app/soc/logic/helper/request.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:31:39 +0000
changeset 2177 e2c193e1f631
parent 1308 35b75ffcbb37
child 2677 7df4d0fcbb80
permissions -rw-r--r--
Do not rely on dicts.merge to change target Also make dicts.merge actually not touch target. This is much cleaner than modifying in place, especially since we assign the result of the dicts.merge call to target most of the time anyway. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Functions that are useful when dealing with requests.
"""

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


import soc.logic.models as model_logic


def completeRequestForRole(role_entity, role_name):
  """Marks the request that leads to the given role_entity as completed.
  
  Args:
    role_entity: A datastore entity that is either a role or a subclass 
      of the role model
    role_name: The name in the request that is used to describe the 
      type of the role_entity
   
  """

  # get the request logic so we can query the datastore
  request_logic = model_logic.request.logic

  # create the query properties for the specific role
  properties = {'scope_path' : role_entity.scope_path,
      'link_id': role_entity.link_id,
      'role': role_name}

  # get the request that complies with properties
  request_entity = request_logic.getForFields(properties, unique=True)

  # mark the request completed, if there is any
  if request_entity:
    request_logic.updateEntityProperties(request_entity,
        {'status': 'completed'})