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+++ b/app/soc/views/person/profile.py	Mon Aug 11 16:57:46 2008 +0000
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+#!/usr/bin/python2.5
+#
+# Copyright 2008 the Melange authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Views of Person entity contents, a "profile".
+
+edit: read-write form for modifying Person fields 
+
+TODO:
+public: read-only view of "public-only" Person fields
+"""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Augie Fackler" <durin42@gmail.com>',
+  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
+  ]
+
+
+from google.appengine.api import users
+from django import http
+from django import shortcuts
+from django import newforms as forms
+
+from soc.models import person
+from soc.views.helpers import forms_helpers
+
+
+class EditForm(forms_helpers.DbModelForm):
+  """Django form displayed when creating or editing a Person.
+  """
+
+  class Meta:
+    """Inner Meta class that defines some behavior for the form.
+    """
+    #: db.Model subclass for which the form will gather information
+    model = person.Person
+
+    #: list of model fields which will *not* be gathered by the form
+    exclude = ['user']
+
+
+def edit(request, program=None, linkname=None,
+         template='soc/person/profile/edit.html'):
+  """View for a Person to modify the properties of a Person Model.
+
+  Args:
+    request: the standard django request object.
+    template: the template path to use for rendering the template.
+
+  Returns:
+    A subclass of django.http.HttpResponse which either contains the form to
+    be filled out, or a redirect to the correct view in the interface.
+  """
+  user = users.get_current_user()
+  if not user:
+    return http.HttpResponseRedirect(users.create_login_url(request.path))
+
+  # TODO(tlarsen)
+  # if program:
+  #   query for the human-readable program name and pass that to the form
+  
+  # TODO(tlarsen)
+  # if linkname:
+  #   query for a site-wide user profile for a friendly display name
+  #      to use in the greeting
+  # else:
+  #   use user to query for a site-wide user profile for a friendly
+  #      display name to use in the greeting
+
+  form = EditForm()
+  if request.method=='POST':
+    form = EditForm(request.POST)
+
+    if not form.errors:
+      return http.HttpResponse('This would update the model')
+
+  return shortcuts.render_to_response(
+      template, dictionary={'template': template, 'form': form, 'user': user,
+                            'program': program, 'linkname': linkname})