source: trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/studycapturing/TemplateFieldType.groovy @ 238

package dbnp.studycapturing

/**
 * Enum describing the type of a templated field.
 * Revision information:
 * $Rev: 238 $
 * $Author: duh $
 * $Date: 2010-03-05 14:21:52 +0000 (vr, 05 mrt 2010) $
 */
public enum TemplateFieldType implements Serializable  {
        STRING('String'),
        TEXT('Long string'),
        INTEGER('Integer number'),
        FLOAT('Floating-point number'),
        DOUBLE('Double precision floating-point number'),
        STRINGLIST('List of items'),
        ONTOLOGYTERM('Ontology Reference'),
        DATE('Date')

        String name

        TemplateFieldType(String name) {
                this.name = name
        }

        static list() {
                [STRING, TEXT, INTEGER, FLOAT, DOUBLE, STRINGLIST, ONTOLOGYTERM, DATE]
        }

        def getDefaultValue() {
                switch(this) {
                        case [STRING, TEXT]:
                                return ""
                        case INTEGER:
                                return Integer.MIN_VALUE
                        case FLOAT:
                                return Float.NaN
                        case DOUBLE:
                                return Double.MIN_VALUE
                        case STRINGLIST:
                                return null
                        case ONTOLOGYTERM:
                                return null
                        case DATE:
                                return null
                        default:
                                throw new NoSuchFieldException("Field type ${fieldType} not recognized")
                }
        }

        // It would be nice to see the description string in the scaffolding,
        // and the following works, but then the item cannot be saved properly.
        // TODO: find a way to display the enum description but save the enum value in the scaffolding
        /*
        def String toString() {
                  return this.name
        }
        */
}