[Gusdev-gusdev] Review Status

[Ed R. <ero...@ug...>]

I have two issues with some plugins I am writing.  The first
is that when I load data sets produced by various predictive
algorithms, I need to include a review status.  This is a
non-null field in most of the tables.

The easy solution, and the one many older plugins use, is
simply to hardcode it.  Of course, hardcoding means everyone
else that uses the plugin will have to use the same values in
their database.  It also creates the possibility of different
plugins having different values.

What I would like to do, and this is also a suggestion of
Steve's, is to assume that all GUS instances have named values
in  SRes.ReviewStatus, "reviewed" and "unreviewed".  All of my
plugins will begin by loading the values for these into cache
and using them.  If they are not present in the table, then
the plugins will die with an error message.  This will be the
default operation of all of my plugins.

I would like to propse that this become a standard for all
plugins.  In fact, it probably should be part of the plugin
superclass.  If we want to have a few more assumed review
status types, then we can include those as standard names
also.  Ultimately, these names should all be included
somewhere in the Installation scripts.

Comments, disagreements?

thanks
-Ed

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Ed Robinson
Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
ero...@ug.../(706)542.1447/254.8883