Move parameter construction into a seperate module
This is part of an effort to make base.py less bloated
and have it's methods be more cohesive.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Helpers functions for displaying views.
"""
__authors__ = [
'"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
'"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
'"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
]
from django import http
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
import soc.logic
import soc.logic.lists
import soc.views.helper.lists
import soc.views.helper.responses
import soc.views.helper.params
from soc.logic import dicts
from soc.logic import models
from soc.models import linkable
from soc.views import helper
from soc.views import out_of_band
class View(object):
"""Views for entity classes.
The View class functions specific to Entity classes by relying
on the the child-classes to define the following fields:
self._logic: the logic singleton for this entity
"""
DEF_CREATE_NEW_ENTITY_MSG_FMT = ugettext_lazy(
' You can create a new %(entity_type)s by visiting'
' <a href="%(create)s">Create '
'a New %(entity_type)s</a> page.')
def __init__(self, params=None):
"""
Args:
params: This dictionary should be filled with the parameters
specific to this entity. See the methods in this class on
the fields it should contain, and how they are used.
"""
self._params = helper.params.constructParams(params)
self._logic = params['logic']
def public(self, request, page_name=None, params=None, **kwargs):
"""Displays the public page for the entity specified by **kwargs.
Params usage:
rights: The rights dictionary is used to check if the user has
the required rights to view the public page for this entity.
See checkAccess for more details on how the rights dictionary
is used to check access rights.
error_public: The error_public value is used as template when
the key values (as defined by the page's url) do not
correspond to an existing entity.
name: The name value is used to set the entity_type in the
context so that the template can refer to it.
public_template: The public_template value is used as template
to display the public page of the found entity.
Args:
request: the standard Django HTTP request object
page_name: the page name displayed in templates as page and header title
params: a dict with params for this View
kwargs: the Key Fields for the specified entity
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
try:
self.checkAccess('public', request, rights=params['rights'])
except out_of_band.Error, error:
return error.response(request)
# create default template context for use with any templates
context = helper.responses.getUniversalContext(request)
context['page_name'] = page_name
entity = None
if not all(kwargs.values()):
#TODO: Change this into a proper redirect
return http.HttpResponseRedirect('/')
try:
key_fields = self._logic.getKeyFieldsFromDict(kwargs)
entity = self._logic.getIfFields(key_fields)
except out_of_band.Error, error:
return error.response(request, template=params['error_public'],
context=context)
self._public(request, entity, context)
context['entity'] = entity
context['entity_type'] = params['name']
template = params['public_template']
return helper.responses.respond(request, template, context)
def create(self, request, page_name=None, params=None, **kwargs):
"""Displays the create page for this entity type.
Params usage:
The params dictionary is passed on to edit, see the docstring
for edit on how it uses it.
Args:
request: the standard Django HTTP request object
page_name: the page name displayed in templates as page and header title
params: a dict with params for this View
kwargs: not used for create()
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
# Create page is an edit page with no key fields
empty_kwargs = {}
fields = self._logic.getKeyFieldNames()
for field in fields:
empty_kwargs[field] = None
if not kwargs:
return self.edit(request, page_name=page_name, params=params,
**empty_kwargs)
else:
return self.edit(request, page_name=page_name, params=params,
seed=kwargs, **empty_kwargs)
def edit(self, request, page_name=None, params=None, seed=None, **kwargs):
"""Displays the edit page for the entity specified by **kwargs.
Params usage:
The params dictionary is passed on to either editGet or editPost
depending on the method type of the request. See the docstring
for editGet and editPost on how they use it.
rights: The rights dictionary is used to check if the user has
the required rights to edit (or create) a new entity.
See checkAccess for more details on how the rights dictionary
is used to check access rights.
name: The name value is used to construct the message_fmt of the
raised error when there key_values do not define an existing
entity. See DEF_CREATE_NEW_ENTITY_MSG_FMT on how the name
(and the lower() version of it) is used.
missing_redirect: The missing_redirect value is also used to
construct the message_fmt mentioned above.
error_public: The error_public value is used as the template for
the error response mentioned above.
Args:
request: the standard Django HTTP request object
page_name: the page name displayed in templates as page and header title
params: a dict with params for this View
kwargs: The Key Fields for the specified entity
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
try:
self.checkAccess('edit', request, rights=params['rights'])
except out_of_band.Error, error:
return error.response(request)
context = helper.responses.getUniversalContext(request)
context['page_name'] = page_name
entity = None
try:
if all(kwargs.values()):
key_fields = self._logic.getKeyFieldsFromDict(kwargs)
entity = self._logic.getIfFields(key_fields)
except out_of_band.Error, error:
if not seed:
error.message_fmt = (
error.message_fmt + self.DEF_CREATE_NEW_ENTITY_MSG_FMT % {
'entity_type_lower' : params['name'].lower(),
'entity_type' : params['name'],
'create' : params['missing_redirect']})
return error.response(request, template=params['error_public'],
context=context)
if request.method == 'POST':
return self.editPost(request, entity, context, params)
else:
return self.editGet(request, entity, context, seed, params)
def editPost(self, request, entity, context, params):
"""Processes POST requests for the specified entity
Params usage:
The params dictionary is passed to _constructResponse when the
form is not valid (see edit_form and create_form below). See
the docstring of _constructResponse on how it uses it.
edit_form: The edit_form value is used as form when there is an
existing entity. It is provided with with the request.POST
dictionary on construction. The collectCleanedFields method
is called with the newly constructed form. If the form is
not valid, it is passed as argument to _constructResponse.
create_form: The create_form value is used in a similar way to
edit_form, only it is used when there is no existing entity.
edit_redirect: The edit_redirect value is used as the first part
of the url if the form was valid. The last part of the url is
created using the getKeySuffix method of the _logic object.
edit_params: The edit_params dictionary is used as argument to
redirectToChangedSuffix, it will be appended to the url in the
standard ?key=value format.
Args:
request: a django request object
entity: the entity that will be modified or created, may be None
context: the context dictionary that will be provided to Django
params: a dict with params for this View
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
if entity:
form = params['edit_form'](request.POST)
else:
form = params['create_form'](request.POST)
if not form.is_valid():
return self._constructResponse(request, entity, context, form, params)
key_name, fields = self.collectCleanedFields(form)
request.path = params['edit_redirect']
self._editPost(request, entity, fields)
if not key_name:
key_fields = self._logic.getKeyFieldsFromDict(fields)
key_name = self._logic.getKeyNameForFields(key_fields)
entity = self._logic.updateOrCreateFromKeyName(fields, key_name)
if not entity:
return http.HttpResponseRedirect('/')
page_params = params['edit_params']
new_suffix = self._logic.getKeySuffix(entity)
# redirect to (possibly new) location of the entity
# (causes 'Profile saved' message to be displayed)
return helper.responses.redirectToChangedSuffix(
request, None, new_suffix,
params=page_params)
def editGet(self, request, entity, context, seed, params):
"""Processes GET requests for the specified entity
Params usage:
The params dictionary is passed to _constructResponse, see the
docstring of _constructResponse on how it uses it.
save_message: The save_message list is used as argument to
getSingleIndexedParamValue when an existing entity was saved.
edit_form: The edit_form is used as form if there is an existing
entity. The existing entity is passed as instance to it on
construction. If key_name is part of it's fields it will be
set to the entity's key().name() value. It is also passed as
argument to the _editGet method. See the docstring for
_editGet on how it uses it.
create_form: The create_form is used as form if there was no
existing entity. If the seed argument is present, it is passed
as the 'initial' argument on construction. Otherwise, it is
called with no arguments.
submit_msg_param_name: The submit_msg_param_name value is used
as the key part in the ?key=value construct for the submit
message parameter (see also save_message).
Args:
request: the django request object
entity: the entity that will be edited, may be None
context: the context dictionary that will be provided to django
seed: if no entity is provided, the initial values for the new entity
params: a dict with paras for this View
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
suffix = self._logic.getKeySuffix(entity)
# Remove the params from the request, this is relevant only if
# someone bookmarked a POST page.
is_self_referrer = helper.requests.isReferrerSelf(request, suffix=suffix)
if request.GET.get(params['submit_msg_param_name']):
if (not entity) or (not is_self_referrer):
return http.HttpResponseRedirect(request.path)
if entity:
# Note: no message will be displayed if parameter is not present
context['notice'] = helper.requests.getSingleIndexedParamValue(
request, params['submit_msg_param_name'],
values=params['save_message'])
# populate form with the existing entity
form = params['edit_form'](instance=entity)
if 'key_name' in form.fields:
form.fields['key_name'].initial = entity.key().name()
self._editGet(request, entity, form)
else:
if seed:
self._editSeed(request, seed)
form = params['create_form'](initial=seed)
else:
form = params['create_form']()
return self._constructResponse(request, entity, context, form, params)
def list(self, request, page_name=None, params=None, filter=None):
"""Displays the list page for the entity type.
Args:
request: the standard Django HTTP request object
page_name: the page name displayed in templates as page and header title
params: a dict with params for this View
filter: a dict for the properties that the entities should have
Params usage:
The params dictionary is passed as argument to getListContent in
the soc.views.helper.list module. See the docstring for
getListContent on how it uses it.
The params dictionary is also passed as argument to the _list
method. See the docstring for _list on how it uses it.
rights: The rights dictionary is used to check if the user has
the required rights to list all entities of this View's type.
See checkAccess for more details on how the rights dictionary
is used to check access rights.
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
try:
self.checkAccess('list', request, rights=params['rights'])
except out_of_band.Error, error:
return error.response(request)
content = helper.lists.getListContent(request, params, self._logic, filter)
contents = [content]
return self._list(request, params, contents, page_name)
def _list(self, request, params, contents, page_name):
"""Returns the list page for the specified contents
Args:
request: the standard Django HTTP request object
params: a dict with params for this View
contents: a list of content dicts
page_name: the page name displayed in templates as page and header title
Params usage:
name: The name value is used to set the entity_type in the
context so that the template can refer to it.
name_plural: The name_plural value is used to set
the entity_type_plural value in the context so that the
template can refer to it.
list_template: The list_template value is used as template for
to display the list of all entities for this View.
"""
context = helper.responses.getUniversalContext(request)
context['page_name'] = page_name
context['list'] = soc.logic.lists.Lists(contents)
context['entity_type'] = params['name']
context['entity_type_plural'] = params['name_plural']
template = params['list_template']
return helper.responses.respond(request, template, context)
def delete(self, request, page_name=None, params=None, **kwargs):
"""Shows the delete page for the entity specified by **kwargs.
Args:
request: the standard Django HTTP request object
page_name: the page name displayed in templates as page and header title
params: a dict with params for this View
kwargs: The Key Fields for the specified entity
Params usage:
rights: The rights dictionary is used to check if the user has
the required rights to delete the specified entity.
See checkAccess for more details on how the rights dictionary
is used to check access rights.
name: used in the same way as in edit(), see it's docstring for
a more detailed explanation on how it is used.
missing_redirect: see name
error_edit: see name
delete_redirect: The delete_redirect value is used as the url to
redirect to after having successfully deleted the entity.
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
try:
self.checkAccess('delete', request, rights=params['rights'])
except out_of_band.Error, error:
return error.response(request)
# create default template context for use with any templates
context = helper.responses.getUniversalContext(request)
context['page_name'] = page_name
entity = None
try:
key_fields = self._logic.getKeyFieldsFromDict(kwargs)
entity = self._logic.getIfFields(key_fields)
except out_of_band.Error, error:
error.message_fmt = (
error.message_fmt + self.DEF_CREATE_NEW_ENTITY_MSG_FMT % {
'entity_type_lower' : params['name'].lower(),
'entity_type' : params['name'],
'create' : params['missing_redirect']})
return error.response(request, template=params['error_edit'],
context=context)
if not entity:
#TODO: Create a proper error page for this
return http.HttpResponseRedirect('/')
if not self._logic.isDeletable(entity):
# TODO: Update the notice area telling the user that they
# can't delete the entity
pass
self._logic.delete(entity)
redirect = params['delete_redirect']
return http.HttpResponseRedirect(redirect)
def _editPost(self, request, entity, fields):
"""Performs any required processing on the entity to post its edit page.
Args:
request: the django request object
entity: the entity to create or update from POST contents
fields: the new field values
"""
pass
def _public(self, request, entity, context):
"""Performs any required processing to get an entities public page.
Args:
request: the django request object
entity: the entity to make public
context: the context object
"""
pass
def _editGet(self, request, entity, form):
"""Performs any required processing on the form to get its edit page.
Args:
request: the django request object
entity: the entity to get
form: the django form that will be used for the page
"""
pass
def _editSeed(self, request, seed):
"""Performs any required processing on the form to get its edit page.
Args:
request: the django request object
seed: the fields to seed the create page with
"""
pass
def _constructResponse(self, request, entity, context, form, params):
"""Updates the context and returns a response for the specified arguments.
Args:
request: the django request object
entity: the entity that is used and set in the context
context: the context to be used
form: the form that will be used and set in the context
params: a dict with params for this View
Params usage:
name: The name_plural value is used to set the entity_type
value in the context so that the template can refer to it.
name_plural: same as name, but used to set entity_type_plural
name_short: same as name, but used to set entity_type_short
url_name: same as name, but used to set entity_type_url
edit_template: The edit_template value is used as template when
there is an existing entity to display the edit page for the
specified entity.
create_template: similar to edit_template, but is used when
there is no existing entity.
"""
suffix = self._logic.getKeySuffix(entity)
context['form'] = form
context['entity'] = entity
context['entity_suffix'] = suffix
context['entity_type'] = params['name']
context['entity_type_plural'] = params['name_plural']
context['entity_type_short'] = params['name_short']
context['entity_type_url'] = params['url_name']
if entity:
template = params['edit_template']
else:
template = params['create_template']
return helper.responses.respond(request, template, context)
def checkAccess(self, access_type, request, rights=None):
"""Runs all the defined checks for the specified type
Args:
access_type: the type of request (such as 'list' or 'edit')
request: the Django request object
rights: A dictionary containing access check functions
Rights usage: The rights dictionary is used to check if the
current user is allowed to view the page specified. The
functions defined in this dictionary are always called with the
django request object as argument.
On any request, regardless of what type, the functions in the
'any_access' value are called.
If the specified type is not in the rights dictionary, all the
functions in the 'unspecified' value are called.
When the specified type _is_ in the rights dictionary, all the
functions in that access_type's value are called.
Returns:
True: If all the required access checks have been made successfully
False: If a check failed, in this case self._response will contain
the response provided by the failed access check.
"""
rights = dicts.merge(rights, self._params['rights'])
# Call each access checker
for check in rights['any_access']:
check(request)
if access_type not in rights:
for check in rights['unspecified']:
# No checks defined, so do the 'generic' checks and bail out
check(request)
return
for check in rights[access_type]:
check(request)
def collectCleanedFields(self, form):
"""Collects all cleaned fields and returns them with the key_name.
Args:
form: The form from which the cleaned fields should be collected
Returns: All the fields that are in the form's cleaned_data
property are returned. If there is a key_name field, it is not
included in the returend fields, instead, it is returned as the
first element in the returned tuple. If no key_name field is
present, None is returned as first value instead.
"""
fields = {}
key_name = None
if 'key_name' in form.cleaned_data:
key_name = form.cleaned_data.pop('key_name')
for field, value in form.cleaned_data.iteritems():
fields[field] = value
return key_name, fields
def getKeyFieldsPattern(self, params):
"""Returns the Django pattern for this View's entity
Params usage:
key_fields_prefix: The key_fields_prefix value is used as the
first part of the returned pattern.
"""
names = self._logic.getKeyFieldNames()
patterns = params['key_fields_prefix']
for name in names:
pattern = r'(?P<%s>%s)' % (name, linkable.LINK_ID_PATTERN_CORE)
patterns.append(pattern)
result = '/'.join(patterns)
return result
def _getSidebarItems(self, params):
"""Retrieves a list of sidebar entries for this view
Params usage:
The params dictionary is provided to the menu_text's format.
sidebar: The sidebar value is returned directly if non-False
sidebar_defaults: The sidebar_defaults are used to construct the
sidebar items for this View. It is expected to be a tuple of
three items, the item's url, it's menu_text, and it's
access_type, see getSidebarLinks on how access_type is used.
sidebar_additional: The sidebar_additional values are appended
to the list of items verbatim, and should be in the format
expected by getSidebarLinks.
Args:
params: a dict with params for this View.
"""
# Return the found result
if params['sidebar']:
return params['sidebar']
# Construct defaults manualy
defaults = params['sidebar_defaults']
result = []
for url, menu_text, access_type in defaults:
url = url % params['url_name'].lower()
item = (url, menu_text % params, access_type)
result.append(item)
for item in params['sidebar_additional']:
result.append(item)
return result
def getSidebarLinks(self, request, params=None):
"""Returns an dictionary with one sidebar entry.
Calls _getSidebarItems to retrieve the items that should be in the
menu. Expected is a tuple with an url, a menu_text, and an
access_type. The access_type is then passed to checkAccess, if it
raises out_of_band.Error, the item will not be added.
Args:
request: the django request object
params: a dict with params for this View
Params usage:
The params dictionary is passed as argument to _getSidebarItems,
see the docstring of _getSidebarItems on how it uses it.
rights: The rights dictionary is used to check if the user has
the required rights to see a sidebar item.
See checkAccess for more details on how the rights dictionary
is used to check access rights.
sidebar_heading: The sidebar_heading value is used to set the
heading variable in the result.
name: The name value is used if sidebar_heading is not present.
Returns: A dictionary is returned with it's 'heading' value set
as explained above. It's 'items' value is constructed by
calling _getSidebarItems. It constists of dictionaries with a
url and a title field.
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
rights = params['rights']
items = []
for url, menu_text, access_type in self._getSidebarItems(params):
try:
self.checkAccess(access_type, request, rights)
items.append({'url': url, 'title': menu_text})
except out_of_band.Error:
pass
if not items:
return
res = {}
if 'sidebar_heading' not in params:
params['sidebar_heading'] = params['name']
res['heading'] = params['sidebar_heading']
res['items'] = items
return res
def getDjangoURLPatterns(self, params=None):
"""Retrieves a list of sidebar entries for this view from self._params.
If self._params['django_patterns'] is None default entries will be
constructed.
Params usage:
The params dictionary is passed to the getKeyFieldsPatterns
method, see it's docstring on how it is used.
django_patterns: The django_patterns value is returned directly
if it is non-False.
django_patterns_defaults: The dajngo_patterns_defaults value is
used to construct the url patterns. It is expected to be a
list of tuples. The tuples should contain an url, a module
name, and the name of the url. The name is used as the
page_name passed as keyword argument, but also as the name
by which the url is known to Django internally.
url_name: The url_name argument is passed as argument to each
url, together with the link_id pattern, the link_id core
pattern, and the key fields for this View.
Args:
params: a dict with params for this View
"""
params = dicts.merge(params, self._params)
# Return the found result
if params['django_patterns']:
return params['django_patterns']
# Construct defaults manualy
default_patterns = params['django_patterns_defaults']
key_fields_pattern = self.getKeyFieldsPattern(params)
patterns = []
for url, module, name in default_patterns:
name = name % params
module = module % params['module_name']
url = url % {
'url_name': params['url_name'],
'lnp': linkable.LINK_ID_ARG_PATTERN,
'ulnp': linkable.LINK_ID_PATTERN_CORE,
'key_fields': key_fields_pattern,
}
kwargs = {'page_name': name}
item = (url, module, kwargs, name)
patterns.append(item)
return patterns