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+<?php
+
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Provides support for the conversion of moodle1 backup to the moodle2 format
+ * Based off of a template @ http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Backup_1.9_conversion_for_developers
+ *
+ * @package    mod
+ * @subpackage data
+ * @copyright  2011 Aparup Banerjee <aparup@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Database conversion handler
+ */
+class moodle1_mod_data_handler extends moodle1_mod_handler {
+
+    /**
+     * Declare the paths in moodle.xml we are able to convert
+     *
+     * The method returns list of {@link convert_path} instances.
+     * For each path returned, the corresponding conversion method must be
+     * defined.
+     *
+     * Note that the path /MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD/DATA does not
+     * actually exist in the file. The last element with the module name was
+     * appended by the moodle1_converter class.
+     *
+     * @return array of {@link convert_path} instances
+     */
+    public function get_paths() {
+        return array(
+            new convert_path('data', '/MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD/DATA',
+                        array(
+                            'newfields' => array(
+                                'introformat' => 0,
+                                'assesstimestart' => 0,
+                                'assesstimefinish' => 0,
+                            )
+                        )
+                    ),
+            new convert_path('data_field', '/MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD/DATA/FIELDS/FIELD')
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is executed every time we have one /MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD/DATA
+     * data available
+     */
+    public function process_data($data) {
+        global $CFG;
+        // get the course module id and context id
+        $instanceid = $data['id'];
+        $cminfo     = $this->get_cminfo($instanceid);
+        $moduleid   = $cminfo['id'];
+        $contextid  = $this->converter->get_contextid(CONTEXT_MODULE, $moduleid);
+
+        //upgrade data
+
+        //Upgrade all the data->notification currently being NULL to 0
+        if (is_null($data['notification'])) {
+            $data['notification'] = 0;
+        }
+
+        //@todo: user data - upgrade content to new file storage
+
+        // add 'export' tag to list and single template.
+        $pattern = '/\#\#delete\#\#(\s+)\#\#approve\#\#/';
+        $replacement = '##delete##$1##approve##$1##export##';
+        $data['listtemplate'] = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $data['listtemplate']);
+        $data['singletemplate'] = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $data['singletemplate']);
+
+        // conditionally migrate to html format in intro
+        if ($CFG->texteditors !== 'textarea' && $data['introformat'] == FORMAT_MOODLE ) {
+            $data['intro'] = text_to_html($data['intro'], false, false, true);
+            $data['introformat'] = FORMAT_HTML;
+        }
+
+        //@todo: user data - move data comments to comments table
+        //@todo: user data - move data ratings to ratings table
+
+        // we now have all information needed to start writing into the file
+        $this->open_xml_writer("activities/data_{$moduleid}/data.xml");
+        $this->xmlwriter->begin_tag('activity', array('id' => $instanceid, 'moduleid' => $moduleid,
+            'modulename' => 'data', 'contextid' => $contextid));
+        $this->xmlwriter->begin_tag('data', array('id' => $instanceid));
+
+        unset($data['id']); // we already write it as attribute, do not repeat it as child element
+        $addfield = true;
+        foreach ($data as $field => $value) {
+            if ($field == 'asearchtemplate') {
+                //add field asearchtemplate (if doesn't exist already)
+                $addfield = false;
+            }
+            $this->xmlwriter->full_tag($field, $value);
+        }
+        if ($addfield) {
+            $this->xmlwriter->full_tag('asearchtemplate', null);
+        }
+        $this->xmlwriter->begin_tag('fields');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is executed every time we have one /MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD/DATA/FIELDS/FIELD
+     * data available
+     */
+    public function process_data_field($data) {
+        // process database fields
+        $this->write_xml('field', $data, array('/field/id'));
+    }
+    /**
+     * This is executed every time we have one /MOODLE_BACKUP/COURSE/MODULES/MOD/DATA/RECORDS/RECORD
+     * data available
+     */
+    public function process_data_record($data) {
+        //@todo process user data, and define the convert path in get_paths() above.
+        //$this->write_xml('record', $data, array('/record/id'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is executed when we reach the closing </MOD> tag of our 'data' path
+     */
+    public function on_data_end() {
+
+        $this->xmlwriter->end_tag('fields');
+        $this->xmlwriter->end_tag('data');
+        $this->xmlwriter->end_tag('activity');
+        $this->close_xml_writer();
+    }
+}