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edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/x_module.py

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from lxml import etree
import pkg_resources
import logging
from keystore import Location
log = logging.getLogger('mitx.' + __name__)
def dummy_track(event_type, event):
pass
class ModuleMissingError(Exception):
pass
class Plugin(object):
@classmethod
def load_class(cls, identifier):
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:
raise ModuleMissingError(identifier)
return classes[0].load()
class XModule(object):
''' Implements a generic learning module.
Initialized on access with __init__, first time with state=None, and
then with state
See the HTML module for a simple example
'''
id_attribute='id' # An attribute guaranteed to be unique
@classmethod
def get_xml_tags(c):
''' Tags in the courseware file guaranteed to correspond to the module '''
return []
@classmethod
def get_usage_tags(c):
''' We should convert to a real module system
For now, this tells us whether we use this as an xmodule, a CAPA response type
or a CAPA input type '''
return ['xmodule']
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 rendered_children(self):
'''
Render all children.
This really ought to return a list of xmodules, instead of dictionaries
'''
children = [self.render_function(e) for e in self.__xmltree]
return children
def __init__(self, system = None, xml = None, item_id = None,
json = None, track_url=None, state=None):
''' In most cases, you must pass state or xml'''
if not item_id:
raise ValueError("Missing Index")
if not xml and not json:
raise ValueError("xml or json required")
if not system:
raise ValueError("System context required")
self.xml = xml
self.json = json
self.item_id = item_id
self.state = state
self.DEBUG = False
self.__xmltree = etree.fromstring(xml) # PRIVATE
if system:
## These are temporary; we really should go
## through self.system.
self.ajax_url = system.ajax_url
self.tracker = system.track_function
self.filestore = system.filestore
self.render_function = system.render_function
self.DEBUG = system.DEBUG
self.system = system
### Functions used in the LMS
def get_state(self):
''' State of the object, as stored in the database
'''
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 handle_ajax(self, dispatch, get):
''' dispatch is last part of the URL.
get is a dictionary-like object '''
return ""
class XModuleDescriptor(Plugin):
entry_point = "xmodule.v1"
@staticmethod
def load_from_json(json_data, load_item):
class_ = XModuleDescriptor.load_class(json_data['location']['category'])
return class_.from_json(json_data, load_item)
@classmethod
def from_json(cls, json_data, load_item):
"""
Creates an instance of this descriptor from the supplied json_data.
json_data: Json data specifying the data, children, and metadata for the descriptor
load_item: A function that takes an i4x url and returns a module descriptor
"""
return cls(load_item=load_item, **json_data)
def __init__(self,
load_item,
data=None,
children=None,
**kwargs):
self.load_item = load_item
self.data = data if data is not None else {}
self.children = children if children is not None else []
self.name = Location(kwargs.get('location')).name
self.type = Location(kwargs.get('location')).category
self._child_instances = None
def get_children(self, categories=None):
"""Returns a list of XModuleDescriptor instances for the children of this module"""
if self._child_instances is None:
self._child_instances = [self.load_item(child) for child in self.children]
if categories is None:
return self._child_instances
else:
return [child for child in self._child_instances if child.type in categories]
def get_xml(self):
''' For conversions between JSON and legacy XML representations.
'''
if self.xml:
return self.xml
else:
raise NotImplementedError("JSON->XML Translation not implemented")
def get_json(self):
''' For conversions between JSON and legacy XML representations.
'''
if self.json:
raise NotImplementedError
return self.json # TODO: Return context as well -- files, etc.
else:
raise NotImplementedError("XML->JSON Translation not implemented")
#def handle_cms_json(self):
# raise NotImplementedError
#def render(self, size):
# ''' Size: [thumbnail, small, full]
# Small ==> what we drag around
# Full ==> what we edit
# '''
# raise NotImplementedError