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+class Annotation < ActiveRecord::Base
+  enum type: [:example_answer, :guidance]
+  ##
+  # Associations
+  belongs_to :org
+  belongs_to :question
+
+  ##
+  # Possibly needed for active_admin
+  #   -relies on protected_attributes gem as syntax depricated in rails 4.2
+  attr_accessible :org_id, :question_id, :text,
+                  :org, :question, :as => [:default, :admin]
+
+
+  validates :question, :org,  presence: {message: _("can't be blank")}
+
+  ##
+  # returns the text from the suggested_answer
+  #
+  # @return [String] the text from the suggested_answer
+  def to_s
+    "#{text}"
+  end
+
+
+  ##
+  # deep copy the given question_option and all it's associations
+  #
+  # @params [QuestionOption] question_option to be deep copied
+  # @return [QuestionOption] the saved, copied question_option
+  def self.deep_copy(annotation)
+    annotation_copy = annotation.dup
+    annotation_copy.save!
+    return annotation_copy
+  end
+end
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