app/soc/logic/models/ranker_root.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:10:36 +0200
changeset 2994 24db4afbc82e
parent 2160 3f9dd37d98a8
permissions -rw-r--r--
Removed order property in the getBatchOfData. This ordering is not possible since you want to go over the entities in order oftheir key and ordering them would prohibit this from happening properly.

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"""RankerRoot (Model) query functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
  ]

from google.appengine.api import datastore

from ranklist.ranker import Ranker

from soc.logic.models import base

import soc.models.ranker_root


class Logic(base.Logic):
  """Logic methods for the RankerRoot model.
  """

  def __init__(self, model=soc.models.ranker_root.RankerRoot, 
               base_model=None, scope_logic=None):
    """Defines the name, key_name and model for this entity.
    """

    super(Logic, self).__init__(model=model, base_model=base_model,
                                scope_logic=scope_logic)

  def create(self, name, scope, scores, branching_factor):
    """Creates a new RankerRoot with a new Ranker.

    Args:
      name: the Link ID of the ranker root
      scope: the entity owning the ranker
      score_range: A list showing the range of valid scores, in the form:
          [most_significant_score_min, most_significant_score_max,
          less_significant_score_min, less_significant_score_max, ...]
          Ranges are [inclusive, exclusive)
      branching_factor: The branching factor of the tree.  The number of
          datastore Gets is Theta(1/log(branching_factor)), and the amount of data
          returned by each Get is Theta(branching_factor). 

    """
    ranker = Ranker.Create(scores, branching_factor)

    fields = {'link_id': name,
        'scope': scope,
        'scope_path': scope.key().id_or_name(),
        'root': ranker.rootkey}

    key_name = self.getKeyNameFromFields(fields)
    self.updateOrCreateFromKeyName(fields, key_name)

  def getRootFromEntity(self, entity):
    """Returns a Ranker object created from a RankerRoot entity.

    Args:
      entity: A RankerRoot entity which the root should be retrieved of
    """

    return Ranker(datastore.Get(entity.key())['root'])


logic = Logic()