From: Stephen Burrows Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:59:23 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Fleshed out the documentation for nodes and views to include all core view subclasses. X-Git-Tag: philo-0.9~12^2~32^2~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.ithinksw.org/philo.git/commitdiff_plain/07ce1f2a98c642c08c47fcf90064f287915e009f?ds=sidebyside Fleshed out the documentation for nodes and views to include all core view subclasses. --- diff --git a/docs/models/nodes-and-views.rst b/docs/models/nodes-and-views.rst index a9bae89..ee63291 100644 --- a/docs/models/nodes-and-views.rst +++ b/docs/models/nodes-and-views.rst @@ -1,8 +1,16 @@ Nodes and Views: Building Website structure =========================================== .. currentmodule:: philo.models + +Nodes +----- + +: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. + .. class:: Node + :class:`!Node` subclasses :class:`TreeEntity`. It defines the following additional methods and attributes: + .. attribute:: view :class:`GenericForeignKey` to a non-abstract subclass of :class:`View` @@ -19,13 +27,18 @@ Nodes and Views: Building Website structure 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. +Views +----- + +Abstract View Models +++++++++++++++++++++ .. 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. + :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. It subclasses :class:`Entity`, and defines the following additional methods and attributes: .. attribute:: accepts_subpath - Defines whether this View class can handle subpaths. + Defines whether this View class can handle subpaths. Default: ``False`` .. attribute:: nodes @@ -51,4 +64,172 @@ Nodes and Views: Building Website structure .. 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`. \ No newline at end of file + Concrete subclasses must override this method to provide the business logic for turning a ``request`` and ``extra_context`` into an :class:`HttpResponse`. + +.. class:: MultiView + + :class:`!MultiView` is an abstract model which represents a section of related pages - for example, a :class:`~philo.contrib.penfield.BlogView` might have a foreign key to :class:`Page`\ s for an index, an entry detail, an entry archive by day, and so on. :class:`!MultiView` subclasses :class:`View`, and defines the following additional methods and attributes: + + .. attribute:: accepts_subpath + + Same as :attr:`View.accepts_subpath`. Default: ``True`` + + .. attribute:: urlpatterns + + Returns urlpatterns that point to views (generally methods on the class). :class:`!MultiView`\ s can be thought of as "managing" these subpaths. + + .. method:: actually_render_to_response(request[, extra_context=None]) + + Resolves the remaining subpath left after finding this :class:`View`'s node using :attr:`self.urlpatterns ` and renders the view function (or method) found with the appropriate args and kwargs. + + .. method:: get_context() + + Hook for providing instance-specific context - such as the value of a Field - to all views. + + .. method:: basic_view(field_name) + + Given the name of a field on ``self``, accesses the value of that field and treats it as a :class:`View` instance. Creates a basic context based on :meth:`get_context` and any extra_context that was passed in, then calls the :class:`View` instance's :meth:`~View.render_to_response` method. This method is meant to be called to return a view function appropriate for :attr:`urlpatterns`. + +Concrete View Subclasses +++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +.. class:: Redirect + + A :class:`View` subclass. Defines a 301 or 302 redirect to a different url on an absolute or relative path. + + .. attribute:: STATUS_CODES + + A choices tuple of redirect status codes (temporary or permanent). + + .. attribute:: target + + A :class:`CharField` which may contain an absolute or relative URL. This will be validated with :class:`philo.validators.RedirectValidator`. + + .. attribute:: status_code + + An :class:`IntegerField` which uses :attr:`STATUS_CODES` as its choices. Determines whether the redirect is considered temporary or permanent. + + .. method:: actually_render_to_response(request[, extra_context=None]) + + Returns an :class:`HttpResponseRedirect` to :attr:`self.target`. + +.. class:: File + + A :class:`View` subclass. Stores an arbitrary file. + + .. attribute:: mimetype + + Defines the mimetype of the uploaded file. This will not be validated. + + .. attribute:: file + + Contains the uploaded file. Files are uploaded to ``philo/files/%Y/%m/%d``. + + .. method:: __unicode__() + + Returns the name of :attr:`self.file `. + +Pages +***** + +:class:`Page`\ s are the most frequently used :class:`View` subclass. They define a basic HTML page and its associated content. Each :class:`Page` renders itself according to a :class:`Template`. The :class:`Template` may contain :ttag:`container` tags, which define related :class:`Contentlet`\ s and :class:`ContentReference`\ s for any page using that :class:`Template`. + +.. class:: Page + + A :class:`View` subclass. Represents a page - something which is rendered according to a template. The page will have a number of related Contentlets depending on the template selected - but these will appear only after the page has been saved with that template. + + .. attribute:: template + + A :class:`ForeignKey` to the :class:`Template` used to render this :class:`Page`. + + .. attribute:: title + + The name of this page. Chances are this will be used for organization - i.e. finding the page in a list of pages - rather than for display. + + .. attribute:: containers + + Returns :attr:`self.template.containers ` - a tuple containing the specs of all :ttag:`container`\ s defined in the :class:`Template`. The value will be cached on the instance so that multiple accesses will be less expensive. + + .. method:: render_to_string([request=None, extra_context=None]) + + In addition to rendering as an :class:`HttpResponse`, a :class:`Page` can also render as a string. This means, for example, that :class:`Page`\ s can be used to render emails or other non-HTML-related content with the same :ttag:`container`-based functionality as is used for HTML. + + .. method:: actually_render_to_response(request[, extra_context=None]) + + Returns an :class:`HttpResponse` with the content of the :meth:`render_to_string` method and the mimetype set to :attr:`self.template.mimetype `. + + .. clean_fields(self[, exclude=None) + + This is an override of the default model clean_fields method. Essentially, in addition to validating the fields, this method validates the :class:`Template` instance that is used to render this :class:`Page`. This is useful for catching template errors before they show up as 500 errors on a live site. + + .. method:: __unicode__() + + Returns :meth:`self.title ` + +.. class:: Template + + Subclasses :class:`TreeModel`. Represents a database-driven django template. Defines the following additional methods and attributes: + + .. attribute:: name + + The name of the template. Used for organization and debugging. + + .. attribute:: documentation + + Can be used to let users know what the template is meant to be used for. + + .. attribute:: mimetype + + Defines the mimetype of the template. This is not validated. Default: ``text/html``. + + .. attribute:: code + + An insecure :class:`~philo.models.fields.TemplateField` containing the django template code for this template. + + .. attribute:: containers + + Returns a tuple where the first item is a list of names of contentlets referenced by containers, and the second item is a list of tuples of names and contenttypes of contentreferences referenced by containers. This will break if there is a recursive extends or includes in the template code. Due to the use of an empty Context, any extends or include tags with dynamic arguments probably won't work. + + .. method:: __unicode__() + + Returns the results of the :meth:`~TreeModel.get_path` method, using the "name" field and a chevron joiner. + +.. class:: Contentlet + + Defines a piece of content on a page. This content is treated as a secure :class:`~philo.models.fields.TemplateField`. + + .. attribute:: page + + The page which this :class:`Contentlet` is related to. + + .. attribute:: name + + This represents the name of the container as defined by a :ttag:`container` tag. + + .. attribute:: content + + A secure :class:`~philo.models.fields.TemplateField` holding the content for this :class:`Contentlet`. Note that actually using this field as a template requires use of the :ttag:`include_string` template tag. + + .. method:: __unicode__() + + Returns :attr:`self.name <name>` + +.. class:: ContentReference + + Defines a model instance related to a page. + + .. attribute:: page + + The page which this :class:`ContentReference` is related to. + + .. attribute:: name + + This represents the name of the container as defined by a :ttag:`container` tag. + + .. attribute:: content + + A :class:`GenericForeignKey` to a model instance. The content type of this instance is defined by the :ttag:`container` tag which defines this :class:`ContentReference`. + + .. method:: __unicode__() + + Returns :attr:`self.name <name>` \ No newline at end of file