/**
* Finds a seasonal athlete of the given {@code type}, such as {@link BaseballAthlete}, for the
* given {@code year}, and {@code team} or if not found, creates one.
*/
public <T extends SeasonalAthlete> T findOrCreateSeasonalAthlete(
Class<T> type, int year, SeasonalTeam team) {
Database database = getState().getDatabase();
T athlete =
database.readFirst(
Query.from(type).where("athlete = ? and year = ? and team = ?", this, year, team));
if (athlete == null) {
athlete = (T) database.getEnvironment().getType(type).createObject(null);
athlete.setAthlete(this);
athlete.setYear(year);
athlete.setTeam(team);
}
return athlete;
}
