source: trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/studycapturing/Sample.groovy @ 652

package dbnp.studycapturing

import dbnp.data.Term
import dbnp.data.Ontology

/**
 * The Sample class describes an actual sample which results from a SamplingEvent.
 */
class Sample extends TemplateEntity {
    static searchable = { [only: ['name']] }
  
        Subject parentSubject
        SamplingEvent parentEvent

        String name             // should be unique with respect to the parent study (which can be inferred)
        Term material           // material of the sample (should normally be bound to the BRENDA ontology)

        def getExternalSampleId() { name }

        // TODO: Write a validation method that checks if the externalSampleId (currently defined as name)
        // is really unique within each parent study of this sample.
        // Maybe this could also be a constraint, but we might run into trouble creating new Sample objects in e.g. the create wizard.
        // To be checked.

        /**
         * return the domain fields for this domain class
         * @return List
         */
        static List<TemplateField> giveDomainFields() { return Sample.domainFields }
        static List<TemplateField> domainFields = [
                new TemplateField(
                        name: 'name',
                        type: TemplateFieldType.STRING,
                        preferredIdentifier: true
                ),
                new TemplateField(
                        name: 'material',
                        type: TemplateFieldType.ONTOLOGYTERM
                )
        ]

        static constraints = {
                parentSubject(nullable:true)
        }

        static getSamplesFor( event ) {
                return  Sample.findAll( 'from Sample s where s.parentEvent =:event', [event:event] )
        }

}