from lxml import etree import pkg_resources import logging from keystore import Location from functools import partial log = logging.getLogger('mitx.' + __name__) def dummy_track(event_type, event): pass class ModuleMissingError(Exception): pass class Plugin(object): """ Base class for a system that uses entry_points to load plugins. Implementing classes are expected to have the following attributes: entry_point: The name of the entry point to load plugins from """ @classmethod def load_class(cls, identifier, default=None): """ Loads a single class intance specified by identifier. If identifier specifies more than a single class, then logs a warning and returns the first class identified. If default is not None, will return default if no entry_point matching identifier is found. Otherwise, will raise a ModuleMissingError """ identifier = identifier.lower() classes = list(pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(cls.entry_point, name=identifier)) if len(classes) > 1: log.warning("Found multiple classes for {entry_point} with identifier {id}: {classes}. Returning the first one.".format( entry_point=cls.entry_point, id=identifier, classes=", ".join(class_.module_name for class_ in classes))) if len(classes) == 0: if default is not None: return default raise ModuleMissingError(identifier) return classes[0].load() @classmethod def load_classes(cls): return [class_.load() for class_ in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(cls.entry_point)] class XModule(object): ''' Implements a generic learning module. Initialized on access with __init__, first time with instance_state=None, and shared_state=None. In later instantiations, instance_state will not be None, but shared_state may be See the HTML module for a simple example ''' icon_class = 'other' def __init__(self, system, location, definition, instance_state=None, shared_state=None, **kwargs): ''' Construct a new xmodule system: An I4xSystem allowing access to external resources location: Something Location-like that identifies this xmodule definition: A dictionary containing 'data' and 'children'. Both are optional 'data': is a json object specifying the behavior of this xmodule 'children': is a list of xmodule urls for child modules that this module depends on ''' self.system = system self.location = Location(location) self.definition = definition self.instance_state = instance_state self.shared_state = shared_state self.id = self.location.url() self.name = self.location.name self.display_name = kwargs.get('display_name', '') self._loaded_children = None def get_name(self): name = self.__xmltree.get('name') if name: return name else: raise "We should iterate through children and find a default name" def get_children(self): ''' Return module instances for all the children of this module. ''' if self._loaded_children is None: self._loaded_children = [self.system.get_module(child) for child in self.definition.get('children', [])] return self._loaded_children def get_display_items(self): ''' Returns a list of descendent module instances that will display immediately inside this module ''' items = [] for child in self.get_children(): items.extend(child.displayable_items()) return items def displayable_items(self): ''' Returns list of displayable modules contained by this module. If this module is visible, should return [self] ''' return [self] def get_icon_class(self): ''' Return a class identifying this module in the context of an icon ''' return self.icon_class ### Functions used in the LMS def get_instance_state(self): ''' State of the object, as stored in the database ''' return '{}' def get_shared_state(self): ''' Get state that should be shared with other instances using the same 'shared_state_key' attribute. ''' return '{}' def get_score(self): ''' Score the student received on the problem. ''' return None def max_score(self): ''' Maximum score. Two notes: * This is generic; in abstract, a problem could be 3/5 points on one randomization, and 5/7 on another * In practice, this is a Very Bad Idea, and (a) will break some code in place (although that code should get fixed), and (b) break some analytics we plan to put in place. ''' return None def get_html(self): ''' HTML, as shown in the browser. This is the only method that must be implemented ''' return "Unimplemented" def get_progress(self): ''' Return a progress.Progress object that represents how far the student has gone in this module. Must be implemented to get correct progress tracking behavior in nesting modules like sequence and vertical. If this module has no notion of progress, return None. ''' return None def handle_ajax(self, dispatch, get): ''' dispatch is last part of the URL. get is a dictionary-like object ''' return "" class XModuleDescriptor(Plugin): """ An XModuleDescriptor is a specification for an element of a course. This could be a problem, an organizational element (a group of content), or a segment of video, for example. XModuleDescriptors are independent and agnostic to the current student state on a problem. They handle the editing interface used by instructors to create a problem, and can generate XModules (which do know about student state). """ entry_point = "xmodule.v1" js = {} js_module = None @staticmethod def load_from_json(json_data, system, default_class=None): """ This method instantiates the correct subclass of XModuleDescriptor based on the contents of json_data. json_data must contain a 'location' element, and must be suitable to be passed into the subclasses `from_json` method. """ class_ = XModuleDescriptor.load_class( json_data['location']['category'], default_class ) return class_.from_json(json_data, system) @classmethod def from_json(cls, json_data, system): """ Creates an instance of this descriptor from the supplied json_data. This may be overridden by subclasses json_data: Json data specifying the data, children, and metadata for the descriptor system: An XModuleSystem for interacting with external resources """ return cls(system=system, **json_data) @staticmethod def load_from_xml(xml_data, system, org=None, course=None, default_class=None): """ This method instantiates the correct subclass of XModuleDescriptor based on the contents of xml_data. xml_data must be a string containing valid xml system is an XMLParsingSystem org and course are optional strings that will be used in the generated modules url identifiers """ class_ = XModuleDescriptor.load_class( etree.fromstring(xml_data).tag, default_class ) return class_.from_xml(xml_data, system, org, course) @classmethod def from_xml(cls, xml_data, system, org=None, course=None): """ Creates an instance of this descriptor from the supplied xml_data. This may be overridden by subclasses xml_data: A string of xml that will be translated into data and children for this module system is an XMLParsingSystem org and course are optional strings that will be used in the generated modules url identifiers """ raise NotImplementedError('Modules must implement from_xml to be parsable from xml') @classmethod def get_javascript(cls): """ Return a dictionary containing some of the following keys: coffee: A list of coffeescript fragments that should be compiled and placed on the page js: A list of javascript fragments that should be included on the page All of these will be loaded onto the page in the CMS """ return cls.js def js_module_name(self): """ Return the name of the javascript class to instantiate when this module descriptor is loaded for editing """ return self.js_module def __init__(self, system, definition=None, **kwargs): """ Construct a new XModuleDescriptor. The only required arguments are the system, used for interaction with external resources, and the definition, which specifies all the data needed to edit and display the problem (but none of the associated metadata that handles recordkeeping around the problem). This allows for maximal flexibility to add to the interface while preserving backwards compatibility. system: An XModuleSystem for interacting with external resources definition: A dict containing `data` and `children` representing the problem definition Current arguments passed in kwargs: location: A keystore.Location object indicating the name and ownership of this problem goals: A list of strings of learning goals associated with this module """ self.system = system self.definition = definition if definition is not None else {} self.name = Location(kwargs.get('location')).name self.type = Location(kwargs.get('location')).category self.url = Location(kwargs.get('location')).url() self.display_name = kwargs.get('display_name') # For now, we represent goals as a list of strings, but this # is one of the things that we are going to be iterating on heavily # to find the best teaching method self.goals = kwargs.get('goals', []) self._child_instances = None def get_children(self): """Returns a list of XModuleDescriptor instances for the children of this module""" if self._child_instances is None: self._child_instances = [self.system.load_item(child) for child in self.definition.get('children', [])] return self._child_instances def get_html(self): """ Return the html used to edit this module """ raise NotImplementedError("get_html() must be provided by specific modules") def xmodule_constructor(self, system): """ Returns a constructor for an XModule. This constructor takes two arguments: instance_state and shared_state, and returns a fully nstantiated XModule """ return partial(self.module_class, system, self.url, self.definition, display_name=self.display_name) class DescriptorSystem(object): def __init__(self, load_item, resources_fs): """ load_item: Takes a Location and returns an XModuleDescriptor resources_fs: A Filesystem object that contains all of the resources needed for the course """ self.load_item = load_item self.resources_fs = resources_fs class XMLParsingSystem(DescriptorSystem): def __init__(self, load_item, resources_fs, process_xml): """ process_xml: Takes an xml string, and returns the the XModuleDescriptor created from that xml """ DescriptorSystem.__init__(self, load_item, resources_fs) self.process_xml = process_xml