app/soc/models/presence.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <sverre@rabbelier.nl>
Fri, 15 May 2009 23:05:13 +0200
changeset 2319 3eee2308f1dd
parent 1308 35b75ffcbb37
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.

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"""This module contains the Presence Model."""

__authors__ = [
  '"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
]


from google.appengine.ext import db

from django.utils.translation import ugettext

import soc.models.document
import soc.models.linkable


class Presence(soc.models.linkable.Linkable):
  """Model for anything that has a "presence" on a Melange site.

  A "presence" is (currently) defined as:
  * having a "home" page with contents set by selecting a Document
  * displaying an (optional) ATOM or RSS feed

  Models that have a "presence" on a Melange web site are (currently):
  * any Group (Organization, Club, etc.)
  * any Program
  * the site itself, which is a singleton Presence
  """

  #: Reference to Document containing the contents of the "/home" page
  home = db.ReferenceProperty(
    reference_class=soc.models.document.Document,
    collection_name='home')
  home.help_text = ugettext(
      'Document to be used as the "/home" page static contents.')

  #: Valid ATOM or RSS feed url or None if unused. Feed entries are shown 
  #: on the site page using Google's JavaScript blog widget  
  feed_url = db.LinkProperty(verbose_name=ugettext('Feed URL'))
  feed_url.help_text = ugettext(
      'The URL should be a valid ATOM or RSS feed. '
      'Feed entries are shown on the home page.')