diff -r 274efd5c769d -r 6a3c464f871f app/soc/tasks/grading_survey_group.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/tasks/grading_survey_group.py	Mon Jul 13 00:59:48 2009 +0200
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+#!/usr/bin/python2.5
+#
+# Copyright 2009 the Melange authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Tasks related to Grading Survey Groups.
+"""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
+  ]
+
+
+import datetime
+import logging
+
+from google.appengine.api.labs import taskqueue
+
+from django import http
+
+from soc.tasks.helper import error_handler
+
+
+# batch size to use when going through StudentProjects
+DEF_BATCH_SIZE = 10
+
+
+def getDjangoURLPatterns():
+  """Returns the URL patterns for the tasks in this module.
+  """
+
+  patterns = [(
+      r'tasks/grading_survey_group/update_records$',
+      'soc.tasks.grading_survey_group.updateOrCreateRecordsForSurveyGroup'),
+              (
+      r'tasks/grading_survey_group/update_projects$',
+      'soc.tasks.grading_survey_group.updateProjectsForSurveyGroup')]
+
+  return patterns
+
+
+def updateOrCreateRecordsForSurveyGroup(request, *args, **kwargs):
+  """Updates or creates GradingRecords for the given GradingSurveyGroup.
+
+  Expects the following to be present in the POST dict:
+    group_key: Specifies the GradingSurveyGroup key name.
+    project_key: optional to specify which project was the last for which this
+                 task was run
+  Args:
+    request: Django Request object
+  """
+
+  from soc.logic.models.grading_record import logic as grading_record_logic
+  from soc.logic.models.grading_survey_group import logic as survey_group_logic
+  from soc.logic.models.student_project import logic as student_project_logic
+
+  post_dict = request.POST
+
+  group_key = post_dict.get('group_key')
+
+  if not group_key:
+    # invalid task data, log and return OK
+    return error_handler.logErrorAndReturnOK(
+        'Invalid updateRecordForSurveyGroup data: %s' % post_dict)
+
+  # get the GradingSurveyGroup for the given keyname
+  survey_group_entity = survey_group_logic.getFromKeyName(group_key)
+
+  if not survey_group_entity:
+    # invalid GradingSurveyGroup specified, log and return OK
+    return error_handler.logErrorAndReturnOK(
+        'Invalid GradingSurveyGroup specified: %s' % group_key)
+
+  # check and retrieve the project_key that has been done last
+  if 'project_key' in post_dict:
+    project_start_key = post_dict['project_key']
+  else:
+    project_start_key = None
+
+  # get all valid StudentProjects from starting key
+  fields = {'program': survey_group_entity.scope,
+            'status': ['accepted', 'failed', 'completed', 'withdrawn']}
+
+  if project_start_key:
+    # retrieve the last project that was done
+    project_start = student_project_logic.getFromKeyName(project_start_key)
+
+    if not project_start:
+      # invalid starting project key specified, log and return OK
+      return error_handler.logErrorAndReturnOK(
+          'Invalid Student Project Key specified: %s' %(project_start_key))
+
+    fields['__key__ >'] = project_start.key()
+
+  # get the first batch_size number of StudentProjects
+  project_entities = student_project_logic.getForFields(fields,
+                                                        limit=DEF_BATCH_SIZE)
+
+  # update/create and batch put the new GradingRecords
+  grading_record_logic.updateOrCreateRecordsFor(survey_group_entity,
+                                                project_entities)
+
+  if len(project_entities) == DEF_BATCH_SIZE:
+    # spawn new task starting from the last
+    new_project_start = project_entities[DEF_BATCH_SIZE-1].key().id_or_name()
+
+    # pass along these params as POST to the new task
+    task_params = {'group_key': group_key,
+                   'project_key': new_project_start}
+    task_url = '/tasks/grading_survey_group/update_records'
+
+    new_task = taskqueue.Task(params=task_params, url=task_url)
+    new_task.add()
+  else:
+    # task completed, update timestamp for last update complete
+    fields = {'last_update_complete': datetime.datetime.now()}
+    survey_group_logic.updateEntityProperties(survey_group_entity, fields)
+
+  # task completed, return OK
+  return http.HttpResponse('OK')
+
+def updateProjectsForSurveyGroup(request, *args, **kwargs):
+  """Updates each StudentProject for which a GradingRecord is found.
+
+  Expects the following to be present in the POST dict:
+    group_key: Specifies the GradingSurveyGroup key name.
+
+  Args:
+    request: Django Request object
+  """
+  # TODO(ljvderijk) implement this method
+  return http.HttpResponse('OK')