Class Question

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.sociology.survey.Question

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChoiceQuestion, ScaleQuestion, TextQuestion

public abstract class Question
extends Object
implements ComprehensiveIdentification

Base class for all survey questions. Implements ComprehensiveIdentification to support dynamic traits and consistent identity.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final Identification	id
protected final Map<String,Object>	traits

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Question(String text, QuestionType type)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
String	getText()
Map<String,Object>	getTraits()	Returns the traits map for this entity.
QuestionType	getType()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isRequired()
void	setRequired(boolean required)
void	setText(String text)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getComments, getTrait, setComments

Methods inherited from interface ComprehensiveIdentification

getName, getTrait, setName, setTrait

Field Details

id

protected final Identification id

traits

protected final Map<String,Object> traits

Constructor Details

Question

public Question(String text,
 QuestionType type)

Method Details

getId

public Identification getId()

Description copied from interface: Identified

Returns the unique identifier of this entity.

Specified by:

getId in interface Identified<Identification>

Returns:

the identifier

getTraits

public Map<String,Object> getTraits()

Description copied from interface: ComprehensiveIdentification

Returns the traits map for this entity.

Specified by:

getTraits in interface Commented

Specified by:

getTraits in interface ComprehensiveIdentification

Returns:

the traits map

getText

public String getText()

setText

public void setText(String text)

getType

public QuestionType getType()

isRequired

public boolean isRequired()

setRequired

public void setRequired(boolean required)

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object