X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/selectricity/blobdiff_plain/a16962155a3c3c6616bfe32c7216f3631836d38c..e8094b780ec0f30ac06b4de4c4f3a9c2bffe209d:/app/models/selectricity_service.rb?ds=inline

diff --git a/app/models/selectricity_service.rb b/app/models/selectricity_service.rb
index 6d338de..f5e7457 100644
--- a/app/models/selectricity_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/selectricity_service.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ require 'action_controller/integration'
 
 class SelectricityService < ActionWebService::Base
   web_service_api SelectricityAPI
+
+  ## Casts a quickvote.
+  ## Expects a quickvote name, a voter ID, and a list of candidate ID's respectively.
+  ## Returns a string containing any potential errors that occurred in the process.
   def cast_quickvote(election_name, voter_id, vote_list)
     election = QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote election_name
     if election
@@ -25,10 +29,15 @@ class SelectricityService < ActionWebService::Base
       raise ArgumentError.new("Cannot find election #{election_name}")
     end
   end
+
+  ## Converts QuickVote candidate ID's to names
+  ## Takes in a QuickVote name and a list of candidate ID's, and returns the names of
+  ## each candidate. Useful for doing just a few lookups; it's more efficient to use
+  ## get_quickvote_candidate_map for presenting info about an entire election.
   def quickvote_candidate_ids_to_names(shortname, id_list)
     qv=QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
     candidates={}
-    return [] unless qv
+    raise ArgumentError.new("Quickvote by name #{shortname} doesn't exist") unless qv
     qv.results
     qv.candidates.each {|c| candidates[c.id] = c}
     results=[]
@@ -42,14 +51,16 @@ class SelectricityService < ActionWebService::Base
     }
     results
   end
+
+  ## Return the results of a QuickVote.
+  ## Takes in the name of a quickvote, and returns a structure as described by
+  ## QuickVoteResultStruct
   def get_quickvote_results(shortname)
     #TODO: Validate shortname
     qv=QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
-    result=VoteResultStruct.new
-    result.errors=[]
+    result=QuickVoteResultStruct.new
     unless qv
-      result.errors << "No quickvote with name #{shortname} found!"
-      return result
+      raise ArgumentError.new("No quickvote with name #{shortname} found!")
     end
     qv.results
     result.plurality_winners=qv.plurality_result.winners
@@ -59,13 +70,17 @@ class SelectricityService < ActionWebService::Base
     result.borda_winners=qv.borda_result.winners
     result
   end
+
+  ## Returns information regarding all the candidates in a QuickVote
+  ## Takes in a QuickVote name, and returns the list of names and ID's of candidates
+  ## This can be useful for presenting the user with a list of readable names, while
+  ## the software sends results to us in the numeric ID's we require. The two lists are in
+  ## respective order.
   def get_quickvote_candidate_map(shortname)
     qv=QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
-    result=CandidateMap.new
-    result.errors=[]
+    result=QuickVoteCandidateMap.new
     unless qv
-      result.errors << "No quickvote with name #{shortname} found!"
-      return result
+      raise ArgumentError.new("No quickvote with name #{shortname} found!")
     end
     candidates={}
     qv.candidates.each {|c| candidates[c.id] = c.name}
@@ -73,35 +88,59 @@ class SelectricityService < ActionWebService::Base
     result.candidate_names=candidates.values
     result
   end
+
+  ## Get information on all the votes cast in a QuickVote
+  ## Takes in the name of a QuickVote, returns an array of QuickVoterInfo structures.
   def get_quickvote_votes(shortname)
-    qv=QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
-    votes=Array.new
+    qv = QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
+
     unless qv
-      return result
+      raise ArgumentError.new("Cannot find QuickVote #{shortname}")
     end
-    qv.votes.each  do |vote|
-      votes << VoteInfo.new(:voter_id => vote.voter.id, :voter_ipaddress => vote.voter.ipaddress, :vote_time => vote.time.to_i, :vote => vote.votes)
+
+    qv.votes.collect do |vote|
+       QuickVoterInfo.new(:voter_id => vote.voter.id,
+                    :voter_ipaddress => vote.voter.ipaddress,
+                    :vote_time => vote.time.to_i,
+                    :vote => vote.votes,
+                    :voter_session_id => vote.voter.session_id)
     end
-    return votes
   end
+
+  ## Gets a list of all QuickVotes in the system.
   def list_quickvotes()
-    all=Array.new
-    QuickVote.find(:all).each do |election|
-      all << get_quickvote(election.name)
+    QuickVote.find(:all).collect do |election|
+      get_quickvote(election.name)
     end
-    return all
   end
+
+  ## Gets information on a particular QuickVote
+  ## Takes in a QuickVote name
   def get_quickvote(shortname)
-    return ElectionStruct.new unless election=QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
-    return ElectionStruct.new(:id => election.id, :name => election.name, :description => election.description, :candidate_ids => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.id }, :candidate_names => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.name } )
+    unless election = QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
+      raise ArgumentError.new("Cannot find QuickVote named #{shortname}")
+    end
+
+    QuickVoteStruct.new(
+      :id => election.id,
+      :name => election.name,
+      :description => election.description,
+      :candidate_ids => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.id },
+      :candidate_names => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.name } )
   end
+
+  ## Create a QuickVote
+  ## Pass in a QuickVoteStruct populated with all the fields but the candidate ID's
+  ## Any candidate ID's you fill in will be ignored anyway.
   def create_quickvote(election)
-    qv=QuickVote.new(:name => election.name, :description => election.description)
-    qv.candidatelist=election.candidate_names
+    qv = QuickVote.new(:name => election.name,
+                       :description => election.description)
+    qv.candidate_names = election.candidate_names
+
     if qv.save
       return ""
     else
-      return "Saving quickvote FAILED:"+qv.errors.inspect
+      raise ArgumentError.new("Saving quickvote FAILED:"+qv.errors.inspect)
     end
   end