app/soc/logic/models/expando_base.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:00:04 +0200
changeset 2678 a525a55833f1
parent 2481 031e5828f3a4
child 2736 8f3935f0f4ba
permissions -rw-r--r--
Send out a Notification upon creation of a new Request entity. The receivers are specified by the corresponding Role logic this Role Request is for. Currently Organization and Club Administrators will receive "new request" messages about respectively Mentor and Club Membership requests. Fixes Issue 442.

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Helpers functions for updating different kinds of Expando models.
"""

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


from soc.logic.models import base


class Logic(base.Logic):
  """Base logic for Expando entity classes.
  """

  def __init__(self, model, base_model=None, scope_logic=None,
               name=None, skip_properties=None, id_based=False):
    """Defines the name, key_name and model for this entity.
    """

    super(Logic, self).__init__(model=model, base_model=base_model,
                                scope_logic=scope_logic, name=name,
                                skip_properties=skip_properties,
                                id_based=id_based)

  def updateEntityProperties(self, entity, entity_properties, silent=False):
    """Update existing entity using supplied properties.

    Overwrites base because of Expando properties.

    Args:
      entity: a model entity
      entity_properties: keyword arguments that correspond to entity
        properties and their values
      silent: iff True does not call _onUpdate method

    Returns:
      The original entity with any supplied properties changed.
    """

    if not entity:
      raise NoEntityError

    if not entity_properties:
      raise InvalidArgumentError

    for name, value in entity_properties.iteritems():
      # if the property is not to be updated, skip it
      if name in self._skip_properties:
        continue

      if self._updateField(entity, entity_properties, name):
        setattr(entity, name, value)

    entity.put()

    # call the _onUpdate method
    if not silent:
      self._onUpdate(entity)

    return entity