added a option to allow integer field in edition during check integri…

…ty even in Bibtex Mode. fixes JabRef#4680

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 - We moved the dropdown menu for selecting the push-application from the toolbar into the external application preferences. [#674](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/674)
 - We removed the alphabetical ordering of the custom tabs and updated the error message when trying to create a general field with a name containing an illegal character. [#5019](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5019)
 - We added a context menu to the bib(la)tex-source-editor to copy'n'paste. [#5007](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/5007)
+- We added a option to allow integer field in edition during check integrity even in Bibtex Mode. [#4680](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4680)
 
 
 ### Fixed

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/GeneralTab.java

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class GeneralTab extends Pane implements PrefsTab {
     private final CheckBox useTimeStamp;
     private final CheckBox updateTimeStamp;
     private final CheckBox overwriteTimeStamp;
+    private final CheckBox allowEditionInteger;
     private final TextField defOwnerField;
     private final GridPane builder = new GridPane();
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public GeneralTab(DialogService dialogService, JabRefPreferences prefs) {
         inspectionWarnDupli = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Warn about unresolved duplicates when closing inspection window"));
         showAdvancedHints = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Show advanced hints (i.e. helpful tooltips, suggestions and explanation)"));
         shouldCollectTelemetry = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Collect and share telemetry data to help improve JabRef."));
+        allowEditionInteger = new CheckBox(Localization.lang("Allow edition field Integer when in Bibtex mode"));
         encodings = new ComboBox<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList(Encodings.ENCODINGS));
 
         Label general = new Label(Localization.lang("General"));
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ public GeneralTab(DialogService dialogService, JabRefPreferences prefs) {
         builder.add(biblioBox, 1, 29);
 
         builder.add(showAdvancedHints,1,30);
+        builder.add(allowEditionInteger,1,31);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@ public void setValues() {
         encodings.setValue(prefs.getDefaultEncoding());
         languageSelection.setValue(prefs.getLanguage());
         showAdvancedHints.setSelected(prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.SHOW_ADVANCED_HINTS));
+        allowEditionInteger.setSelected(prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.ALLOW_EDITION_INTEGER));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -187,6 +191,7 @@ public void storeSettings() {
         }
         prefs.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.MEMORY_STICK_MODE, memoryStick.isSelected());
         prefs.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.SHOW_ADVANCED_HINTS, showAdvancedHints.isSelected());
+        prefs.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.ALLOW_EDITION_INTEGER, allowEditionInteger.isSelected());
         prefs.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.CONFIRM_DELETE, confirmDelete.isSelected());
         prefs.putBoolean(JabRefPreferences.WARN_ABOUT_DUPLICATES_IN_INSPECTION, inspectionWarnDupli.isSelected());
         String owner = defOwnerField.getText().trim();

src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/integrity/EditionChecker.java

@@ -5,21 +5,28 @@
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.jabref.Globals;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
 import org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabaseContext;
 import org.jabref.model.strings.StringUtil;
 
+import org.jabref.preferences.JabRefPreferences;
+
 public class EditionChecker implements ValueChecker {
 
+
     private static final Predicate<String> FIRST_LETTER_CAPITALIZED = Pattern.compile("^[A-Z]").asPredicate();
     private static final Predicate<String> ONLY_NUMERALS_OR_LITERALS = Pattern.compile("^([0-9]+|[^0-9].+)$")
             .asPredicate();
     private static final String FIRST_EDITION = "1";
 
     private final BibDatabaseContext bibDatabaseContextEdition;
 
+    private final JabRefPreferences prefs;
+
 
     public EditionChecker(BibDatabaseContext bibDatabaseContext) {
+        this.prefs = Globals.prefs;
         this.bibDatabaseContextEdition = Objects.requireNonNull(bibDatabaseContext);
     }
 
@@ -49,8 +56,16 @@ public Optional<String> checkValue(String value) {
         }
 
         //BibTeX
-        if (!bibDatabaseContextEdition.isBiblatexMode() && !FIRST_LETTER_CAPITALIZED.test(value.trim())) {
-            return Optional.of(Localization.lang("should have the first letter capitalized"));
+        if (!bibDatabaseContextEdition.isBiblatexMode()) {
+            if(ONLY_NUMERALS_OR_LITERALS.test(value.trim())){
+                if(!prefs.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.ALLOW_EDITION_INTEGER)){
+                    return Optional.of(Localization.lang("should be a String but received a Integer"));
+                }
+            }else{
+                if(!FIRST_LETTER_CAPITALIZED.test(value.trim())){
+                    return Optional.of(Localization.lang("should have the first letter capitalized"));
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         return Optional.empty();

src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java

@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ public class JabRefPreferences implements PreferencesService {
     public static final String WEB_SEARCH_VISIBLE = "webSearchVisible";
     public static final String GROUP_SIDEPANE_VISIBLE = "groupSidepaneVisible";
     public static final String ALLOW_FILE_AUTO_OPEN_BROWSE = "allowFileAutoOpenBrowse";
+    public static final String ALLOW_EDITION_INTEGER = "allowEditionInteger";
     public static final String CUSTOM_TAB_NAME = "customTabName_";
     public static final String CUSTOM_TAB_FIELDS = "customTabFields_";
     public static final String USE_UNIT_FORMATTER_ON_SEARCH = "useUnitFormatterOnSearch";
@@ -704,6 +705,7 @@ private JabRefPreferences() {
         defaults.put(EMAIL_SUBJECT, Localization.lang("References"));
         defaults.put(OPEN_FOLDERS_OF_ATTACHED_FILES, Boolean.FALSE);
         defaults.put(ALLOW_FILE_AUTO_OPEN_BROWSE, Boolean.TRUE);
+        defaults.put(ALLOW_EDITION_INTEGER, Boolean.FALSE);
         defaults.put(WEB_SEARCH_VISIBLE, Boolean.TRUE);
         defaults.put(GROUP_SIDEPANE_VISIBLE, Boolean.TRUE);
         defaults.put(SELECTED_FETCHER_INDEX, 0);