Answering an Object Prompt

// obtain the WebObjectSource and WebReportSource interfaces from the WebObjectsFactory

WebObjectsFactory factory = WebObjectsFactory.getInstance();

WebObjectSource objectSource = factory.getObjectSource();

WebReportSource reportSource = factory.getReportSource();

 

// get the messageID, stateID, prompt index, and prompt answer that are obtained from the HTML form data

String messageID = "";

int stateID = 1;

int pin = 1;

String promptAnswer = "";

 

// has the objectID for the object that has to be added to the answer list for the object prompt

String objectID = ""; // This is the object to be added to the object prompts answer list.

int objectType = 12;

 

try {

   // obtain the report instance

   WebReportInstance reportInstance = reportSource.getInstance(messageID, stateID);

 

   // check for prompted and non-prompted reports

   WebPrompt prompt = reportInstance.getPrompts().findPromptByPIN(pin);

   if(prompt == null) {

      Log.logger.log(Level.ERROR, "Unable to find the specified prompt instance!");

      return;

   }

 

   // load the existing answer XML

   prompt.populateAnswer(promptAnswer);

 

   if(prompt.getType() == EnumWebPromptType.WebPromptTypeObjects) {

      // get the object to add

      WebObjectInfo object = objectSource.getObject(objectID, objectType);

 

      // get the specific prompt interface

      WebObjectsPrompt objPrompt = (WebObjectsPrompt) prompt;

 

      // add the object to the existing collection

      objPrompt.getAnswer().add(object);

 

      // validate the answer before sending it to Intelligence Server

      objPrompt.validate();

 

      // answer the prompt and submits the answer to Intelligence Server

      objPrompt.answerPrompt();

   }

 

   else {

      Log.logger.log(Level.ERROR, "This not an object prompt!");

      return;

   }

}

 

catch (WebObjectsException e) {

   Log.logger.log(Level.ERROR, e.getMessage());

}