initial commit: added group document type + started setting up GroupManager

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts b/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts
index 7ba21b2f6..5697a5bc0 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/DocumentTypes.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ export enum DocumentType {
     LINKDB = "linkdb",          // database of links  ??? why do we have this
     SCRIPTDB = "scriptdb",          // database of scripts
     RECOMMENDATION = "recommendation", // view of a recommendation
+    GROUPDB = "groupdb"         // database of groups
 }
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diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index dac3a1aaa..980c52dd0 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ export namespace Docs {
             [DocumentType.COMPARISON, {
                 layout: { view: ComparisonBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
             }],
+            [DocumentType.GROUPDB, {
+                data: new List<Doc>(),
+                layout: { view: EmptyBox, dataField: defaultDataKey },
+                options: { childDropAction: "alias", title: "Global Group Database" }
+            }],
         ]);
 
         // All document prototypes are initialized with at least these values
@@ -373,6 +378,13 @@ export namespace Docs {
         }
 
         /**
+         * A collection of all groups in the database
+         */
+        export function MainGroupDocument() {
+            return Prototypes.get(DocumentType.GROUPDB);
+        }
+
+        /**
          * This is a convenience method that is used to initialize
          * prototype documents for the first time.
          *