app/soc/views/sitemap/sidebar.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:34:55 +0000
changeset 637 86ec079d8302
parent 615 1d09147de51f
child 697 190b65431579
permissions -rw-r--r--
Some docstring and missing blank lines fixes in soc.views.sitemap modules. Patch by: Pawel Solyga

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Module contains sidebar related functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
    '"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
  ]


from soc.views import out_of_band
from soc.views.helper import access


SIDEBAR = []


def addMenu(callback):
  global SIDEBAR
  SIDEBAR.append(callback)

def getSidebar(request):
  sidebar = []

  for callback in SIDEBAR:
    menu = callback(request)
    
    if menu:
      # only if there is a menu we should append it
      sidebar.append(menu)

  return sidebar


def getSidebarItems(params):
  """Retrieves a list of sidebar entries for this view.

  Params usage:
    The params dictionary is provided to the menu_text's format.

    sidebar: The sidebar value is returned directly if non-False
    sidebar_defaults: The sidebar_defaults are used to construct the
      sidebar items for this View. It is expected to be a tuple of
      three items, the item's url, it's menu_text, and it's
      access_type, see getSidebarLinks on how access_type is used.
    sidebar_additional: The sidebar_additional values are appended
      to the list of items verbatim, and should be in the format
      expected by getSidebarLinks.

  Args:
    params: a dict with params for this View.
  """

  # Return the found result
  if params['sidebar']:
    return params['sidebar']

  # Construct defaults manualy
  defaults = params['sidebar_defaults']

  result = []

  for url, menu_text, access_type in defaults:
    url = url % params['url_name'].lower()
    item = (url, menu_text % params, access_type)
    result.append(item)

  for item in params['sidebar_additional']:
    result.append(item)

  return result


def getSidebarLinks(request, params=None):
  """Returns an dictionary with one sidebar entry.

  Calls getSidebarItems to retrieve the items that should be in the
  menu. Expected is a tuple with an url, a menu_text, and an
  access_type. The access_type is then passed to checkAccess, if it
  raises out_of_band.Error, the item will not be added.

  Args:
    request: the django request object
    params: a dict with params for this View

  Params usage:
    The params dictionary is passed as argument to getSidebarItems,
    see the docstring of getSidebarItems on how it uses it.

    rights: The rights dictionary is used to check if the user has
      the required rights to see a sidebar item.
      See checkAccess for more details on how the rights dictionary
      is used to check access rights.
    sidebar_heading: The sidebar_heading value is used to set the
      heading variable in the result.
    name: The name value is used if sidebar_heading is not present.

  Returns: 
    A dictionary is returned with it's 'heading' value set as explained above.
    It's 'items' value is constructed by calling _getSidebarItems. It constists
    of dictionaries with a url and a title field.
  """

  rights = params['rights']

  items = []

  for url, menu_text, access_type in getSidebarItems(params):
    try:
      access.checkAccess(access_type, request, rights)
      items.append({'url': url, 'title': menu_text})
    except out_of_band.Error:
      pass

  if not items:
    return

  res = {}

  if 'sidebar_heading' not in params:
    params['sidebar_heading'] = params['name']

  res['heading'] = params['sidebar_heading']
  res['items'] = items

  return res