app/django/db/models/fields/subclassing.py
author Madhusudan C.S <madhusudancs@gmail.com>
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:09:46 +0530
changeset 2679 0ede2f3adbc1
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Adds to Melange a tags framework based on taggable-mixin. The taggable-mixin allowed only tag per Datastore model. This is extended framework allows any arbitrary number of tags per Datastore model. Also, now one can define different models for different Tag types which are all inherited from the base Tag model provided by taggable-mixin. The GHOPTask model makes use of 2 tags per model, one for difficulty and the other for task_type, both using the tags framework. Reviewed by: Paweł Sołyga

"""
Convenience routines for creating non-trivial Field subclasses.

Add SubfieldBase as the __metaclass__ for your Field subclass, implement
to_python() and the other necessary methods and everything will work seamlessly.
"""

class SubfieldBase(type):
    """
    A metaclass for custom Field subclasses. This ensures the model's attribute
    has the descriptor protocol attached to it.
    """
    def __new__(cls, base, name, attrs):
        new_class = super(SubfieldBase, cls).__new__(cls, base, name, attrs)
        new_class.contribute_to_class = make_contrib(
                attrs.get('contribute_to_class'))
        return new_class

class Creator(object):
    """
    A placeholder class that provides a way to set the attribute on the model.
    """
    def __init__(self, field):
        self.field = field

    def __get__(self, obj, type=None):
        if obj is None:
            raise AttributeError('Can only be accessed via an instance.')
        return obj.__dict__[self.field.name]        

    def __set__(self, obj, value):
        obj.__dict__[self.field.name] = self.field.to_python(value)

def make_contrib(func=None):
    """
    Returns a suitable contribute_to_class() method for the Field subclass.

    If 'func' is passed in, it is the existing contribute_to_class() method on
    the subclass and it is called before anything else. It is assumed in this
    case that the existing contribute_to_class() calls all the necessary
    superclass methods.
    """
    def contribute_to_class(self, cls, name):
        if func:
            func(self, cls, name)
        else:
            super(self.__class__, self).contribute_to_class(cls, name)
        setattr(cls, self.name, Creator(self))

    return contribute_to_class