X-Git-Url: http://git.ithinksw.org/philo.git/blobdiff_plain/54d1617957cfa3a8c9ffd714ad6c4bef09e727de..c5586d632dc2cf5b06af929b2cb38131042c0ed6:/philo/views.py

diff --git a/philo/views.py b/philo/views.py
index 28740fd..2c2a952 100644
--- a/philo/views.py
+++ b/philo/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ from philo.exceptions import MIDDLEWARE_NOT_CONFIGURED
 
 @vary_on_headers('Accept')
 def node_view(request, path=None, **kwargs):
+	"""
+	:func:`node_view` handles incoming requests by checking to make sure that:
+	
+	- the request has an attached :class:`.Node`.
+	- the attached :class:`~philo.models.nodes.Node` handles any remaining path beyond its location.
+	
+	If these conditions are not met, then :func:`node_view` will either raise :exc:`Http404` or, if it seems like the address was mistyped (for example missing a trailing slash), return an :class:`HttpResponseRedirect` to the correct address.
+	
+	Otherwise, :func:`node_view` will call the :class:`.Node`'s :meth:`~.Node.render_to_response` method, passing ``kwargs`` in as the ``extra_context``.
+	
+	"""
 	if "philo.middleware.RequestNodeMiddleware" not in settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES:
 		raise MIDDLEWARE_NOT_CONFIGURED
 	
@@ -26,10 +37,10 @@ def node_view(request, path=None, **kwargs):
 		raise Http404
 	
 	node = request.node
-	subpath = request.node.subpath
+	subpath = request.node._subpath
 	
 	# Explicitly disallow trailing slashes if we are otherwise at a node's url.
-	if request._cached_node_path != "/" and request._cached_node_path[-1] == "/" and subpath == "/":
+	if node._path != "/" and node._path[-1] == "/" and subpath == "/":
 		return HttpResponseRedirect(node.get_absolute_url())
 	
 	if not node.handles_subpath(subpath):