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+++ b/war/scripts/sti/DataObject.js	Tue Jul 17 13:34:40 2012 +0000
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+/**
+ * class that contains all needed information about an element of the resulting data set including time and place values
+ * @param {String} name the name of the data object
+ * @param {String} description description of the data object
+ * @param {String} place the place, the data object corresponds to
+ * @param {Date} time the time stamp, the data object corresponds to
+ * @param {int} granularity the granularity of the given time
+ * @param {float} lon the longitude value corresponding to the given place 
+ * @param {float} lat the latitude value corresponding to the given place
+ * 
+ * @constructor
+ */
+DataObject = function(name, description, place, timeStamp, timeSpan, granularity, lon, lat){
+
+    this.name = name;
+    this.description = description;
+    this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
+    this.timeSpan = timeSpan;
+	this.granularity = granularity;
+    this.longitude = lon;
+    this.latitude = lat;
+
+    this.setPlaces(place);
+    this.status = false;
+    this.percentage = 0;
+	this.hoverSelect = false;
+    
+};
+
+DataObject.prototype = {
+
+    /**
+     * sets the selection-percentage of the data object
+     * @param {float} percentage sets the percentage value (p); it describes the ratio to the actual selection <br>
+     * p = 0 if this data object is unselected, p = 1 if it is selected and 0 < p < 1 if its in a feather range 
+     */
+    setPercentage: function(percentage){
+        if (this.percentage == percentage) 
+            this.status = false;
+        else {
+            this.percentage = percentage;
+            this.status = true;
+        }
+    },
+    
+    inTime: function( minTime, maxTime ){
+    	if( this.timeStamp != undefined ){
+    		if( this.timeStamp.getTime() >= minTime.getTime() && this.timeStamp.getTime() <= maxTime.getTime() ){
+    			return true;
+    		}
+    	}
+    	else {
+    		if( this.timeSpan.start.getTime() >= minTime.getTime() && this.timeSpan.start.getTime() <= maxTime.getTime() ){
+    			return true;
+    		}
+    		if( this.timeSpan.end.getTime() >= minTime.getTime() && this.timeSpan.end.getTime() <= maxTime.getTime() ){
+    			return true;
+    		}
+    	}
+		return false;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * sets the object to a hover selection status
+     * @param {boolean} hover bool value that tells if an object is hovered or not
+     */
+    setHover: function(hover){
+    	this.hoverSelect = hover;
+    	if( this.percentage != 1 ){
+    		this.status = true;
+    	} 
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * return the string representation of the objects time
+     * @return the string representation of the objects time
+     */
+    getTimeString: function(){
+    	if( this.timeStamp != undefined ){
+    		return SimileAjax.DateTime.getTimeString(this.granularity,this.timeStamp)+"";
+    	}
+    	else {
+    		return ( SimileAjax.DateTime.getTimeString(this.granularity,this.timeSpan.start)+" - "+SimileAjax.DateTime.getTimeString(this.granularity,this.timeSpan.end));
+    	}
+    },
+    
+    isSelected: function(){
+		if( this.percentage > 0 || this.hoverSelect ){
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+    },
+    
+    setPlaces: function(place){
+        this.placeDetail = place.split("/");
+        this.place = "";
+        for( var i=0; i<this.placeDetail.length; i++ ){
+        	if( i>0 ){
+        		this.place += ", ";
+        	}
+        	this.place += this.placeDetail[i];
+        }
+    },
+    
+    getPlace: function(level){
+    	if( level >= this.placeDetail.length ){
+    		return this.placeDetail[this.placeDetail.length-1];
+    	}
+    	return this.placeDetail[level];
+    }
+    
+};