Revised penfield's pagination helper to work more generically.
[philo.git] / contrib / penfield / utils.py
index 5df800c..0318e5e 100644 (file)
@@ -1,20 +1,33 @@
-from django.core.paginator import Paginator, InvalidPage, EmptyPage
+from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 
 
-def paginate(request, entries, entries_per_page):
-       paginator = Paginator(entries, entries_per_page)
+def paginate(objects, per_page=None, page_number=1):
+       """
+       Given a list of objects, return a (page, obj_list) tuple.
+       """
        try:
-               page_number = int(request.GET.get('page', '1'))
-               entries = paginator.page(page_number).object_list
-               page = paginator.page(page_number)
-       except ValueError:
-               page_number = 1
-               entries = paginator.page(page_number).object_list
-               page = paginator.page(page_number)
+               per_page = int(per_page)
+       except (TypeError, ValueError):
+               # Then either it wasn't set or it was set to an invalid value
+               return None, objects
+       
+       # There also shouldn't be pagination if the list is too short. Try count()
+       # first - good chance it's a queryset, where count is more efficient.
+       try:
+               if objects.count() <= per_page:
+                       return None, objects
+       except AttributeError:
+               if len(objects) <= per_page:
+                       return None, objects
+       
+       paginator = Paginator(objects, per_page)
        try:
-               entries = paginator.page(page_number).object_list
-               page = paginator.page(page_number)
-       except (EmptyPage, InvalidPage):
-               entries = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages).object_list
-               page = paginator.page(page_number)
-       return page
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+               page_number = int(page_number)
+       except:
+               page_number = 1
+       
+       # This will raise an EmptyPage error if the page number is out of range.
+       # This error is intentionally left for the calling function to handle.
+       page = paginator.page(page_number)
+       
+       return page, page.object_list
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