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"""This module contains the Answer Model."""

__authors__ = [
  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
  '"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
]

from google.appengine.ext import db

from soc import models
import soc.models.question
import soc.models.review


class Answer(db.Model):
  """Model of a specific Answer to a Question in a specific Review."""

  #: A required many:1 relationship, where each of many Answers is
  #: a specific answer to a single Question.  An Answer must always
  #: be associated with a Question in order to be interpreted.
  #: It is currently unclear how useful this back-reference will be,
  #: since the same question could be used in multiple different
  #: Review "templates". Given this, 'answers' currently only exists
  #: for completeness. 
  question = db.ReferenceProperty(reference_class=models.question.Question,
                                  required=True, collection_name="answers")

  #: A required many:1 relationship, where each of many Answers to
  #: different Questions represents the answer set of a specific
  #: Review. The back-reference in the Review model is a Query named
  #: 'answers' which represents all of the specific answers to
  #: questions in that Review.
  review = db.ReferenceProperty(reference_class=models.review.Review,
                                required=True, collection_name="answers")

  #: db.StringProperty storing the "short" answer to the question;
  #: the interpretation of this value depends on the Question entity
  #: referred to by 'question'. Answers can be indexed, filtered, and
  #: sorted by their "short" answer. Depending on the Question type,
  #: some Answers will use only 'short', some only 'long', some both.
  short = db.StringProperty()

  #: db.TextProperty storing the "long" answer to the question;
  #: the interpretation of this value depends on the Question entity
  #: referred to by 'question'.
  long = db.TextProperty()

  #: db.ListProperty of short strings from the list of possible
  #: picks in the question.pick_choices list.
  picks = db.ListProperty(item_type=str)

