app/soc/logic/helper/request.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:28:07 +0000
changeset 987 6fd5c561b446
parent 986 e9611a2288ca
child 1085 0afbdd0905ef
permissions -rw-r--r--
Cache sidebar with a simple caching API We cache the sidebar once for every user, the downside is that once the user meets new access criteria, their sidebar does not get updated. This can be fixed by calling soc.cache.sidebar.flush() when appropriate. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Functions that are useful when dealing with requests.
"""

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


import soc.logic.models as model_logic


def completeRequestForRole(role_entity, role_name):
  """Marks the request that leads to the given role_entity as completed.
  
  Args:
    role_entity: A datastore entity that is either a role or a subclass 
      of the role model
    role_name: The name in the request that is used to describe the 
      type of the role_entity
   
  """

  # get the request logic so we can query the datastore
  request_logic = model_logic.request.logic

  # create the query properties for the specific role
  properties = {'scope_path' : role_entity.scope_path,
      'link_id': role_entity.link_id,
      'role': role_name}

  # get the request that complies with properties
  request_entity = request_logic.getForFields(properties, unique=True)

  # mark the request completed, if there is any
  if request_entity:
    request_logic.updateEntityProperties(request_entity,
        {'state': 'completed'})