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// All rights reserved worldwide.
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package research_models

import (
	"context"

	"github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
	"github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonutils"
)

// Observation A data point collected while analyzing a Factor
//
// swagger:model observation
type Observation struct {

	// The ID of the Company being analyzed
	AccountID *string `json:"AccountID,omitempty"`

	// The ID of the Product being analyzed
	CompanyProductID *string `json:"CompanyProductID,omitempty"`

	// Created By User ID
	CreatedByID *string `json:"CreatedByID,omitempty"`

	// Created Date
	CreatedDate *string `json:"CreatedDate,omitempty"`

	// Notes concerning data collection
	Description *string `json:"Description,omitempty"`

	// The ID of the Factor that owns this Observation
	FactorID *string `json:"FactorID,omitempty"`

	// Record Id
	ID string `json:"ID,omitempty"`

	// Last Modified By User ID
	LastModifiedByID *string `json:"LastModifiedByID,omitempty"`

	// Last Modified Date
	LastModifiedDate *string `json:"LastModifiedDate,omitempty"`

	// Is the subject a Company or a Product?
	SubjectType *string `json:"SubjectType,omitempty"`

	// The data point collected
	Value *string `json:"Value,omitempty"`
}

// Validate validates this observation
func (m *Observation) Validate(formats strfmt.Registry) error {
	return nil
}

// ContextValidate validates this observation based on context it is used
func (m *Observation) ContextValidate(ctx context.Context, formats strfmt.Registry) error {
	return nil
}

// MarshalBinary interface implementation
func (m *Observation) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) {
	if m == nil {
		return nil, nil
	}
	return jsonutils.WriteJSON(m)
}

// UnmarshalBinary interface implementation
func (m *Observation) UnmarshalBinary(b []byte) error {
	var res Observation
	if err := jsonutils.ReadJSON(b, &res); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	*m = res
	return nil
}
