Index: lams_common/conf/hibernate/mappings/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/LearnerProgress.hbm.xml
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diff -u -r600dc5c9c87aa8fc67e052124ac91385847c856c -rf04ea5dd01ce29924bc450f44d9232b70dfb8f3e
--- lams_common/conf/hibernate/mappings/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/LearnerProgress.hbm.xml	(.../LearnerProgress.hbm.xml)	(revision 600dc5c9c87aa8fc67e052124ac91385847c856c)
+++ lams_common/conf/hibernate/mappings/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/LearnerProgress.hbm.xml	(.../LearnerProgress.hbm.xml)	(revision f04ea5dd01ce29924bc450f44d9232b70dfb8f3e)
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 			column="waiting_flag" />
 		<!-- Associations -->
 
+		<property name="restarting" type="java.lang.Boolean"
+			column="requires_restart_flag" />
+
 		<!-- uni-directional one-to-many association to attempted acitivities -->
 		<set name="attemptedActivities" lazy="true" batch-size="20"
 			cascade="none" table="lams_progress_attempted">
Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/LearnerProgress.java
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diff -u -rc44482d534e42cdecb0eefd678fad9cc5d8eb137 -rf04ea5dd01ce29924bc450f44d9232b70dfb8f3e
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/LearnerProgress.java	(.../LearnerProgress.java)	(revision c44482d534e42cdecb0eefd678fad9cc5d8eb137)
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/LearnerProgress.java	(.../LearnerProgress.java)	(revision f04ea5dd01ce29924bc450f44d9232b70dfb8f3e)
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@
 import org.lamsfoundation.lams.usermanagement.User;
 import org.lamsfoundation.lams.learningdesign.Activity;
 import org.lamsfoundation.lams.learningdesign.ActivityOrderComparator;
+import org.lamsfoundation.lams.lesson.dto.LearnerProgressDTO;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -123,6 +126,9 @@
      */
     private List currentCompletedActivitiesList;
     
+    /**Indicate whether the learning progress is restarting or not*/
+    private boolean restarting;
+    
     //---------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Constructors
     //---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -149,7 +155,9 @@
         this.attemptedActivities = attemptedActivities;
         this.completedActivities = completedActivities;
     }
-    
+    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Getters and Setters
+    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
      *          
      *
@@ -394,4 +402,59 @@
         this.currentCompletedActivitiesList = new LinkedList();
         this.currentCompletedActivitiesList.addAll(completedActivitiesList);
     }
+    /**
+     * @return Returns the isRestarting.
+     */
+    public boolean isRestarting()
+    {
+        return restarting;
+    }
+    /**
+     * @param isRestarting The isRestarting to set.
+     */
+    public void setRestarting(boolean restarting)
+    {
+        this.restarting = restarting;
+    }
+    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Service methods
+    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Returns the learner progress data transfer object.
+     */
+    public LearnerProgressDTO getLearnerProgressData()
+    {
+        
+        return new LearnerProgressDTO(this.lesson.getLessonId(),
+                                      this.lesson.getLessonName(),
+                                      this.user.getLogin(),
+                                      this.user.getUserId(),
+                                      this.currentActivity.getActivityId(),
+                                      this.createIdArrayFrom(this.attemptedActivities),
+                                      this.createIdArrayFrom(this.completedActivities));
+    }
+    
+    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Helper methods
+    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Extract the Id from activities and set them into an array.
+     * @param activities the activities that is being used to create the 
+     * 					 array.
+     */
+    private Long[] createIdArrayFrom(Set activities)
+    {
+        if(activities == null)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Fail to create id array" +
+            		" from null activity set");
+        
+        ArrayList activitiesIds = new ArrayList();
+        for(Iterator i= activities.iterator();i.hasNext();)
+        {
+            Activity activity = (Activity)i.next();
+            activitiesIds.add(activity.getActivityId());
+        }
+        
+        return (Long [])activitiesIds.toArray(new Long[activitiesIds.size()]);
+    }
 }
Index: lams_common/test/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/dao/TestLearnerProgressDAO.java
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diff -u -rfee6e64a584e9b1a7df005ba288332c49310fe7c -rf04ea5dd01ce29924bc450f44d9232b70dfb8f3e
--- lams_common/test/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/dao/TestLearnerProgressDAO.java	(.../TestLearnerProgressDAO.java)	(revision fee6e64a584e9b1a7df005ba288332c49310fe7c)
+++ lams_common/test/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/lesson/dao/TestLearnerProgressDAO.java	(.../TestLearnerProgressDAO.java)	(revision f04ea5dd01ce29924bc450f44d9232b70dfb8f3e)
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
         assertNull("should not get any progress data",progress);
     }
 
+    
     public void testSaveLearnerProgress() throws HibernateException
     {
         super.learnerProgressDao.saveLearnerProgress(this.testLearnerProgress);
@@ -134,18 +135,20 @@
         progress.setProgressState(firstActivity,LearnerProgress.ACTIVITY_COMPLETED);
         progress.setProgressState(testParallelActivity,LearnerProgress.ACTIVITY_COMPLETED);
         progress.setProgressState(testToolActivity,LearnerProgress.ACTIVITY_ATTEMPTED);
+        progress.setRestarting(true);
         
         super.learnerProgressDao.updateLearnerProgress(progress);
         
         LearnerProgress updatedProgress= learnerProgressDao.getLearnerProgressByLearner(testUser,testLesson);
         assertLearnerProgressInitialization(progress);
         assertEquals("verify completed activity",2,updatedProgress.getCompletedActivities().size());
         assertEquals("verify attempted activity",1,updatedProgress.getAttemptedActivities().size());
-        
+        assertTrue("is restarting",updatedProgress.isRestarting());
         super.learnerProgressDao.deleteLearnerProgress(testLearnerProgress);
         super.getSession().flush();
     }
 
+  
     /**
      * @param progress
      */