org.researchstack.backbone.answerformat

Class ChoiceAnswerFormat

java.lang.Object

org.researchstack.backbone.answerformat.AnswerFormat

org.researchstack.backbone.answerformat.ChoiceAnswerFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanAnswerFormat

public class ChoiceAnswerFormat
extends AnswerFormat

The ChoiceAnswerFormat class represents an answer format that lets participants choose from a fixed set of text choices in a multiple or single choice question.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.researchstack.backbone.answerformat.AnswerFormat

AnswerFormat.ChoiceAnswerStyle, AnswerFormat.DateAnswerStyle, AnswerFormat.NumberFormattingStyle, AnswerFormat.QuestionType, AnswerFormat.Type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ChoiceAnswerFormat(AnswerFormat.ChoiceAnswerStyle answerStyle, Choice... choices) Creates an answer format with the specified answerStyle(single or multichoice) and collection of choices.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Choice[]	getChoices() Returns a copy of the choice array
AnswerFormat.QuestionType	getQuestionType() Returns a multiple choice or single choice question type, which will decide which StepBody to use to display this question.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChoiceAnswerFormat

public ChoiceAnswerFormat(AnswerFormat.ChoiceAnswerStyle answerStyle,
                          Choice... choices)

Creates an answer format with the specified answerStyle(single or multichoice) and collection of choices.

Parameters:

answerStyle - either MultipleChoice or SingleChoice

choices - an array of Choice objects, all of the same type

Method Detail

getQuestionType

public AnswerFormat.QuestionType getQuestionType()

Returns a multiple choice or single choice question type, which will decide which StepBody to use to display this question.

Overrides:

getQuestionType in class AnswerFormat

Returns:

the question type for this answer format

getChoices

public Choice[] getChoices()

Returns a copy of the choice array

Returns:

a copy of the choices for this question