ExperimentContext.java

/*
*   EuroCarbDB, a framework for carbohydrate bioinformatics
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*   Last commit: $Rev: 1211 $ by $Author: glycoslave $ on $Date:: 2009-06-13 #$  
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package org.eurocarbdb.dataaccess.core;


//  stdlib imports
import java.util.Date;
import java.io.Serializable;

//  3rd party imports
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

//  eurocarb imports
import org.eurocarbdb.dataaccess.Contributed;
import org.eurocarbdb.dataaccess.BasicEurocarbObject;

//  static imports
import static org.eurocarbdb.util.JavaUtils.checkNotNull;


/**
*   Encapsulates the association between a {@link BiologicalContext} 
*   and an {@link Experiment} that makes use of it.  
*
*   @author mjh
*/
public class ExperimentContext extends BasicEurocarbObject 
implements Contributed, Serializable 
{
    
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATIC FIELDS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
    /** logging handle */
    static Logger log = Logger.getLogger( ExperimentContext.class );
    
    
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FIELDS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
    private int experimentContextId;
    
    private BiologicalContext biologicalContext;
    
    private Experiment experiment;

    /** The contributor of this object; defaults to the current Contributor. 
    *   note that we *cannot* initialise this property at construction 
    *   time as it causes hibernate to go into an endless intialisation loop. */
    private Contributor contributor = null;
     
    /** The date this objects was created/entered into the data store. */
    private Date dateEntered = new Date();


    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONSTRUCTORS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    /** default constructor */
    public ExperimentContext() {}

    
    /** full constructor */
    public ExperimentContext( BiologicalContext biologicalContext, Experiment experiment ) 
    {
         this.biologicalContext = biologicalContext;
         this.experiment = experiment;
    }
    

    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATIC METHODS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   
    
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ METHODS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    public int getExperimentContextId() 
    {
        return this.experimentContextId;
    }
    
    
    public BiologicalContext getBiologicalContext() 
    {
        return this.biologicalContext;
    }
    
    
    public void setBiologicalContext( BiologicalContext bc ) 
    {
        checkNotNull( bc );
        this.biologicalContext = bc;
    }

    
    public Experiment getExperiment() 
    {
        return this.experiment;
    }
    
    
    public void setExperiment( Experiment e ) 
    {
        checkNotNull( e );
        this.experiment = e;
    }
   
    
    /* implementation of Contributed interface */
    
    /** Returns the original contributor of this object. */
    public Contributor getContributor() 
    {
        if ( this.contributor == null )
            setContributor( Contributor.getCurrentContributor() );
        
        return this.contributor;
    }
    
    
    /** Sets the contributor of this object. */
    public void setContributor( Contributor c ) 
    {
        checkNotNull( c );
        this.contributor = c;
    }
    

    /** 
    *   Returns the {@link Date} this object was created. 
    *   Defaults to the date/time this object was instantiated. 
    */
    public Date getDateEntered() 
    {
        return this.dateEntered;
    }
    
    
    /** Sets the {@link Date} this object was created. */
    public void setDateEntered( Date date ) 
    {
        checkNotNull( date );
        this.dateEntered = dateEntered;
    }

    
    public void validate()
    {
        //  todo    
        super.validate();
    }
    

    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRIVATE METHODS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    void setExperimentContextId( int experimentContextId ) 
    {
        this.experimentContextId = experimentContextId;
    }
    
}