Merge branch 'replace_constants' into develop

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/gs_parameter.rb b/app/models/gs_parameter.rb
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+++ b/app/models/gs_parameter.rb
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+class GsParameter < ActiveRecord::Base
+  attr_accessible :name, :section, :value, :class_type, :description
+
+  validates :name,
+            :presence => true,
+            :uniqueness => true
+
+  validates :value,
+            :presence => true
+
+  validates :class_type,
+            :presence => true,
+            :inclusion => { :in => ['String', 'Integer', 'Boolean', 'YAML'] }
+
+  def self.get(wanted_variable)
+    if GsParameter.table_exists?
+      item = GsParameter.where(:name => wanted_variable).first
+      if item.nil?
+        return nil
+      else
+        return item.value.to_i if item.class_type == 'Integer'
+        return item.value.to_s if item.class_type == 'String'
+        if item.class_type == 'Boolean'
+          return true if item.value == 'true'
+          return false if item.value == 'false'
+        end
+        return YAML.load(item.value) if item.class_type == 'YAML'
+      end
+    else
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  def to_s
+    name
+  end
+end