Refactored character insertion and continued work on creation dialog

app/imports/api/creature/getDefaultCreatureDocs.js

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+import DEFAULT_CHARACTER_STATS from '/imports/api/creature/DEFAULT_CHARACTER_STATS.js';
+
+getDefaultCreatureDocs = function(charId, creatureType = "pc"){
+  // Setup the docs object which will be returned
+  let docs = {
+    attributes: [],
+    skills: [],
+    damageMultipliers: [],
+    effects: []
+  };
+
+  // Get the default character stats
+  let stats;
+  if (creatureType === "pc"){
+    stats = DEFAULT_CHARACTER_STATS;
+  } else {
+    stats = null;
+    throw new Meteor.Error("Not implemented",
+      "Default stats for non-player characters aren't implemented yet");
+  }
+
+  // Setup the variables we'll need to share
+	let order = 0;
+	const baseParent = {
+		collection: "Characters",
+		id: charId,
+		group: "default",
+	};
+	let name, variableName, parent, attribute, skill, dm, type, baseValue;
+
+  // Attributes
+	for (type in stats.attributes){
+		for (let i in stats.attributes[type]){
+			attribute = stats.attributes[type][i];
+			if (_.isString(attribute)){
+				name = attribute;
+				variableName = attribute.toLowerCase();
+			} else {
+				name = attribute.name;
+				variableName = attribute.variableName;
+			}
+      baseValue = attribute.baseValue;
+			parent = _.clone(baseParent);
+			docs.attributes.push({
+        _id: Random.id,
+				charId, name, variableName, order, type, parent, baseValue,
+			});
+			order++;
+		}
+	}
+
+  // Skills
+	order = 0;
+	for (type in stats.skills){
+		for (let i in stats.skills[type]){
+			skill = stats.skills[type][i];
+			docs.skills.push({
+        _id: Random.id,
+				charId,
+				type,
+				order,
+				name: skill.name,
+				variableName: skill.variableName,
+				ability: skill.ability,
+				parent: _.clone(baseParent),
+			});
+			order++;
+		}
+	}
+
+  // Damage Multipliers
+  order = 0;
+	for (let i in stats.damageMultipliers){
+		dm = stats.damageMultipliers[i];
+		docs.damageMultipliers.push({
+      _id: Random.id,
+			charId,
+      order,
+			name: dm.name,
+			variableName: dm.variableName,
+			parent: _.clone(baseParent),
+		});
+    order++;
+	}
+
+  // Effects
+  order = 0;
+  for (let i in stats.effects){
+    eff = stats.effects[i];
+    docs.effects.push({
+      _id: Random.id,
+			charId,
+      order,
+			name: eff.name,
+      stat: eff.stat,
+      operation: eff.operation,
+      calculation:eff.calculation,
+    });
+    order++;
+  }
+  return docs;
+}
+
+export default getDefaultCreatureDocs;