xowf::test_item::Question_manager method replace_pool_question (public)

 <instance of xowf::test_item::Question_manager> replace_pool_question \
    [ -position position ] [ -seed seed ] \
    [ -allowed_forms allowed_forms ] [ -field_name field_name ] \
    [ -pool_question_obj pool_question_obj ] \
    [ -exam_question_names exam_question_names ]

Defined in packages/xowf/tcl/test-item-procs.tcl

Switches:

-position

(optional)

-seed

(optional)

-allowed_forms

(defaults to "en:edit-interaction.wf") (optional)

-field_name

(optional)

-pool_question_obj

(optional)

-exam_question_names

(optional)

Returns:

an initialized replacement form obj if this is possible

Partial Call Graph (max 5 caller/called nodes):

Testcases:

No testcase defined.

Source code:

set field_name ""; ## rely on fallback
set candidate_dict [:get_pool_questions   -allowed_forms $allowed_forms  -field_name $field_name  $pool_question_obj  $exam_question_names]

set candidate_names [dict keys $candidate_dict]
set nrCandidates [llength $candidate_names]
if {$nrCandidates == 0} {
  set h [ns_set iget [ns_conn headers] referrer]
  set url [join [lrange [split [xo::cc url] /] 0 end-1] /]?m=edit
  util_user_message -message "could not find a replacement item for pool question: no matching item found"
  ad_returnredirect $url
  ad_script_abort
}

#
# It might be the case that we select the same item for an exam
# twice. Therefore, we have to iterate, until we find different
# items.
#
expr {srand($seed)}
set maxiter 100
while {1} {
  set i [expr {int(($nrCandidates) * rand())}]
  set new_name [lindex $candidate_names $i]
  #ns_log notice "replace_pool_question position $position seed $seed random_index $i"

  set contained [expr {$new_name in $exam_question_names}]
  #ns_log notice "replace_pool_question replace [$pool_question_obj name] by $new_name contained in"  #    "[lsort $exam_question_names] contained $contained"
  if {!$contained || [incr maxiter -1] < 0} {
    break
  }
}
if {$contained} {
  error "could not find a replacement item for [$pool_question_obj name]: only duplicate items found"

}
set form_obj [::xowiki::FormPage get_instance_from_db  -item_id [dict get $candidate_dict $new_name item_id]]

#$form_obj initialize

# ns_log notice [$form_obj serialize]
return $form_obj

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