Task Validation

- Fixed validation bug whereby recurring child tasks inherited the
  parent status ("recurring") instead of the expected "pending".
- Modified 'add' command to code duplicated in Task::validate.
- Cleaned up associated bug.period.t unit test.

src/TDB2.cpp

@@ -483,10 +483,13 @@ void TDB2::set_location (const std::string& location)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Add the new task to the appropriate file.
-void TDB2::add (const Task& task)
+void TDB2::add (Task& task)
 {
 //  std::cout << "# TDB2::add\n";
 
+  // Ensure the task is consistent, and provide defaults if necessary.
+  task.validate ();
+
   // If the tasks are loaded, then verify that this uuid is not already in
   // the file.
   if (!verifyUniqueUUID (task.get ("uuid")))
@@ -513,10 +516,13 @@ void TDB2::add (const Task& task)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-void TDB2::modify (const Task& task)
+void TDB2::modify (Task& task)
 {
 //  std::cout << "# TDB2::modify\n";
 
+  // Ensure the task is consistent, and provide defaults if necessary.
+  task.validate ();
+
   // Update task in either completed or deleted.
   // TODO Find task, overwrite it.
   std::string status = task.get ("status");

src/TDB2.h

@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ public:
   ~TDB2 ();
 
   void set_location (const std::string&);
-  void add (const Task&);
-  void modify (const Task&);
+  void add (Task&);
+  void modify (Task&);
   void commit ();
   void synch ();
   void revert ();

src/Task.cpp

@@ -996,8 +996,10 @@ void Task::validate ()
   if (has ("due") &&
       has ("recur"))
   {
+    if (has ("parent"))
+      setStatus (Task::pending);
+    else
       setStatus (Task::recurring);
-    set ("mask", "");
   }
 
   // Tasks with a wait: date get a special status.

src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp

@@ -51,16 +51,9 @@ int CmdAdd::execute (std::string& output)
 {
   int rc = 0;
 
-  // Every task needs a UUID.
-  Task task;
-  task.set ("uuid", uuid ());
-
   // Apply the command line modifications to the new task.
+  Task task;
   modify_task_description_replace (task, context.a3.extract_modifications ());
-  apply_defaults (task);
-
-  // Only valid tasks can be added.
-  task.validate ();
   context.tdb2.add (task);
 
   // TODO This should be a call in to feedback.cpp.

src/recur.cpp

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ void handleRecurrence ()
           changed = true;
 
           Task rec (*t);                         // Clone the parent.
+          rec.setStatus (Task::pending);         // Change the status.
           rec.set ("uuid", uuid ());             // New UUID.
           rec.set ("parent", t->get ("uuid"));   // Remember mom.
           rec.setEntry ();                       // New entry date.

test/bug.period.t

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 45;
+use Test::More tests => 40;
 
 # Create the rc file.
 if (open my $fh, '>', 'period.rc')
@@ -154,23 +154,13 @@ like ($output, qr/\b2q\b/,         'verify 2q');
 like ($output, qr/\b2y\b/,         'verify 2y');
 
 # Cleanup.
-unlink 'pending.data';
-ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
-
-unlink 'completed.data';
-ok (!-r 'completed.data', 'Removed completed.data');
-
-unlink 'undo.data';
-ok (!-r 'undo.data', 'Removed undo.data');
-
-unlink 'backlog.data';
-ok (!-r 'backlog.data', 'Removed backlog.data');
-
-unlink 'synch.key';
-ok (!-r 'synch.key', 'Removed synch.key');
-
-unlink 'period.rc';
-ok (!-r 'period.rc', 'Removed period.rc');
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key period.rc);
+ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
+    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
+    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
+    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
+    ! -r 'synch_key.data' &&
+    ! -r 'period.rc', 'Cleanup');
 
 exit 0;