:class:`Node`\ s are the basic building blocks of a website using Philo. They define the URL hierarchy and connect each URL to a :class:`View` subclass instance which is used to generate an HttpResponse.
"""
- view_content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, related_name='node_view_set', limit_choices_to=_view_content_type_limiter)
- view_object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField()
+ view_content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, related_name='node_view_set', limit_choices_to=_view_content_type_limiter, blank=True, null=True)
+ view_object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
#: :class:`GenericForeignKey` to a non-abstract subclass of :class:`View`
view = generic.GenericForeignKey('view_content_type', 'view_object_id')
@property
def accepts_subpath(self):
"""A property shortcut for :attr:`self.view.accepts_subpath <View.accepts_subpath>`"""
- if self.view:
- return self.view.accepts_subpath
+ if self.view_object_id and self.view_content_type_id:
+ return ContentType.objects.get_for_id(self.view_content_type_id).model_class().accepts_subpath
return False
def handles_subpath(self, subpath):
- return self.view.handles_subpath(subpath)
+ if self.view_object_id and self.view_content_type_id:
+ return ContentType.objects.get_for_id(self.view_content_type_id).model_class().handles_subpath(subpath)
+ return False
def render_to_response(self, request, extra_context=None):
"""This is a shortcut method for :meth:`View.render_to_response`"""
- return self.view.render_to_response(request, extra_context)
+ if self.view_object_id and self.view_content_type_id:
+ view_model = ContentType.objects.get_for_id(self.view_content_type_id).model_class()
+ self.view = view_model._default_manager.select_related(depth=1).get(pk=self.view_object_id)
+ return self.view.render_to_response(request, extra_context)
+ raise Http404
def get_absolute_url(self, request=None, with_domain=False, secure=False):
"""
#: A generic relation back to nodes.
nodes = generic.GenericRelation(Node, content_type_field='view_content_type', object_id_field='view_object_id')
- #: Property or attribute which defines whether this :class:`View` can handle subpaths. Default: ``False``
+ #: An attribute on the class which defines whether this :class:`View` can handle subpaths. Default: ``False``
accepts_subpath = False
- def handles_subpath(self, subpath):
+ @classmethod
+ def handles_subpath(cls, subpath):
"""Returns True if the :class:`View` handles the given subpath, and False otherwise."""
- if not self.accepts_subpath and subpath != "/":
+ if not cls.accepts_subpath and subpath != "/":
return False
return True
"""Returns urlpatterns that point to views (generally methods on the class). :class:`MultiView`\ s can be thought of as "managing" these subpaths."""
raise NotImplementedError("MultiView subclasses must implement urlpatterns.")
- def handles_subpath(self, subpath):
- if not super(MultiView, self).handles_subpath(subpath):
- return False
- try:
- resolve(subpath, urlconf=self)
- except Http404:
- return False
- return True
-
def actually_render_to_response(self, request, extra_context=None):
"""
Resolves the remaining subpath left after finding this :class:`View`'s node using :attr:`self.urlpatterns <urlpatterns>` and renders the view function (or method) found with the appropriate args and kwargs.