor Summary

AbstractQuestion()

Method Summary

void	addQuestion(QuestionObject questionObject)
void	doQuestion() This is where all of the question related printing and work should go -- it gets called from doStartTag or from RandomizeQuestion if there is some matching going on.
boolean	hasVariable() The type of question to print the question as (i.e.
void	reinit()

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithVariable

getAnswer, getDbField, getExtraJavaScripts, getExtraJavaScripts, getFieldAndType, getFieldAndType, getTimeSpentInOnClickOrPressed, getTimeSpentInOnClickOrPressed, getType, isTypeKey, isTypeNumeric, isTypeNumeric, isValidType, printTimeSpentField, saveQuestionInfo, setDbField, setDefaultValue, setType

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.Question

clone, doEndOfQuestion, doEndOfQuestionNoPrinting, doMiddleOfQuestion, doStartOfQuestion, doStartOfQuestion, getAutoSubmitWhenFinishedWithThisQuestion, getBackgroundColorHTMLText, getDatabaseQuery, getEndQuestion, getExtraErrorInfo, getHelpText, getID, getOtherQuestionInfoToSave, getQuestion, getSupplementalErrorInfo, print, print, printTimeSpentField, setAutoSubmitWhenFinishedWithThisQuestion, setBackgroundColor, setEndQuestion, setHelpText, setID, setNumberOfColumns, setOtherQuestionInfoToSave, setQuestion, setSupplementalErrorInfo

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionTagStub

doStartTag, getErrorInfo, getSurvey, initSurvey, saveErrorInfo

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.TagSupportAndMore

breakDownToArray, convertDayNameToNum, convertDayNumToName, convertDayNumToName, convertMonthNumToName, doCatch, doEndTag, doFinally, formatDateTimeViewable, formatDateTimeViewable, formatDateViewable, formatTimeNoSecondsViewable, formatTimeNoSecondsViewable, formatTimeNoSecondsViewable, getNumDaysInWeek, parseTimeNoSecondsFromViewable, println

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

doAfterBody, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, release, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface cmu.survey.jsp.tags.HasErrorInfoAndSaves

saveErrorInfo

Methods inherited from interface cmu.survey.jsp.tags.HasErrorInfo

getErrorInfo

Constructor Detail

AbstractQuestion

public AbstractQuestion()

Method Detail

hasVariable

public boolean hasVariable()

The type of question to print the question as (i.e. "Checkbox", "Text").
Correlates with the otherAnswers vector -- they will always be of equal number, in a 1-1 relationship.

Specified by:

hasVariable in class QuestionWithVariable

Returns:

addQuestion

public void addQuestion(QuestionObject questionObject)

doQuestion

public void doQuestion()

Description copied from class: Question

This is where all of the question related printing and work should go -- it gets called from doStartTag or from RandomizeQuestion if there is some matching going on.

Specified by:

doQuestion in interface QuestionTag

Overrides:

doQuestion in class Question

reinit

public void reinit()

Overrides:

reinit in class QuestionWithVariable