Index: trunk/grails-app/services/AppConfigService.groovy
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--- trunk/grails-app/services/AppConfigService.groovy	(revision 234)
+++ trunk/grails-app/services/AppConfigService.groovy	(revision 234)
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+/**
+ * Provides a service class with methods to interact with AppConfig.
+ * AppConfig stores various application configuration (settings) in the database.
+ */
+class AppConfigService {
+
+    boolean transactional = false
+
+    /**
+    * Set the value of an appConfig.
+    * @param name The name of the appConfig.
+    * @param value Set to this value if specified else defaults to "true".
+    * @returns True if success otherwise false.
+    */
+    public Boolean set(String name, String value = "true") {
+        def appConfig = AppConfig.findByName(name)
+        appConfig ? (appConfig.value = value) : (appConfig = new AppConfig(name: name, value: value))
+        appConfig.save() ? true : false
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Check if an appConfig exists.
+    * @param name The name of the appConfig.
+    * @returns True if success otherwise false.
+    */
+    public Boolean exists(String name) {
+        AppConfig.findByName(name) ? true : false
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Get the value of an appConfig.
+    * @param name The name of the appConfig.
+    * @returns The value of the appConfig else false.
+    */
+    def getValue(String name) {
+        def appConfig = AppConfig.findByName(name)
+        appConfig ? appConfig.value : false
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Delete an appConfig.
+    * @param name The name of the appConfig.
+    * @returns True if success otherwise false.
+    */
+    public Boolean delete(String name) {
+        try {
+            AppConfig.findByName(name).delete(flush:true)
+            return true
+        }
+        catch(e) {
+            log.debug("Could not delete, appConfig may not exist.")
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+
+} // end of class