pulibrary / pdc_describe / 4e4e59fc-9df4-4838-9fd4-6c7ea33cdb7c

class Researcher < ApplicationRecord

  def self.new_researcher(first_name, last_name, orcid, netid)

    researcher = Researcher.where(orcid: orcid).first

    if researcher == nil

      researcher = Researcher.new

      researcher.netid = netid

    end

    researcher.first_name = first_name

    researcher.last_name = last_name

    researcher.orcid = orcid

    researcher.save!

    return researcher

  end

  def self.autocomplete_list(search_term)

    researchers = []

    Researcher.all.each do |researcher|

      if researcher.match?(search_term)

        display_value = "#{researcher.first_name} #{researcher.last_name} (#{researcher.orcid})"

        data = "#{researcher.first_name}|#{researcher.last_name}|#{researcher.orcid}"

        researchers << {value: display_value, data: data}

      end

    end

    return researchers

  end

  def match?(search_term)

    return false if search_term.blank?

    search_term.downcase!

    if (first_name || "").downcase.include?(search_term) ||

      (last_name || "").downcase.include?(search_term) ||

      (netid || "").downcase.include?(search_term)

      return true

    end

    false

  end

end