Add a framework for generic views
This commit does not enable the new code, as such there
should be no change in functionality. In order to use the
new code the maps.py file should be updated to point at the
new views/models/sponsor.py module.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed
try:
import cPickle as pickle
except ImportError:
import pickle
from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.hashcompat import md5_constructor
from django.forms import BooleanField
def security_hash(request, form, *args):
"""
Calculates a security hash for the given Form instance.
This creates a list of the form field names/values in a deterministic
order, pickles the result with the SECRET_KEY setting, then takes an md5
hash of that.
"""
data = [(bf.name, bf.field.clean(bf.data) or '') for bf in form]
data.extend(args)
data.append(settings.SECRET_KEY)
# Use HIGHEST_PROTOCOL because it's the most efficient. It requires
# Python 2.3, but Django requires 2.3 anyway, so that's OK.
pickled = pickle.dumps(data, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
return md5_constructor(pickled).hexdigest()