app/soc/views/helper/lists.py
changeset 268 af1d7f48b361
parent 266 3b47bfd4f1b3
child 274 56e1c1721299
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/helper/lists.py	Fri Oct 03 22:09:32 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.
+
+"""Helpers used to render lists.
+"""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Chen Lunpeng" <forever.clp@gmail.com>',
+  '"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
+  ]
+
+
+from soc.views.helpers import forms_helpers
+
+
+DEF_PAGINATION = 10
+MAX_PAGINATION = 100
+
+DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES = (
+  ('10', '10 items per page'),
+  ('25', '25 items per page'),
+  ('50', '50 items per page'),
+  ('100', '100 items per page'),
+)
+
+
+def getPreferredListPagination(user=None):
+    """Returns User's preferred list pagination limit.
+    
+    Args:
+      user: User entity containing the list pagination preference;
+        default is None, to use the current logged-in User
+    """
+    # TODO: eventually this limit should be a User profile preference
+    #   (stored in the site-wide User Model) preference 
+    return DEF_PAGINATION
+
+
+def cleanListParameters(offset=None, limit=None):
+  """Converts and validates offset and limit values of the list.
+
+  Args:
+    offset: offset in list which defines first item to return
+    limit: max amount of items per page
+
+  Returns:
+    updated offset and limit values
+  """
+  # update offset value
+  try:
+    offset = int(offset)
+  except:
+    # also catches offset=None case where offset not supplied
+    offset = 0
+
+  # update limit value
+  try:
+    limit = int(limit)
+  except:
+    # also catches limit=None case where limit not supplied
+    limit = getPreferredListPagination()
+
+  return max(0, offset), max(1, min(limit, MAX_PAGINATION))
+
+
+DEF_LIST_TEMPLATES = {'list_main': 'soc/list/list_main.html',
+                      'list_pagination': 'soc/list/list_pagination.html',
+                      'list_row': 'soc/list/list_row.html',
+                      'list_heading': 'soc/list/list_heading.html'}
+
+def setList(request, context, list_data,
+            offset=0, limit=0, list_templates=DEF_LIST_TEMPLATES):
+  """Updates template context dict with variables used for rendering lists.
+
+  Args:
+    request: the Django HTTP request object
+    context: the template context dict to be updated in-place (pass in a copy
+      if the original must not be modified), or None if a new one is to be
+      created; any existing fields already present in the context dict passed
+      in by the caller are left unaltered 
+    list_data: array of data to be displayed in the list
+    offset: offset in list which defines first item to return
+    limit: max amount of items per page
+    list_templates: templates that are used when rendering list
+
+  Returns:
+    updated template context dict supplied by the caller or a new context
+    dict if the caller supplied None
+
+    {
+      'list_data': list data to be displayed 
+      'list_main': url to list main template
+      'list_pagination': url to list pagination template
+      'list_row': url to list row template
+      'list_heading': url to list heading template
+      'limit': max amount of items per page,
+      'newest': url to first page of the list 
+      'prev': url to previous page 
+      'next': url to next page
+      'first': offset of the first item in the list
+      'last': offest of the lst item in the list
+    }
+  """  
+  if not list_data:
+    list_data = []
+  
+  more = bool(list_data[limit:])
+  if more:
+    del list_data[limit:]
+  if more:
+    next = request.path + '?offset=%d&limit=%d' % (offset+limit, limit)
+  else:
+    next = ''
+  if offset > 0:
+    prev = request.path + '?offset=%d&limit=%d' % (max(0, offset-limit), limit)
+  else:
+    prev = ''
+  newest = ''
+  if offset > limit:
+    newest = request.path + '?limit=%d' % limit
+  
+  if not context:
+    context = {}
+  
+  context.update(
+    {'list_data': list_data, 
+     'list_main': list_templates['list_main'],
+     'list_pagination': list_templates['list_pagination'],
+     'list_row': list_templates['list_row'],
+     'list_heading': list_templates['list_heading'],
+     'limit': limit,
+     'newest': newest, 
+     'prev': prev, 
+     'next': next,
+     'first': offset+1,
+     'last': len(list_data) > 1 and offset+len(list_data) or None})
+  
+  return context
+
+
+def makePaginationForm(
+  request, limit, arg_name='limit', choices=DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES,
+  field_name_fmt=forms_helpers.DEF_SELECT_QUERY_ARG_FIELD_NAME_FMT):
+  """Returns a customized pagination limit selection form.
+  
+  Args:
+    request: the standard Django HTTP request object
+    limit: the initial value of the selection control
+    arg_name: see forms_helpers.makeSelectQueryArgForm(); default is 'limit'
+    choices: see forms_helpers.makeSelectQueryArgForm(); default is
+      DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES
+    field_name_fmt: see forms_helpers.makeSelectQueryArgForm()
+  """
+  choices = makeNewPaginationChoices(limit=limit, choices=choices)
+  
+  return forms_helpers.makeSelectQueryArgForm(
+      request, arg_name, limit, choices)
+
+
+def makeNewPaginationChoices(limit=DEF_PAGINATION,
+                             choices=DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES):
+  """Updates the pagination limit selection form.
+
+  Args:
+    limit: the initial value of the selection control;
+      default is DEF_PAGINATION
+    choices: see forms_helpers.makeSelectQueryArgForm();
+      default is DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES
+
+  Returns:
+    a new pagination choices list if limit is not in
+    DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES, or DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES otherwise
+  """
+  # determine where to insert the new limit into choices
+  new_choices = []
+  inserted = False
+  
+  for pagination, label in choices:
+    items = int(pagination)
+
+    if limit == items:
+      # limit is already present, so just return existing choices
+      return choices
+
+    if (not inserted) and (limit < items):
+      # limit needs to be inserted before the current pagination,
+      # so assemble a new choice tuple and append it 
+      choice = (str(limit), '%s items per page' % limit)
+      new_choices.append(choice)
+      inserted = True
+      
+    # append the existing choice
+    new_choices.append((pagination, label))
+
+  if not inserted:
+    # new choice must go last, past all other existing choices
+    choice = (str(limit), '%s items per page' % limit)
+    new_choices.append(choice)
+      
+  return new_choices