Cleaned out LOG comments from debugging. Code for creation of

category and property ("trait" or Parameter) otherwise seems to work.
The next part for validation if Method.

src/main/java/org/genesys2/server/service/impl/GenesysServiceImpl.java

@@ -572,36 +572,19 @@ public class GenesysServiceImpl implements GenesysService, TraitService, Dataset
 	@PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
 	@Transactional(readOnly = false)
 	public Parameter addParameter(Crop crop, String category, String title) {
-		
-		LOG.info("addParameter(Crop:"+(crop!=null?crop.getName():"null")+","+category+","+title+")");
-		
-		LOG.info("new Parameter() ");
-		
+
 		Parameter parameter = new Parameter();
 
-		LOG.info("setCrop ");
-		
-		parameter.setCrop(crop);  // BEWARE: Crop Rules are defective in JSON rendering
-		
-		LOG.info("parameterCategoryRepository.findByName(category)");
+		parameter.setCrop(crop);  
 		
 		ParameterCategory parameterCategory = 
 				parameterCategoryRepository.findByName(category);
-		
-		LOG.info("setCategory(parameterCategory);");
-		
 		parameter.setCategory(parameterCategory);
 		
-		LOG.info("setTitle(title)");
-		
 		parameter.setTitle(title);
 		
-		LOG.info("parameterRepository.save(parameter)");
-		
 		parameterRepository.save(parameter);
-		
-		LOG.info("return parameter");
-		
+
 		return parameter;
 	}
 

src/main/java/org/genesys2/server/servlet/controller/rest/TraitsController.java

@@ -157,41 +157,33 @@ public class TraitsController extends RestController {
 			@PathVariable("crop") String cropName, 
 			@RequestBody PropertyJson propertyJson
 			)  throws ValidationException {
-		
+
 		LOG.info("Creating property for crop '"+cropName+"':");
-		
+
 		Validator validator = new Validator();
 		List<ConstraintViolation> violations = validator.validate(propertyJson);
 		if (violations.size() > 0) {
 			// TODO We could do better messages on validation error
 			throw new ModelValidationException("Validation problem", violations);
 		}
-		
+
 		LOG.info("Calling cropService.getCrop('"+cropName+"'):");
-		
+
 		Crop crop = cropService.getCrop(cropName) ;
 
-		//LOG.debug("getParameter? ");
+		LOG.debug("Calling getParameter()");
+
+		Parameter property = traitService.getParameter(crop, propertyJson.title);
+
+		if(property == null) { 
+			// create if not available already?
+			property = traitService.addParameter(crop, propertyJson.category, propertyJson.title);
+			
+		} else
+			LOG.warn("Property '"+propertyJson.title+"' in category '"+
+					propertyJson.category+"' for crop '"+
+					cropName+"' already exists?");
 
-		//Parameter property = traitService.getParameter(crop, propertyJson.title);
-		
-		//LOG.debug(property.toString());
-		
-		//if(property == null) { // create if not available already?
-		
-		LOG.info("Calling traitService.addParameter()");
-		
-		Parameter property = traitService.addParameter(crop, propertyJson.category, propertyJson.title);
-		
-		LOG.info("Returning from createProperty()");
-		
-		//  property = traitService.addParameter(crop, propertyJson.category, propertyJson.title);
-		//	LOG.debug("...done.");
-		//} else
-		//	LOG.warn("Property '"+propertyJson.title+"' in category '"+
-		//			  propertyJson.category+"' for crop '"+
-		//			  cropName+"' already exists?");
-		
 		return property;
 	}