beat.web.algorithms.Algorithm & related code cannot handle Libraries on save()
As it is currently implemented, the Algorithm class on beat.web cannot handle an existing JSON (for example through an upload via the command-line), which references libraries. Its save()
method will not updated the library relationship as it should.
The JSON of an algorithm (or library for that matter), already contains a mapping description, which defines which libraries it uses. Upon save()
, the field referenced_libraries
should be updated.
I think the issue comes from the fact you can add a library w/o going through the save()
, whereas I think the system was designed in such a way you must always go through the save()
.
This means that any modification operation should:
- Load the old JSON
- Allow the user to modify it
- Overwrite the old JSON on the object with the new one (at the file field)
- Call the object's save() method
This strategy should automatically update the referenced_libraries
field. This strategy also assures that we have a consistent representation of the object w.r.t. beat.web and beat.core.
We allow for no other way to modify this object.