core/app_setting.js
const { Context } = require('./context');
const { PersistentObject } = require('./persistent_object');
const { Util } = require('./util');
/**
* AppSetting is a simple, storable name-value pair that users
* can edit through the DART UI. For example, the AppSetting called
* "Organization Name" stores the name of the user's organization.
*
* AppSetting names and values should be strings. Also note that
* AppSetting inherits the property userCanDelete from PersistentObject.
* That value is true by default, but you may want to set it to false
* for settings you don't want users to delete.
*/
class AppSetting extends PersistentObject {
/**
* Creates a new AppSetting
*
* @param {object} opts - Object containing properties to set.
*
* @param {string} opts.id - A UUID in hex-string format. This is
* the object's unique identifier.
*
* @param {boolean} opts.userCanDelete - Indicates whether user is
* allowed to delete this record.
*
* @param {string} opts.name - The name of the setting. This should be
* unique, to prevent conflicts.
*
* @param {string} opts.value - The value of the setting.
*/
constructor(opts = {}) {
opts.required = ['name'];
super(opts);
/**
* Name is the name of the setting.
* Setting names should be unique, to prevent confusion.
*
* @type {string}
*/
this.name = opts.name || '';
/**
* Value is the value of the setting.
* It should be a string, so users can edit it in the DART UI.
*
* @type {string}
*/
this.value = opts.value || '';
/**
* This is an optional description telling the user what this
* AppSetting means, or what it does. If provided, this will
* appear in the DART UI when the user edits the AppSetting.
*
* @type {string}
*/
this.help = opts.help || '';
}
/**
* validate returns true or false, indicating whether this object
* contains complete and valid data. If it returns false, check
* the errors property for specific errors.
*
* @returns {boolean}
*/
validate() {
super.validate();
let setting = AppSetting.firstMatching('name', this.name);
if (setting && setting.id != this.id) {
this.errors["name"] = Context.y18n.__(
"%s must be unique", "name"
);
}
return Object.keys(this.errors).length == 0;
}
/**
* This converts a generic JavaScript hash/object into an AppSetting
* object. this is useful when loading objects from JSON.
*
* @param {object} data - An object you want to convert to an AppSetting.
* This object should have the properties 'name' and 'value'.
*
* @returns {AppSetting}
*
* @example
* let data = { name: 'Homer', value: 'Simpson' };
* let setting = AppSetting.inflateFrom(data);
*
*/
static inflateFrom(data) {
let setting = new AppSetting();
Object.assign(setting, data);
return setting;
}
}
// Copy static methods from base
Object.assign(AppSetting, PersistentObject);
module.exports.AppSetting = AppSetting;