Nodes and Views: Building Website structure =========================================== .. currentmodule:: philo.models .. class:: Node .. attribute:: view :class:`GenericForeignKey` to a non-abstract subclass of :class:`View` .. attribute:: accepts_subpath A property shortcut for :attr:`self.view.accepts_subpath ` .. method:: render_to_response(request[, extra_context=None]) This is a shortcut method for :meth:`View.render_to_response` .. method:: get_absolute_url() As long as :mod:`philo.urls` is included somewhere in the urlpatterns, this will return the URL of this node. The returned value will always start and end with a slash. .. class:: View :class:`!View` is an abstract model that represents an item which can be "rendered", either in response to an :class:`HttpRequest` or as a standalone. .. attribute:: accepts_subpath Defines whether this View class can handle subpaths. .. attribute:: nodes A generic relation back to nodes. .. method:: get_subpath(obj) If the view :attr:`accepts subpaths <.accepts_subpath>`, try to find a reversal for the given object using ``self`` as the urlconf. This method calls :meth:`~.get_reverse_params` with ``obj`` as the argument to find out the reversing parameters for that object. .. method:: get_reverse_params(obj) This method should return a ``view_name``, ``args``, ``kwargs`` tuple suitable for reversing a url for the given ``obj`` using ``self`` as the urlconf. .. method:: attributes_with_node(node) Returns a :class:`QuerySetMapper` using the :class:`node `'s attributes as a passthrough. .. method:: render_to_response(request[, extra_context=None]) Renders the :class:`View` as an :class:`HttpResponse`. This will raise :const:`philo.exceptions.MIDDLEWARE_NOT_CONFIGURED` if the `request` doesn't have an attached :class:`Node`. This can happen if :class:`philo.middleware.RequestNodeMiddleware` is not in :setting:`settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` or if it is not functioning correctly. :meth:`!render_to_response` will send the :obj:`view_about_to_render ` signal, then call :meth:`actually_render_to_response`, and finally send the :obj:`view_finished_rendering ` signal before returning the ``response``. .. method:: actually_render_to_response(request[, extra_context=None]) Concrete subclasses must override this method to provide the business logic for turning a ``request`` and ``extra_context`` into an :class:`HttpResponse`.