Merge pull request #897 from jason-fox/patch-2

Add common NGSI-LD constants

Author: fgalan

lib/constants.js

@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
  * Modified by: Daniel Calvo - ATOS Research & Innovation
  */
 
-const LOCATION_TYPE = 'geo:point';
 const LOCATION_DEFAULT = '0, 0';
-const DATETIME_TYPE = 'DateTime';
 const DATETIME_DEFAULT = '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z';
 const ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULT = ' ';
 
@@ -36,10 +34,18 @@ const ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULT = ' ';
  * @return     {String}              A default value to use in the entity
  */
 function getInitialValueForType(type) {
-    switch (type) {
-        case LOCATION_TYPE:
+    switch (type.toLowerCase()) {
+        case 'geoproperty':
             return LOCATION_DEFAULT;
-        case DATETIME_TYPE:
+        case 'point':
+            return LOCATION_DEFAULT;
+        case 'geo:point':
+            return LOCATION_DEFAULT;
+        case 'datetime':
+            return DATETIME_DEFAULT;
+        case 'date':
+            return DATETIME_DEFAULT;
+        case 'time':
             return DATETIME_DEFAULT;
         default:
             return ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULT;