org.openfjord.business.entities
Class SurveyElementFactory

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public class SurveyElementFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Factory Class for creating new SurveyElement Entity Beans

Title: openFJORD

Description: open Flexible Java Online Research Designer

Copyright: Copyright (c) University of Muenster

Company: University of Muenster

Version:

1.0

Author:

Ingo Düppe

Field Summary

static int	CARDINALQUESTION
static int	NOMINALQUESTION
static int	ORDINALQUESTION
static int	PAGEBREAK
static int	PARAGRAPH
static int	QUESTION
static int	SURVEYFOOTER
static int	SURVEYHEADER
static int	TEXTELEMENT

Constructor Summary

SurveyElementFactory()

Method Summary

static SurveyElementLocal	createSurveyElement(int elementType) Creates a new SurveyElement entity bean.
static SurveyElementLocal	createSurveyElement(SurveyElement element) Creates a new SurveyElement entity bean.
static boolean	isContainer(int type) checks if the given type is a survey element container type or not
static boolean	isQuestion(int type) check if the given type is a question or not

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PARAGRAPH

public static final int PARAGRAPH

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SURVEYHEADER

public static final int SURVEYHEADER

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SURVEYFOOTER

public static final int SURVEYFOOTER

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TEXTELEMENT

public static final int TEXTELEMENT

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QUESTION

public static final int QUESTION

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CARDINALQUESTION

public static final int CARDINALQUESTION

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ORDINALQUESTION

public static final int ORDINALQUESTION

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NOMINALQUESTION

public static final int NOMINALQUESTION

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PAGEBREAK

public static final int PAGEBREAK

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Constructor Detail

SurveyElementFactory

public SurveyElementFactory()

Method Detail

createSurveyElement

public static SurveyElementLocal createSurveyElement(SurveyElement element)

Creates a new SurveyElement entity bean.

Parameters:

element - reference to domain interface

Returns:

reference to the local interface of the create element

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createSurveyElement(org.openfjord.business.domain.SurveyElement)

createSurveyElement

public static SurveyElementLocal createSurveyElement(int elementType)

Creates a new SurveyElement entity bean. If necessary also with the dependent question bean.

Parameters:

elementType - type of the survey element

Returns:

reference to the local interface of the create element

isQuestion

public static boolean isQuestion(int type)

check if the given type is a question or not

Parameters:

type - element type

Returns:

true if type is a question or a sub type of it

isContainer

public static boolean isContainer(int type)

checks if the given type is a survey element container type or not

Parameters:

type - element type

Returns:

true if type is a element container or a sub type of it