diff -r 1e1b8f22e153 -r ba3f2522e8df app/soc/tasks/updates/module_conversion.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/tasks/updates/module_conversion.py	Thu Sep 24 21:17:33 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.
+
+"""The module conversion updates are defined in this module.
+"""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
+  ]
+
+
+from google.appengine.api.labs import taskqueue
+from google.appengine.ext import db
+
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+from soc.tasks.helper import error_handler
+
+
+# batch size to use when going through the entities
+DEF_BATCH_SIZE = 10
+
+
+def startUpdateWithUrl(request, task_url):
+  """Spawns an update task for the given task URL.
+
+  Args:
+    request: Django Request object
+    task_url: The URL used to run this update task
+
+  Returns:
+    True iff the new task is successfully added to the Task Queue API
+  """
+
+  new_task = taskqueue.Task(url=task_url)
+  new_task.add()
+
+  return True
+
+
+def runProgramConversionUpdate(request, *args, **kwargs):
+  """Appengine Task that converts Programs into GSoCPrograms.
+
+  The POST dict can contain the key where to start the conversion.
+
+  Args:
+    request: Django Request object
+  """
+
+  from soc.logic.models.program import logic as program_logic
+
+  from soc.modules.gsoc.models.program import GSoCProgram
+
+  fields = {}
+
+  post_dict = request.POST
+
+  start_key = post_dict.get('start_key')
+
+  if start_key:
+    # retrieve the last Program entity that was converted
+    start = program_logic.getFromKeyName(start_key)
+
+    if not start:
+      # invalid starting key specified, log and return OK
+      return error_handler.logErrorAndReturnOK(
+          'Invalid Program Key specified: %s' %(start_key))
+
+    fields['__key__ >'] = start.key()
+
+  # get batch_size number of Programs
+  entities = program_logic.getForFields(fields, limit=DEF_BATCH_SIZE)
+
+  # get all the properties that are part of each Programs
+  program_model = program_logic.getModel()
+  program_properties = program_model.properties().keys()
+
+  # use this to store all the new GSoCPrograms
+  gsoc_programs = []
+
+  for entity in entities:
+    gsoc_properties = {}
+
+    for program_property in program_properties:
+      # copy over all the information from the program entity
+      gsoc_properties[program_property] = getattr(entity, program_property)
+
+    # create the new GSoCProgram entity and prepare it to be stored
+    gsoc_program_entity = GSoCProgram(key_name=entity.key().name(), **gsoc_properties)
+    gsoc_programs.append(gsoc_program_entity)
+
+    # store all the new GSoCPrograms
+    db.put(gsoc_programs)
+
+  if len(entities) == DEF_BATCH_SIZE:
+    # spawn new task starting from the last
+    new_start = entities[DEF_BATCH_SIZE-1].key().id_or_name()
+
+    # pass along these params as POST to the new task
+    task_params = {'start_key': new_start}
+
+    new_task = taskqueue.Task(params=task_params,
+                              url=request.META['PATH_INFO'])
+    new_task.add()
+
+  # task completed, return OK
+  return HttpResponse('OK')