Capability manager for the forum. More...

Public Member Functions
	__construct (forum_entity $forum, legacy_forum_data_mapper $forumdatamapper, legacy_discussion_data_mapper $discussiondatamapper, legacy_post_data_mapper $postdatamapper)
	Constructor.

	can_access_all_groups (stdClass $user)
	Can the user access all groups?

	can_access_group (stdClass $user, int $groupid)
	Can the user access the given group?

	can_create_discussions (stdClass $user, ?int $groupid=null)
	Can the user create discussions in this forum?

	can_delete_post (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion, post_entity $post, bool $hasreplies=false)
	Can the user delete the post in this discussion?

	can_edit_post (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion, post_entity $post)
	Can the user edit the post in this discussion?

	can_export_discussions (stdClass $user)
	Can the user export (see portfolios) discussions in this forum?

	can_export_forum (stdClass $user)
	Checks whether the user can export the whole forum (discussions and posts).

	can_export_post (stdClass $user, post_entity $post)
	Can the user export (see portfolios) the post in this discussion?

	can_favourite_discussion (stdClass $user)
	Can the user favourite the discussion.

	can_grade (stdClass $grader, ?stdClass $gradee=null)
	Check whether the supplied grader can grade the gradee.

	can_manage_forum (stdClass $user)
	Can the user manage this forum?

	can_manage_tags (stdClass $user)
	Can the user manage tags on the site?

	can_manually_control_post_read_status (stdClass $user)
	Can the user manually mark posts as read/unread in this forum?

	can_move_discussion (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion)
	Can the user move the discussion in this forum?

	can_move_discussions (stdClass $user)
	Can the user move discussions in this forum?

	can_pin_discussion (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion)
	Is the user pin the discussion?

	can_pin_discussions (stdClass $user)
	Can the user pin discussions in this forum?

	can_post_in_discussion (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion)
	Can the user post in this discussion?

	can_post_to_my_groups (stdClass $user)
	Can the user post to their groups?

	can_reply_privately_to_post (stdClass $user, post_entity $post)
	Can the user reply privately to the specified post?

	can_reply_to_post (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion, post_entity $post)
	Can the user reply to the post in this discussion?

	can_self_enrol (stdClass $user)
	Checks whether the user can self enrol into the course.

	can_split_discussions (stdClass $user)
	Can the user split discussions in this forum?

	can_split_post (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion, post_entity $post)
	Can the user split the post in this discussion?

	can_subscribe_to_discussion (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion)
	Can the user subscribe to the give discussion?

	can_subscribe_to_forum (stdClass $user)
	Can the user subscribe to this forum?

	can_view_any_private_reply (stdClass $user)
	Whether the user can view any private reply in the forum.

	can_view_discussion (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion)
	Can the user view the content of a discussion?

	can_view_discussions (stdClass $user)
	Can the user view discussions in this forum?

	can_view_hidden_posts (stdClass $user)
	Can the user view hidden posts in this forum?

	can_view_participants (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion)
	Can the user view the participants of this discussion?

	can_view_post (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion, post_entity $post)
	Can the user view the content of the post in this discussion?

	can_view_post_shell (stdClass $user, post_entity $post)
	Can the user view the post at all?

	must_post_before_viewing_discussion (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion)
	Is the user required to post in the discussion before they can view it?

	validate_delete_post (stdClass $user, discussion_entity $discussion, post_entity $post, bool $hasreplies=false)
	Verifies is the given user can delete a post.

Protected Member Functions
	get_context ()
	Get the context for this capability manager.

	get_discussion_record (discussion_entity $discussion)
	Get the legacy discussion record for the given discussion entity.

	get_forum ()
	Get the forum entity for this capability manager.

	get_forum_record ()
	Get the legacy forum record for this forum.

	get_post_record (post_entity $post)
	Get the legacy post record for the given post entity.

Protected Attributes
array	$canviewpostcache = []
	$canviewpostcache Cache of discussion posts that can be viewed by a user.

Detailed Description

Capability manager for the forum.

Defines all the business rules for what a user can and can't do in the forum.

Copyright: 2019 Ryan Wyllie ryan@.nosp@m.mood.nosp@m.le.co.nosp@m.m

License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ __construct()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::__construct	(	forum_entity	$forum,
		legacy_forum_data_mapper	$forumdatamapper,
		legacy_discussion_data_mapper	$discussiondatamapper,
		legacy_post_data_mapper	$postdatamapper )

Constructor.

Parameters

forum_entity	$forum	The forum entity to manage capabilities for.
legacy_forum_data_mapper	$forumdatamapper	Legacy forum data mapper
legacy_discussion_data_mapper	$discussiondatamapper	Legacy discussion data mapper
legacy_post_data_mapper	$postdatamapper	Legacy post data mapper

Member Function Documentation

◆ can_access_all_groups()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_access_all_groups ( stdClass $user )

Can the user access all groups?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_access_group()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_access_group	(	stdClass	$user,
		int	$groupid )

Can the user access the given group?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
int	$groupid	The id of the group that the forum is set to

Return values

bool

◆ can_create_discussions()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_create_discussions	(	stdClass	$user,
		?int	$groupid = null )

Can the user create discussions in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
int \| null	$groupid	The current activity group id

Return values

bool

◆ can_delete_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_delete_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion,
		post_entity	$post,
		bool	$hasreplies = false )

Can the user delete the post in this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to delete
bool	$hasreplies	Whether the post has replies

Return values

bool

◆ can_edit_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_edit_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion,
		post_entity	$post )

Can the user edit the post in this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to edit

Return values

bool

◆ can_export_discussions()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_export_discussions ( stdClass $user )

Can the user export (see portfolios) discussions in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_export_forum()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_export_forum ( stdClass $user )

Checks whether the user can export the whole forum (discussions and posts).

Parameters

stdClass $user The user object.

Return values

bool	True if the user can export the forum or false otherwise.

◆ can_export_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_export_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		post_entity	$post )

Can the user export (see portfolios) the post in this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to export

Return values

bool

◆ can_favourite_discussion()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_favourite_discussion ( stdClass $user )

Can the user favourite the discussion.

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_grade()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_grade	(	stdClass	$grader,
		?stdClass	$gradee = null )

Check whether the supplied grader can grade the gradee.

Parameters

stdClass	$grader	The user grading
stdClass	$gradee	The user being graded

Return values

bool

◆ can_manage_forum()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_manage_forum ( stdClass $user )

Can the user manage this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_manage_tags()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_manage_tags ( stdClass $user )

Can the user manage tags on the site?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_manually_control_post_read_status()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_manually_control_post_read_status ( stdClass $user )

Can the user manually mark posts as read/unread in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_move_discussion()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_move_discussion	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion )

Can the user move the discussion in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_move_discussions()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_move_discussions ( stdClass $user )

Can the user move discussions in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_pin_discussion()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_pin_discussion	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion )

Is the user pin the discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_pin_discussions()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_pin_discussions ( stdClass $user )

Can the user pin discussions in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_post_in_discussion()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_post_in_discussion	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion )

Can the user post in this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_post_to_my_groups()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_post_to_my_groups ( stdClass $user )

Can the user post to their groups?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_reply_privately_to_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_reply_privately_to_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		post_entity	$post )

Can the user reply privately to the specified post?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to reply to

Return values

bool

◆ can_reply_to_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_reply_to_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion,
		post_entity	$post )

Can the user reply to the post in this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to reply to

Return values

bool

◆ can_self_enrol()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_self_enrol ( stdClass $user )

Checks whether the user can self enrol into the course.

Mimics the checks on the add button in deprecatedlib/forum_print_latest_discussions

Parameters

stdClass $user

Return values

bool

◆ can_split_discussions()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_split_discussions ( stdClass $user )

Can the user split discussions in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_split_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_split_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion,
		post_entity	$post )

Can the user split the post in this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to split

Return values

bool

◆ can_subscribe_to_discussion()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_subscribe_to_discussion	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion )

Can the user subscribe to the give discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_subscribe_to_forum()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_subscribe_to_forum ( stdClass $user )

Can the user subscribe to this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_view_any_private_reply()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_view_any_private_reply ( stdClass $user )

Whether the user can view any private reply in the forum.

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_view_discussion()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_view_discussion	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion )

Can the user view the content of a discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_view_discussions()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_view_discussions ( stdClass $user )

Can the user view discussions in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_view_hidden_posts()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_view_hidden_posts ( stdClass $user )

Can the user view hidden posts in this forum?

Parameters

stdClass $user The user to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_view_participants()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_view_participants	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion )

Can the user view the participants of this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check

Return values

bool

◆ can_view_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_view_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion,
		post_entity	$post )

Can the user view the content of the post in this discussion?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to view

Return values

bool

◆ can_view_post_shell()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::can_view_post_shell	(	stdClass	$user,
		post_entity	$post )

Can the user view the post at all?

In some situations the user can view the shell of a post without being able to view its content.

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to view

Return values

bool

◆ get_context()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::get_context ( )

protected

Get the context for this capability manager.

Return values

context

◆ get_discussion_record()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::get_discussion_record ( discussion_entity $discussion )

protected

Get the legacy discussion record for the given discussion entity.

Parameters

discussion_entity $discussion The discussion to convert

Return values

stdClass

◆ get_forum()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::get_forum ( )

protected

Get the forum entity for this capability manager.

Return values

forum_entity

◆ get_forum_record()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::get_forum_record ( )

protected

Get the legacy forum record for this forum.

Return values

stdClass

◆ get_post_record()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::get_post_record ( post_entity $post )

protected

Get the legacy post record for the given post entity.

Parameters

post_entity $post The post to convert

Return values

stdClass

◆ must_post_before_viewing_discussion()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::must_post_before_viewing_discussion	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion )

Is the user required to post in the discussion before they can view it?

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check

Return values

bool

◆ validate_delete_post()

mod_forum\local\managers\capability::validate_delete_post	(	stdClass	$user,
		discussion_entity	$discussion,
		post_entity	$post,
		bool	$hasreplies = false )

Verifies is the given user can delete a post.

Parameters

stdClass	$user	The user to check
discussion_entity	$discussion	The discussion to check
post_entity	$post	The post the user wants to delete
bool	$hasreplies	Whether the post has replies

Return values

bool

Exceptions

moodle_exception

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

mod/forum/classes/local/managers/capability.php

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ __construct()

Member Function Documentation

◆ can_access_all_groups()

◆ can_access_group()

◆ can_create_discussions()

◆ can_delete_post()

◆ can_edit_post()

◆ can_export_discussions()

◆ can_export_forum()

◆ can_export_post()

◆ can_favourite_discussion()

◆ can_grade()

◆ can_manage_forum()

◆ can_manage_tags()

◆ can_manually_control_post_read_status()

◆ can_move_discussion()

◆ can_move_discussions()

◆ can_pin_discussion()

◆ can_pin_discussions()

◆ can_post_in_discussion()

◆ can_post_to_my_groups()

◆ can_reply_privately_to_post()

◆ can_reply_to_post()

◆ can_self_enrol()

◆ can_split_discussions()

◆ can_split_post()

◆ can_subscribe_to_discussion()

◆ can_subscribe_to_forum()

◆ can_view_any_private_reply()

◆ can_view_discussion()

◆ can_view_discussions()

◆ can_view_hidden_posts()

◆ can_view_participants()

◆ can_view_post()

◆ can_view_post_shell()

◆ get_context()

◆ get_discussion_record()

◆ get_forum()

◆ get_forum_record()

◆ get_post_record()

◆ must_post_before_viewing_discussion()

◆ validate_delete_post()