edu.umass.cs.surveyman.analyses

Class DynamicAnalysis.QuestionResponse

java.lang.Object

edu.umass.cs.surveyman.analyses.DynamicAnalysis.QuestionResponse

All Implemented Interfaces:

IQuestionResponse, Comparable

Enclosing class:

DynamicAnalysis

public static class DynamicAnalysis.QuestionResponse
extends Object
implements IQuestionResponse

Concretized IQuestionResponse.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DynamicAnalysis.QuestionResponse(Survey s, String quid, int qpos) QuestionResponse constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(Object o)
SurveyDatum	getAnswer() Convenience method for getting a single answer, if this question is marked exclusive (i.e., radio button).
List<SurveyDatum>	getAnswers() Convenience method for getting a list of answers, if the question is marked not exclusive (i.e., checkbox).
int	getIndexSeen() Gets the index at which the question in this question response was seen.
List<OptTuple>	getOpts() Gets the list of answers the respondent provided for this question.
Question	getQuestion() Gets the question associated with this IQuestionResponse

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DynamicAnalysis.QuestionResponse

public DynamicAnalysis.QuestionResponse(Survey s,
                                String quid,
                                int qpos)
                                 throws SurveyException

QuestionResponse constructor.

Parameters:

s - The survey this response refers to.

quid - The question id for this response.

qpos - The index of the position at which this questio appeared to the respondent.

Throws:

SurveyException

Method Detail

getQuestion

public Question getQuestion()

Description copied from interface: IQuestionResponse

Gets the question associated with this IQuestionResponse

Specified by:

getQuestion in interface IQuestionResponse

Returns:

A Question object

getOpts

public List<OptTuple> getOpts()

Description copied from interface: IQuestionResponse

Gets the list of answers the respondent provided for this question. For radio button questions, this will hold exactly one OptTuple. For checkbox questions, it will hold more than one.

Specified by:

getOpts in interface IQuestionResponse

Returns:

A list of OptTuples, corresponding to answer data.

getIndexSeen

public int getIndexSeen()

Description copied from interface: IQuestionResponse

Gets the index at which the question in this question response was seen.

Specified by:

getIndexSeen in interface IQuestionResponse

Returns:

A 0-based integer index.

getAnswer

public SurveyDatum getAnswer()
                      throws SurveyException

Description copied from interface: IQuestionResponse

Convenience method for getting a single answer, if this question is marked exclusive (i.e., radio button).

Specified by:

getAnswer in interface IQuestionResponse

Returns:

The component corresponding to the respondent's answer.

Throws:

SurveyException - if this question is not marked exclusive.

getAnswers

public List<SurveyDatum> getAnswers()
                             throws SurveyException

Description copied from interface: IQuestionResponse

Convenience method for getting a list of answers, if the question is marked not exclusive (i.e., checkbox).

Specified by:

getAnswers in interface IQuestionResponse

Returns:

A list of Components corresponding to the respondent's answers.

Throws:

SurveyException - if this question is marked exclusive.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable