root/trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/studycapturing/Sample.groovy @ 667

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 {
        // uncommented due to searchable issue
        // @see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GRAILSPLUGINS-1577
        //static searchable = { [only: ['name']] }

        static belongsTo = [ parent : Study]

        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 }

        /**
         * 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,
                        required: true
                ),
                new TemplateField(
                        name: 'material',
                        type: TemplateFieldType.ONTOLOGYTERM
                )
        ]

        static constraints = {
                parentSubject(nullable:true)
                material(nullable: true)

                // 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.
                // This feature is tested by integration test SampleTests.testSampleUniqueNameConstraint

                /*name(validator: { fields, obj, errors ->
                        def error = false

                        if (fields) {
                                // Search through all study
                                if (obj.parent.samples.findAll({ it.name == fields}).size() != 1) {
                                        errors.rejectValue(
                                                'name',
                                                'sample.name.NotUnique',
                                                ['name',fields] as Object[],
                                                'The sample name is not unique within the study'
                                        )
                                }
                        }
                        else {
                                // If no value for name is specified, the sample should not validate
                                error = true
                        }

                        return (!error)
                })*/
        }

        /*static def getParentStudies() {
                Study.findAll {
                        it.samples.findAll {
                                it.name == this.name
                        }
                }
        }*/

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

}