classdef PDExperiment
    properties 
        name
        description
        filename
        subjects
        date        
        handle
        settings = PDSettings
%                 struct('BaselineCorrection', 0,...
%                           'FilterSize', 100, ...
%                           'BlinkExtension', [10 10],...
%                           'MaximumBlinkSize', 1000,...
%                           'QualityThreshold',50);
%                           
%         bl_types = {'None',...
%                     'Average', ...
%                     'Min', ...
%                     'Percentile', ...
%                     'Offset (fitted line)'};

        aggregates %= PDAggregate;
        
    end    
       methods
           
           function[obj] = PDExperiment(varargin)
               if nargin > 0                   
                   if strcmp(class(varargin{1}), 'PDSubject')                       
                       obj.subjects = varargin{1};

                        for s = 1:length(obj.subjects)
                            obj.subjects(s).index = s;
                            obj.subjects(s).name = sprintf('Subject %d', s);
                        end
                   else                      
                       if exist(varargin{1},'dir')
                            obj = obj.buildExperiment(varargin{1});
                       else
                           if strcmp(varargin{1}, 'placeholder');
                               % create an empty PDExperiment object (for GUI purposes)
                           else                          
                               error('Incorrect path entered / No PDSubjects entered');
                           end
                       end                                          
                   end
                   
                   if nargin ==1 
                       if (strcmp(varargin{1}, 'placeholder'))
                       else
                           obj = obj.askForBaseline;
                       end
                   else                       
                       if ischar(varargin{2})                           
                           is_bl_type = find(strcmp(obj.bl_types, varargin{2}));
                           if isempty(is_bl_type)
                               warning('Baseline correction type is unknown.');
                               obj = obj.askForBaseline;

                           else
                               obj.settings.BaselineCorrection = is_bl_type;
                               try
                                    obj.settings.BaselineCorrectionPercentile = varargin{3};
                               catch
                               end
                               
                           end
                       else
                           obj.settings.BaselineCorrection = varargin{2};
                       end
                       
                   end
                       
                   
               else
                   error('No subjects entered');
               end
               
               
               
               obj = obj.consolidateSettings;
           end
       end
                   
end