Need of Additional pre/post events in EvidenceController.

Hi Shane,

Requirements -

The system should handle the following things while inserting/modifying the evidence of type "Names" in participant data case :

Update the first name, last name, middle name to upper case.
If there are any hyphens, It should be replaced with spaces.
All the punctuation should be removed on first name, middle name and last name.

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Thank you,

John Coombes

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Hi Maribeth,

We have reviewed your enhancement suggestion. Based on the information provided, our understanding of your request is as follows:
* You need additional pre/post events hook points in EvidenceController for preInsert and postModify that will allow you to compliantly tweak the Names data entered (for example; change the first name, last name, middle name to upper case, replace any hyphens with spaces and/or remove any punctuations) prior to storing it on the database.

The theme is aligned with our current multi-year strategy for our product and has been accepted as a consideration for a future release.

Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas with us. We are committed to involving our users in building our product roadmap and appreciate your suggestions.
Regards,
Shane McFadden, IBM SPM Offering Management team

Hello. Following are our developer's response to your query. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Maribeth Kane

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Requirements -

The system should handle the following things while inserting/modifying the evidence of type "Names" in participant data case :

Update the first name, last name, middle name to upper case.
If there are any hyphens, It should be replaced with spaces.
All the punctuations should be removed on first name, middle name and last name.

Technical details -

The following method is overriden in a custom listener class

@Override
public void preModify(EIEvidenceKey eiEvidenceKey, EvidenceDescriptorModifyDtls paramEvidenceDescriptorModifyDtls,
Object paramObject, EIEvidenceKey parentKey) throws AppException, InformationalException {

if (CASEEVIDENCE.NAMES.equals(eiEvidenceKey.evidenceType)) {

firstName = firstName.toUpperCase();
lastName = lastName.toUpperCase();
middleName = middleName.toUpperCase();

firstName = firstName.replace('-', ' ');
lastName = lastName.replace('-', ' ');
middleName = middleName.replace('-', ' ');

firstName = firstName.replaceAll("\\p{P}", "");
lastName = lastName.replaceAll("\\p{P}", "");
middleName = middleName.replaceAll("\\p{P}", "");


firstName = firstName.replaceAll("[^\\w\\s]", "");
lastName = lastName.replaceAll("[^\\w\\s]", "");
middleName = middleName.replaceAll("[^\\w\\s]", "");

if (!firstName.isEmpty() && !lastName.isEmpty()) {
initials += firstName.charAt(0) + "" + lastName.charAt(0);
}

if (!firstName.isEmpty() && lastName.isEmpty()) {
initials = firstName.charAt(0) + "";
}

details.getEvidenceData().getAttribute("firstName").setValue(firstName);
details.getEvidenceData().getAttribute("lastName").setValue(lastName);
details.getEvidenceData().getAttribute("middleName").setValue(middleName);
details.getEvidenceData().getAttribute("initials").setValue(initials);

....
}
}
As there is no existing event hookpoints for preInsert and preModify methods, The team implemented the above requirements non compliantly via Module.

Hello. I am waiting for the developer to respond to your feedback. Once I have it, I'll provide it here.

Regards,

Maribeth Kane

Hi Maribeth,

In order to evaluate your request, we require that you provide more detail so that we can fully understand your requirements.

Can you clarify why you need the hookpoints, what the use case or requirements are that you are implementing, and why the existing hookpoints aren't sufficient?

This might give us more insights as to whether this is a requirement that might be relevant to other customers that we should put into the product.

Thank you,
Shane McFadden, Cúram SPM Product Management team

Hi Maribeth,

Thank you for your enhancement request.
We require some further analysis to determine whether or not this enhancement can be considered in a future release.
I will provide another response when our investigation is complete.

Thank you,
Shane McFadden, Cúram SPM Product Management team