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"""This module defines classes and functions for Dynamic Forms.
"""
__authors__ = [
'"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
]
from google.appengine.ext.db import djangoforms
from soc.logic import dicts
class DynaFormMetaclass(djangoforms.ModelFormMetaclass):
"""The DynaForm Meta class, adding support for dynamically defined fields.
The new DynaForm class that is created by class function is very
similar to one created by the regular djangoforms.ModelFormMetaclass.
The only difference is that is the form class has a Meta property,
it's 'dynaconf' field will be used to define additional properties
in the form class.
The 'dynaconf' field (if present), is expected to be iterable as a
dictionary (with iteritems). The keys are used as the property names,
and the values are used as the property value.
"""
def __new__(mcs, class_name, bases, attrs):
"""See djangoforms.ModelFormMetaclass on how the __new__ method
is used, for an explanation on how this class modifies the default
behavior, see the DynaFormMetaclass's docstring.
"""
# Retrieve the Meta class, if present
meta = attrs.get('Meta', None)
conf = None
# Try to retrieve the dynaconf property
if meta:
conf = getattr(meta, 'dynaconf', None)
# When found, extend the form's attribute's with the specified ones
if conf:
for key, value in conf.iteritems():
attrs[key] = value
# Leave the rest to djangoforms.ModelFormMetaclass.
return super(DynaFormMetaclass, mcs).__new__(mcs, class_name, bases, attrs)
def newDynaForm(dynamodel=None, dynabase=None, dynainclude=None,
dynaexclude=None, dynaproperties=None):
"""Creates a new form DynaForm class.
The returned class extends dynabase, but with the following additions:
* It has a Meta class with the 'model', 'include', and 'exclude'
fields set as specified by newDynaForm's keyword arguments.
* It's __metaclass__ is set to DynaFormMetaclass (which inherits from
the default djangoforms.ModelFormMetaclass).
* The Meta class has an additional dynaconf field which is set to
the dyanfields keyword argument passed to newDynaForm.
See DynaFormMetaclass for an explanation on how the dynaproperties
property is used to construct the DynaForm class.
"""
class DynaForm(dynabase):
"""The dynamically created Form class
"""
__metaclass__ = DynaFormMetaclass
class Meta:
"""Inner Meta class that defines some behavior for the form.
"""
model = dynamodel
include = dynainclude
exclude = dynaexclude
dynaconf = dynaproperties
return DynaForm
def extendDynaForm(dynaform, dynainclude=None, dynaexclude=None,
dynaproperties=None, append=False):
"""Extends an existing dynaform.
If any of dynainclude, dynaexclude or dynaproperties are not present,
they are retrieved from dynaform (if present in it's Meta class).
While it is rather useless to extend from a dynaform that does not have
a Meta class, it is allowed, the resulting DynaForm is the same as if
newDynaForm was called with all extendDynForm's keyword arguments.
If append is True, the form's original values for include and
exclude will be appended to the supplied dynainclude and
dynaexclude, which both are still allowed to be None.
"""
# Try to retrieve the Meta class from the existing dynaform
meta = getattr(dynaform, 'Meta', None)
# If we find one, we can use it to 'extend' from
if meta:
dynamodel = getattr(meta, 'model', None)
originclude = getattr(meta, 'include', [])
origexclude = getattr(meta, 'exclude', [])
if not dynainclude:
dynainclude = originclude
originclude = []
if not dynaexclude:
dynaexclude = origexclude
origexclude = []
if append:
dynainclude += originclude
dynaexclude += origexclude
# The most interesting parameter, the 'extra fields' dictionary
dynaconf = getattr(meta, 'dynaconf', {})
dynaproperties = dicts.merge(dynaproperties, dynaconf)
# Create a new DynaForm, using the properties we extracted
return newDynaForm(
dynamodel=dynamodel,
dynabase=dynaform,
dynainclude=dynainclude,
dynaexclude=dynaexclude,
dynaproperties=dynaproperties)
class DynaFieldMetaclass(type):
"""The DynaField Meta class, adding support for dynamic properties.
The new DynaField class that is created by class function is only
modified slightly. The only difference is that if the field class has
a dynaproperties property, it will be used to define additional properties
for the field.
The 'dynaproperties' property (if present), is expected to be iterable as a
dictionary (with iteritems). The keys are used as the property names,
and the values are used as the property value.
"""
def __new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs):
"""See djangoforms.ModelFormMetaclass on how the __new__ method
is used, for an explanation on how this class modifies the default
behavior, see the DynaFormMetaclass's docstring.
"""
# Retrieve the Meta class, if present
dynaproperties = attrs.get('dynaproperties', {})
for key, value in dynaproperties.iteritems():
attrs[key] = value
# Leave the rest to type
return super(DynaFieldMetaclass, mcs).__new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs)
def newDynaField(field, base, passthrough):
"""Creates a new form DynaField class.
The returned class extends base, but with the following additions:
* It has a dynaproperties attribute as extracted from field.
* It's __metaclass__ is set to DynaFieldMetaclass (which inherits from
the default type class).
See DynaFieldMetaclass for an explanation on how the dynaproperties
property is used to construct the DynaForm class.
"""
# pass only known accepted arguments to super
init_args = dicts.filter(field, passthrough)
properties = field.copy()
# all pass through arguments are handled by super
for key in passthrough:
if key in properties:
del properties[key]
# pylint: disable-msg=E1002
class DynaField(base):
"""The dynamically created Field class.
"""
__metaclass__ = DynaFieldMetaclass
dynaproperties = properties
def __init__(self):
"""Pass through the init args to super.
"""
super(DynaField, self).__init__(**init_args)
return DynaField