: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:
+ return self.view.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:
+ 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):