--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/app/django/contrib/comments/views/utils.py	Tue Oct 14 16:00:59 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""
+A few bits of helper functions for comment views.
+"""
+
+import urllib
+import textwrap
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.core import urlresolvers
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib import comments
+
+def next_redirect(data, default, default_view, **get_kwargs):
+    """
+    Handle the "where should I go next?" part of comment views.
+
+    The next value could be a kwarg to the function (``default``), or a
+    ``?next=...`` GET arg, or the URL of a given view (``default_view``). See
+    the view modules for examples.
+
+    Returns an ``HttpResponseRedirect``.
+    """
+    next = data.get("next", default)
+    if next is None:
+        next = urlresolvers.reverse(default_view)
+    if get_kwargs:
+        next += "?" + urllib.urlencode(get_kwargs)
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(next)
+
+def confirmation_view(template, doc="Display a confirmation view."):
+    """
+    Confirmation view generator for the "comment was
+    posted/flagged/deleted/approved" views.
+    """
+    def confirmed(request):
+        comment = None
+        if 'c' in request.GET:
+            try:
+                comment = comments.get_model().objects.get(pk=request.GET['c'])
+            except ObjectDoesNotExist:
+                pass
+        return render_to_response(template,
+            {'comment': comment},
+            context_instance=RequestContext(request)
+        )
+
+    confirmed.__doc__ = textwrap.dedent("""\
+        %s
+
+        Templates: `%s``
+        Context:
+            comment
+                The posted comment
+        """ % (doc, template)
+    )
+    return confirmed