app/django/utils/decorators.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:23:16 +0000
changeset 363 d35ffa6ca643
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
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

"Functions that help with dynamically creating decorators for views."

import types
try:
    from functools import wraps
except ImportError:
    from django.utils.functional import wraps  # Python 2.3, 2.4 fallback.

def decorator_from_middleware(middleware_class):
    """
    Given a middleware class (not an instance), returns a view decorator. This
    lets you use middleware functionality on a per-view basis.
    """
    def _decorator_from_middleware(*args, **kwargs):
        # For historical reasons, these "decorators" are also called as
        # dec(func, *args) instead of dec(*args)(func). We handle both forms
        # for backwards compatibility.
        has_func = True
        try:
            view_func = kwargs.pop('view_func')
        except KeyError:
            if len(args):
                view_func, args = args[0], args[1:]
            else:
                has_func = False
        if not (has_func and isinstance(view_func, types.FunctionType)):
            # We are being called as a decorator.
            if has_func:
                args = (view_func,) + args
            middleware = middleware_class(*args, **kwargs)

            def decorator_func(fn):
                return _decorator_from_middleware(fn, *args, **kwargs)
            return decorator_func

        middleware = middleware_class(*args, **kwargs)

        def _wrapped_view(request, *args, **kwargs):
            if hasattr(middleware, 'process_request'):
                result = middleware.process_request(request)
                if result is not None:
                    return result
            if hasattr(middleware, 'process_view'):
                result = middleware.process_view(request, view_func, args, kwargs)
                if result is not None:
                    return result
            try:
                response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
            except Exception, e:
                if hasattr(middleware, 'process_exception'):
                    result = middleware.process_exception(request, e)
                    if result is not None:
                        return result
                raise
            if hasattr(middleware, 'process_response'):
                result = middleware.process_response(request, response)
                if result is not None:
                    return result
            return response
        return wraps(view_func)(_wrapped_view)
    return _decorator_from_middleware