Resolve "TYPE Genetic variant does not change on generic during data overlay upload"

Closes #906 (closed)

frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/AddOverlayDialog.js

@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ AddOverlayDialog.prototype.processFile = function (file) {
           var overlay = overlayParser.parse(evt.target.result);
           var nameInput = $("[name='overlay-name']", self.getElement())[0];
           var descriptionInput = $("[name='overlay-description']", self.getElement())[0];
-          var typeSelect = $("[name='overlay-type']", self.getElement());
           if (overlay.getName() !== undefined) {
             nameInput.value = overlay.getName();
           } else {
@@ -163,9 +162,13 @@ AddOverlayDialog.prototype.processFile = function (file) {
           if (overlay.getDescription() !== undefined) {
             descriptionInput.value = overlay.getDescription();
           }
+
           if (overlay.getType() !== undefined) {
-            typeSelect.val(overlay.getType());
+            self.setType(overlay.getType());
+          } else {
+            self.setType("GENERIC");
           }
+
           if (overlayParser.containsMixedNewLineCharacters(evt.target.result)) {
             GuiConnector.warn("Selected file contains new line characters from different operating systems " +
               "(MAC/Windows/Linux). This might cause confusion when reading the file in the editor later on.")
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ AddOverlayDialog.prototype.processFile = function (file) {
 
 /**
  *
- * @param {string} fileContent
+ * @param {?null|string} fileContent
  */
 AddOverlayDialog.prototype.setFileContent = function (fileContent) {
   if (typeof fileContent === 'string' || fileContent instanceof String) {
@@ -324,4 +327,24 @@ AddOverlayDialog.prototype.open = function () {
   $(div).dialog("open");
 };
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {string} type
+ */
+AddOverlayDialog.prototype.setType = function (type) {
+  var self = this;
+  if (type !== undefined) {
+    var typeSelect = $("[name='overlay-type']", self.getElement());
+    typeSelect.val(type);
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+AddOverlayDialog.prototype.getType = function () {
+  var self = this;
+  return $("[name='overlay-type']", self.getElement()).val();
+};
 module.exports = AddOverlayDialog;