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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"""This module contains the Request Model."""
__authors__ = [
'"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
'"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
]
from google.appengine.ext import db
from django.utils.translation import ugettext
import soc.models.user
import soc.models.group
class Request(soc.models.linkable.Linkable):
"""A request is made to allow a person to create a new Role entity.
"""
role = db.StringProperty(required=True)
role.help_text = ugettext(
'This should be the type of the role that is requested')
role_verbose = db.StringProperty(required=True)
role_verbose.help_text = ugettext(
'This should be the verbose name of the role that is in this request')
# property that determines the state of the request
# new : new Request
# group_accepted : The group has accepted this request
# completed : This request has been handled either following a creation of
# the role entity
# rejected : This request has been rejected by either the user or the group
# ignored : The request has been ignored by the group and will not give
# the user access to create the role
state = db.StringProperty(required=True, default='new',
choices=['new', 'group_accepted', 'completed', 'rejected','ignored'])
state.help_text = ugettext('Shows the state of the request')