Changeset 267

Timestamp:

Mar 15, 2010, 4:59:34 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

jahn

Message:

Added convenience function that creates a Term if it does not exist in the db. This should be updated in accordance with the Ontologies.

File:

• trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/data/Term.groovy (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/grails-app/domain/dbnp/data/Term.groovy

@@ -25 +25 @@
                 return name
         }
+
+
+        // Covenenice method for delivering Terms.
+        // if the term is already defined, use it.
+        // otherwise, create it.
+        // should be removed when ontologies work.
+        static getTerm( string ) {
+            def term = Term.find("from Term as t where t.name = '${string}'")
+            if( term==null ) { term = new Term()
+                    term.name=string
+                    term.ontology = Ontology.find('from Ontology as o')
+                    term.accession = ''
+                    println string
+                    if( term.save(flush:true) ) { println "okay, saved" }
+                    else {
+                            term.errors.each{ println it }
+                            println "not okay, not saved" }
+            }
+            return term
+        }
 }