ChangeExperimentRequest.java

package requests;

import util.AnnotationDataValue;

/**
 * This class represents a "Add an experiment" request in an application for
 * genome researchers. This request adds a experiment to the database of the
 * application.
 *
 * @author
 *
 */
public class ChangeExperimentRequest extends Request {
    /**
     * Attributes needed for the request.
     *
     */
    public String name;
    public AnnotationDataValue[] annotations;

    /**
     * Constructor creating the request. Removes the annotations without
     * any value
     *
     * @param experimentName
     *            String representing the name of the experiment.
     * @param annotations
     *            An array representing the annotations assigned to the
     *            experiment.
     */
    public ChangeExperimentRequest(String experimentName,
            AnnotationDataValue[] annotations) {
        super("changeexperiment", "/experiment/"+experimentName, "PUT");
        this.name = experimentName;
        //this.annotations = annotations;
        int i = 0;
        for(AnnotationDataValue a: annotations) {
            if(a.value.isEmpty()) {
                i++;
            }
        }
        int j = 0;
        this.annotations = new AnnotationDataValue[annotations.length-i];
        for(AnnotationDataValue a: annotations) {
            if(!a.value.isEmpty()) {
                this.annotations[j] = a;
                j++;
            }
        }
    }
}