source: trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/studycapturing/TemplateField.groovy @ 349

package dbnp.studycapturing

import dbnp.data.Ontology

/**
 * This is the class for template fields. These should be part of one or more templates via Template.fields
 *
 * Revision information:
 * $Rev: 349 $
 * $Author: duh $
 * $Date: 2010-04-19 11:05:48 +0000 (ma, 19 apr 2010) $
 */
class TemplateField implements Serializable {
        String name
        TemplateFieldType type
        String unit
        String comment // help string for the user interface
        List listEntries

    static hasMany = [listEntries : TemplateFieldListItem,
                // to store the entries to choose from when the type is 'item from predefined list'
                ontologies : Ontology // to store the ontologies to choose from when the type is 'ontology term'
        ]
        
        static constraints = {
                name(unique: true)
                unit(nullable: true, blank: true)
                comment(nullable:true, blank: true)
        }

        static mapping = {
                comment type: 'text'
        }

        String toString() {
                return name
        }


        /**
         * return an escaped name which can be used in business logic
         * @return String
         */
        def String escapedName() {
                return name.toLowerCase().replaceAll("([^a-z0-9])","_")
        }

        //TODO: make a convenience setter for a string array
        /*def setListEntries(ArrayList entries) {
                list=[]
                entries.each {
                        list.add(new TemplateFieldListItem(name: it))
                }
                this
        }*/

}