app/soc/models/linkable.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:23:53 +0000
changeset 679 77a286ff6667
parent 568 6713617751b4
child 970 8b5611d5b053
permissions -rw-r--r--
Introduce dynamic scope_path regexps Instead of relying on scope_path's being "one slash deep", we should instead allow for either: 1. scope_paths that have a pre-defined depth 2. scope_paths that can be arbitrarily deep We achieve 1 by setting an entities scope_logic to another logic module. We then recursively call getScopeDepth until we get to the topmost entity (that is, an unscoped entity). A little different is the solution to 2, since some entities can have an arbitrarily deep scope (such as Documents), we need to have some way of signaling this to getScopePattern. A clean solution is to return None, rather than a number. If None is returned, the SCOPE_PATH_ARG_PATTERN is returned as regexp instead, which will match an arbitrarily deeply nested scope. The solution for 2 requires that we return None somewhere in the scope_logic chain, the most straight forward method to do so is to override getScopeDepth anywhere such a scope is needed and make it return None. A more elegant solution however, is to set the scope_logic to that module in all entities that require it. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

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"""This module contains the Linkable base class Model."""

__authors__ = [
  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
]


import re

from google.appengine.ext import db

from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy

from soc.models import base


# start with ASCII digit or lowercase
#   (additional ASCII digit or lowercase
#     -OR-
#   underscore and ASCII digit or lowercase)
#     zero or more of OR group
#
# * starting or ending underscores are *not* permitted
# * double internal underscores are *not* permitted
#
LINK_ID_PATTERN_CORE = r'[0-9a-z](?:[0-9a-z]|_[0-9a-z])*'
LINK_ID_ARG_PATTERN = r'(?P<link_id>%s)' % LINK_ID_PATTERN_CORE
LINK_ID_PATTERN = r'^%s$' % LINK_ID_PATTERN_CORE
LINK_ID_REGEX = re.compile(LINK_ID_PATTERN)

# scope path is multiple link_id chunks,
# each separated by a trailing /
# (at least 1)
SCOPE_PATH_ARG_PATTERN = (r'(?P<scope_path>%(link_id)s'
                             '(?:/%(link_id)s)*)' % {
                               'link_id': LINK_ID_PATTERN_CORE})
SCOPE_PATH_PATTERN = r'^%s$' % SCOPE_PATH_ARG_PATTERN
SCOPE_PATH_REGEX = re.compile(SCOPE_PATH_PATTERN)

# path is multiple link_id chunks,
#   each separated by a trailing /
#     (at least 1)
# followed by a single link_id with no trailing /
PATH_LINK_ID_ARGS_PATTERN = (
    r'%(scope_path)s/'
     '(?P<link_id>%(link_id)s)' % {
       'scope_path' : SCOPE_PATH_ARG_PATTERN,
       'link_id': LINK_ID_PATTERN_CORE})
PATH_LINK_ID_PATTERN = r'^%s$' % PATH_LINK_ID_ARGS_PATTERN
PATH_LINK_ID_REGEX = re.compile(PATH_LINK_ID_PATTERN)


class Linkable(base.ModelWithFieldAttributes):
  """A base class for Model classes that are "linkable".
  
  Many entities in Melange are identified by a "link path" that is formed
  by two components:  a "link scope" and a "link ID".
  
  The link scope is a reference to another Linkable entity, but its exact
  usage varies depending on:
  
   * the Model type of the entity
   * the "ownership" of the entity
   
  This scope represents the "context" of the entity and is *not* user-
  editable (site Developers will be able to *carefully* edit the scope
  of a Linkable entity, but implementing this will be tricky).
  
  Appended to this "link path prefix" generated from the transitive
  closure of the link scopes is a link ID.  Unlike the rest of the link
  path, this ID, which must be unique within the scope defined by the link
  path, is *not* determined by context and *is* supplied by the user.
  
  For example, a Document containing the FAQs for the Apache Software 
  Foundation participation in GSoC 2009 program sponsored
  by Google could be given a link ID by the Apache organization
  administrator of "faqs", but the rest of the link path would be
  determined by the transitive closure of the scopes of the Document:
  
    google/gsoc2009/asf/faqs
      ^       ^      ^   ^
      |       |      |   +---------  link ID assigned by Apache admin
      |       |      |
      |       |      +-------------  Apache org link ID (immutable)
      |       |
      |       +--------------------  GSoC 2009 program link ID (immutable)
      |
      +----------------------------  Google sponsor link ID (immutable)
      
  For many entities, link IDs, once specified, are immutable, since
  changing them can break bookmarked URLs.  Changing the link IDs of
  "leaf" entities (such as the Document in the example above) could
  be allowed. 
  """
  #: Required field storing "ID" used in URL links. Lower ASCII characters,
  #: digits and underscores only.  Valid link IDs successfully match
  #: the LINK_ID_REGEX.
  link_id = db.StringProperty(required=True,
      verbose_name=ugettext_lazy('Link ID'))
  link_id.help_text = ugettext_lazy(
      'Link ID is used as part of various URL links throughout the site.'
      ' Lower ASCII characters, digits, and underscores only.')

  #: Optional Self Reference property to another Linkable entity which defines
  #: the "scope" of this Linkable entity. The back-reference in the Linkable 
  #: model is a Query named 'links'.
  scope = db.SelfReferenceProperty(required=False,
      collection_name='links', verbose_name=ugettext_lazy('Link Scope'))
  scope.help_text = ugettext_lazy(
      'Reference to another Linkable entity that defines the "scope" of'
      ' this Linkable entity.')

  #: Hidden (not displayed to users or editable in forms) cache of the string
  #: representation of the transitive closure of scopes, for use in URLs.
  #: The multiple queries required to produce this string for entities in
  #: deeply-nested scopes can be prohibitively expensive.  The scope of an
  #: entity is not expected to change frequently (only for move, copy, and
  #: maybe re-parenting operations), so this property is not likely to need
  #: updating.
  scope_path = db.StringProperty(required=False,
      verbose_name=ugettext_lazy('Scope path'))
  scope_path.help_text = ugettext_lazy(
      'Cache of the string form of the entity scope.')