/**
* Remaps null fields to empty strings suitable for use in the client.
*
* @param genesDAO the instance to remap
* @return the same instance, with nulls remapped to empty strings.
*/
private GenesDAO remapNulls(GenesDAO genesDAO) {
// Re-map null fields to empty strings.
if (genesDAO != null) {
if (genesDAO.getCentimorgan() == null) genesDAO.setCentimorgan("");
if (genesDAO.getChromosome() == null) genesDAO.setChromosome("");
if (genesDAO.getCytoband() == null) genesDAO.setCytoband("");
if (genesDAO.getEnsembl_ref() == null) genesDAO.setEnsembl_ref("");
if (genesDAO.getFounder_line_number() == null) genesDAO.setFounder_line_number("");
if (genesDAO.getLast_change() == null) genesDAO.setLast_change("");
if (genesDAO.getMgi_ref() == null) genesDAO.setMgi_ref("");
if (genesDAO.getName() == null) genesDAO.setName("");
if (genesDAO.getPlasmid_construct() == null) genesDAO.setPlasmid_construct("");
if (genesDAO.getPromoter() == null) genesDAO.setPromoter("");
if (genesDAO.getSpecies() == null) genesDAO.setSpecies("");
if (genesDAO.getSymbol() == null) genesDAO.setSymbol("");
if (genesDAO.getUsername() == null) genesDAO.setUsername("");
}
return genesDAO;
}
/**
* Saves the given <code>GenesDAO</code> gene
*
* @param gene the <code>GenesDAO</code> to be saved
*/
public void save(GenesDAO gene) {
Session session = factory.getCurrentSession();
Integer centimorgan = Utils.tryParseInt(gene.getCentimorgan());
gene.setCentimorgan(
centimorgan == null
? null
: centimorgan
.toString()); // Centimorgans are numeric, nullable in the database, so re-map any
// non-numeric values to null.
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
String currentTimestamp = dateFormat.format(new Date());
gene.setLast_change(currentTimestamp);
gene.setUsername("EMMA");
try {
session.beginTransaction();
session.saveOrUpdate(gene);
session.getTransaction().commit();
} catch (HibernateException e) {
session.getTransaction().rollback();
throw e;
}
}
