CONTRIB-490 Added support for scripted generation of questions. Calculated type not yet supported (datasets too complicated ;)

question/type/questiontype.php

@@ -1582,5 +1582,29 @@ class default_questiontype {
         // There is nothing to decode
         return $state->answer;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Abstract function implemented by each question type. It runs all the code
+     * required to set up and save a question of any type for testing purposes.
+     * Alternate DB table prefix may be used to facilitate data deletion.
+     */
+    function generate_test($name, $courseid=null) {
+        $form = new stdClass();
+        $form->name = $name;
+        $form->questiontextformat = 1;
+        $form->questiontext = 'test question, generated by script';
+        $form->defaultgrade = 1;
+        $form->penalty = 0.1;
+        $form->generalfeedback = "Well done";
+
+        $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_COURSE, $courseid);
+        $newcategory = question_make_default_categories(array($context));
+        $form->category = $newcategory->id . ',1';
+
+        $question = new stdClass();
+        $question->courseid = $courseid;
+        $question->qtype = $this->qtype;
+        return array($form, $question);
+    }
 }
 ?>