root/trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/studycapturing/Sample.groovy @ 934

package dbnp.studycapturing

import dbnp.data.Term

/**
 * The Sample class describes an actual sample which results from a SamplingEvent.
 *
 * Revision information:
 * $Rev$
 * $Author$
 * $Date$
 */
class Sample extends TemplateEntity {
        // uncommented due to searchable issue
        // @see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GRAILSPLUGINS-1577
        //static searchable = { [only: ['name']] }

        // A Sample always belongs to one study.
        static belongsTo = [parent : Study, parentSubject : Subject, parentEvent : SamplingEvent]

        // A Sample optionally has a parent Subject from which it was taken, this Subject should be in the same parent study.
        //long parentSubject

        // Also, it has a parent SamplingEvent describing the actual sampling, also within the same parent study.
        // Strange enough, we need to define parentEvent as a long here, otherwise the SamplingEvent gets serialized into the database (?!!)
        //long 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)


        /**
         * return the domain fields for this domain class
         * @return List
         */
        static List<TemplateField> giveDomainFields() { return Sample.domainFields }

        // We have to specify an ontology list for the material property. However, at compile time, this ontology does of course not exist.
        // Therefore, the ontology is added at runtime in the bootstrap, possibly downloading the ontology properties if it is not present in the database yet.
        static List<TemplateField> domainFields = [
                new TemplateField(
                        name: 'name',
                        type: TemplateFieldType.STRING,
                        preferredIdentifier: true,
                        required: true
                ),
                new TemplateField(
                        name: 'material',
                        type: TemplateFieldType.ONTOLOGYTERM
                )
        ]

        static constraints = {
                // The parent subject is optional, e.g. in a biobank of samples the subject could be unknown or non-existing.
                parentSubject(nullable:true)

                // The material domain field is optional
                material(nullable: true)

                // Check if the externalSampleId (currently defined as name) is really unique within each parent study of this sample.
                // This feature is tested by integration test SampleTests.testSampleUniqueNameConstraint
                name(unique:['parent'])

                // Same, but also when the other sample is not even in the database
                // This feature is tested by integration test SampleTests.testSampleUniqueNameConstraintAtValidate
                name(validator: { field, obj, errors ->
                        // 'obj' refers to the actual Sample object

                        // define a boolean
                        def error = false

                        if (obj.parent) {

                                // check if there is exactly one sample with this name in the study (this one)
                                if (obj.parent.samples.findAll{ it.name == obj.name}.size() > 1) {
                                        error = true
                                        errors.rejectValue(
                                                'name',
                                                'sample.UniqueNameViolation',
                                                [obj.name, obj.parent] as Object[],
                                                'Sample name {0} appears multiple times in study {1}'
                                                )
                                }
                        }
                        else {
                                // if there is no parent study defined, fail immediately
                                error = true
                        }

                        // got an error, or not?
                        return (!error)
                })
        }

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

        def String toString() {
                return name
        }
}