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+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Adhoc task handling course module deletion.
+ *
+ * @package    core_course
+ * @copyright  2016 Jake Dallimore <jrhdallimore@gmail.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace core_course\task;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+/**
+ * Class handling course module deletion.
+ *
+ * This task supports an array of course module object as custom_data, and calls course_delete_module() in synchronous deletion
+ * mode for each of them.
+ * This will:
+ * 1. call any 'mod_xxx_pre_course_module_deleted' functions (e.g. Recycle bin)
+ * 2. delete the module
+ * 3. fire the deletion event
+ *
+ * @package core_course
+ * @copyright 2016 Jake Dallimore <jrhdallimore@gmail.com>
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class course_delete_modules extends \core\task\adhoc_task {
+
+    /**
+     * Run the deletion task.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception if the module could not be removed.
+     */
+    public function execute() {
+        global $CFG;
+        require_once($CFG->dirroot. '/course/lib.php');
+
+        $cms = $this->get_custom_data()->cms;
+        foreach ($cms as $cm) {
+            try {
+                course_delete_module($cm->id);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                throw new \coding_exception("The course module {$cm->id} could not be deleted. $e->getTraceAsString()");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}