app/soc/views/helper/lists.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:52:02 +0000
changeset 367 5d5730f65fc8
parent 316 9efdc7bc3565
child 389 9b873166d7d5
permissions -rw-r--r--
Remove not needed request argument in view decorator. Patch by: Pawel Solyga Review by: to-be-reviewed

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Helpers used to render lists.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Chen Lunpeng" <forever.clp@gmail.com>',
  '"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
  ]


from soc.views import helper

import soc.views.helper.forms


DEF_PAGINATION = 10
MAX_PAGINATION = 100

DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES = (
  ('10', '10 items per page'),
  ('25', '25 items per page'),
  ('50', '50 items per page'),
  ('100', '100 items per page'),
)


def getPreferredListPagination(user=None):
    """Returns User's preferred list pagination limit.
    
    Args:
      user: User entity containing the list pagination preference;
        default is None, to use the current logged-in User
    """
    # TODO: eventually this limit should be a User profile preference
    #   (stored in the site-wide User Model) preference 
    return DEF_PAGINATION


def cleanListParameters(offset=None, limit=None):
  """Converts and validates offset and limit values of the list.

  Args:
    offset: offset in list which defines first item to return
    limit: max amount of items per page

  Returns:
    updated offset and limit values
  """
  # update offset value
  try:
    offset = int(offset)
  except:
    # also catches offset=None case where offset not supplied
    offset = 0

  # update limit value
  try:
    limit = int(limit)
  except:
    # also catches limit=None case where limit not supplied
    limit = getPreferredListPagination()

  return max(0, offset), max(1, min(limit, MAX_PAGINATION))


DEF_LIST_TEMPLATES = {'list_main': 'soc/list/list_main.html',
                      'list_pagination': 'soc/list/list_pagination.html',
                      'list_row': 'soc/list/list_row.html',
                      'list_heading': 'soc/list/list_heading.html'}

def setList(request, context, list_data,
            offset=0, limit=0, list_templates=DEF_LIST_TEMPLATES):
  """Updates template context dict with variables used for rendering lists.

  Args:
    request: the Django HTTP request object
    context: the template context dict to be updated in-place (pass in a copy
      if the original must not be modified), or None if a new one is to be
      created; any existing fields already present in the context dict passed
      in by the caller are left unaltered 
    list_data: array of data to be displayed in the list
    offset: offset in list which defines first item to return
    limit: max amount of items per page
    list_templates: templates that are used when rendering list

  Returns:
    updated template context dict supplied by the caller or a new context
    dict if the caller supplied None

    {
      'list_data': list data to be displayed 
      'list_main': url to list main template
      'list_pagination': url to list pagination template
      'list_row': url to list row template
      'list_heading': url to list heading template
      'limit': max amount of items per page,
      'newest': url to first page of the list 
      'prev': url to previous page 
      'next': url to next page
      'first': offset of the first item in the list
      'last': offest of the lst item in the list
    }
  """  
  if not list_data:
    list_data = []
  
  more = bool(list_data[limit:])
  if more:
    del list_data[limit:]
  if more:
    next = request.path + '?offset=%d&limit=%d' % (offset+limit, limit)
  else:
    next = ''
  if offset > 0:
    prev = request.path + '?offset=%d&limit=%d' % (max(0, offset-limit), limit)
  else:
    prev = ''
  newest = ''
  if offset > limit:
    newest = request.path + '?limit=%d' % limit
  
  if not context:
    context = {}
  
  context.update(
    {'list_data': list_data, 
     'list_main': list_templates['list_main'],
     'list_pagination': list_templates['list_pagination'],
     'list_row': list_templates['list_row'],
     'list_heading': list_templates['list_heading'],
     'limit': limit,
     'newest': newest, 
     'prev': prev, 
     'next': next,
     'first': offset+1,
     'last': len(list_data) > 1 and offset+len(list_data) or None})
  
  return context


def makePaginationForm(
  request, limit, arg_name='limit', choices=DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES,
  field_name_fmt=helper.forms.DEF_SELECT_QUERY_ARG_FIELD_NAME_FMT):
  """Returns a customized pagination limit selection form.
  
  Args:
    request: the standard Django HTTP request object
    limit: the initial value of the selection control
    arg_name: see helper.forms.makeSelectQueryArgForm(); default is 'limit'
    choices: see helper.forms.makeSelectQueryArgForm(); default is
      DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES
    field_name_fmt: see helper.forms.makeSelectQueryArgForm()
  """
  choices = makeNewPaginationChoices(limit=limit, choices=choices)
  
  return helper.forms.makeSelectQueryArgForm(
      request, arg_name, limit, choices)


def makeNewPaginationChoices(limit=DEF_PAGINATION,
                             choices=DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES):
  """Updates the pagination limit selection form.

  Args:
    limit: the initial value of the selection control;
      default is DEF_PAGINATION
    choices: see helper.forms.makeSelectQueryArgForm();
      default is DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES

  Returns:
    a new pagination choices list if limit is not in
    DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES, or DEF_PAGINATION_CHOICES otherwise
  """
  # determine where to insert the new limit into choices
  new_choices = []
  
  for index, (pagination, label) in enumerate(choices):
    items = int(pagination)

    if limit == items:
      # limit is already present, so just return existing choices
      return choices

    if limit < items:
      # limit needs to be inserted before the current pagination,
      # so assemble a new choice tuple and append it 
      choice = (str(limit), '%s items per page' % limit)
      new_choices.append(choice)
      
      # append the remainder of the original list and exit early
      # (avoiding unnecessary remaining type conversions, etc.)
      new_choices.extend(choices[index:])
      return new_choices

    # append the existing choice
    new_choices.append((pagination, label))

  # new choice must go last, past all other existing choices
  choice = (str(limit), '%s items per page' % limit)
  new_choices.append(choice)
      
  return new_choices