class-based schema

person.rb

require 'date'
require_relative './persistence.rb'
require_relative './mailing_address.rb'
require_relative './government_id.rb'



class Person < Persistence

  #-----------------------------------------------
  # initialize
  #-----------------------------------------------

  def initialize
    field = Person  # this is just an 'alias' to the class name. It makes the initialization of 'fields' read better (field.required and field.type)

    fields = Hash.new

    fields[ Person.first_name           ] = { field.required => true,   field.type => String,         field.location => field.local    } 
    fields[ Person.last_name            ] = { field.required => true,   field.type => String,         field.location => field.local    } 
    fields[ Person.nick_name            ] = { field.required => false,  field.type => String,         field.location => field.local    } 
    fields[ Person.government_id        ] = { field.required => true,   field.type => GovernmentId,   field.location => field.local    } 
    fields[ Person.date_of_birth        ] = { field.required => true,   field.type => Date,           field.location => field.local    } 
    fields[ Person.date_of_death        ] = { field.required => false,  field.type => Date,           field.location => field.local    } 
    fields[ Person.mailing_address      ] = { field.required => false,  field.type => MailingAddress, field.location => field.remote   } 
    super fields
  end

  #-----------------------------------------------
  # aggregate_type
  #-----------------------------------------------
  
  def self.aggregate_type 
    'person'
  end

  #-----------------------------------------------
  # field names
  #-----------------------------------------------

  def self.first_name
    'first_name'
  end
  def self.last_name
    'last_name'
  end
  def self.nick_name
    'nick_name'
  end  
  def self.government_id
    'government_id'
  end  
  def self.date_of_birth
    'date_of_birth'
  end
  def self.date_of_death
    'date_of_death'
  end
  def self.mailing_address
    'mailing_address'
  end

  #-----------------------------------------------
  # set lookup value
  #-----------------------------------------------

  def set_aggregate_lookup_value 
    @data['aggregate_lookup_value'] = government_id.value
  end



end