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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Programs are used to do the actual calculation of a trial.
+ * 
+ * @author Karsten Heiken, karsten@disposed.de
+ */
+class Program extends CI_Model {
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new program.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $data the data of the new program
+	 * @return bool was the insert successful
+	 */
+	public function create($data) {
+		// TODO: stub
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete a program.
+	 * @param string the program id to delete
+	 * @return bool was the deletion successful
+	 */
+	public function delete($program_id) {
+		return $this->db->delete('programs', array('id' => $program_id));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a program's available parameters by program id.
+	 *
+	 * The structure of the returned array is generated in the following way:
+	 *
+	 * array(
+	 *     array(
+	 *         'id' => varchar,
+	 *         'fieldname' => the actual field name in the configuration,
+	 *         'readable' => the name of the field in human readable form,
+	 *         'unit' => this field is measured in 'unit's,
+	 *         'description' => a full description of the field,
+	 *         'type' => integer/float/varchar
+	 *     ),
+	 *     array(
+	 *         ...
+	 *     )
+	 * )
+	 *
+	 * @param type $program_id The program for which we want to get the parameters.
+	 * @return array The parameters
+	 */
+	public function getParameters($program_id) {
+		$query = $this->db->select('id, fieldname, readable, unit, description, type')
+				->get_where('configuration_fields', array('program_id' => $program_id));
+
+		return $query->result_array();
+	}
+}
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