app/soc/logic/models/ranker_root.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <sverre@rabbelier.nl>
Fri, 15 May 2009 23:05:13 +0200
changeset 2319 3eee2308f1dd
parent 2160 3f9dd37d98a8
permissions -rw-r--r--
Do not rely on notifiction module being imported This has worked so far mostly by accident, but it turned out to be brittle while writing tests. This makes sure that the notification module is always imported before use.

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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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()