source: trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/data/Term.groovy @ 267

package dbnp.data

import dbnp.data.Ontology

/**
 * The Term object describes a term in the ontology that is referred to in other entities such as events.
 * The Term object should point to an existing term in an online ontology, therefore instances of this class can also
 * be seen as a cache of elements of the external ontology.
 *
 * Revision information:
 * $Rev$
 * $Author$
 * $Date$
 */
class Term implements Serializable {
        static searchable = true
        String name
        Ontology ontology
        String accession

        static constraints = {
        }

        def String toString() {
                return name
        }


        // Covenenice method for delivering Terms.
        // if the term is already defined, use it.
        // otherwise, create it.
        // should be removed when ontologies work.
        static getTerm( string ) {
            def term = Term.find("from Term as t where t.name = '${string}'")
            if( term==null ) { term = new Term()
                    term.name=string
                    term.ontology = Ontology.find('from Ontology as o')
                    term.accession = ''
                    println string
                    if( term.save(flush:true) ) { println "okay, saved" }
                    else {
                            term.errors.each{ println it }
                            println "not okay, not saved" }
            }
            return term
        }
}