doc/book/_maybe_to_integrate/treemixin.rst
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Class `TreeMixIn`
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This class provides a tree interface. This mixin has to be inherited 
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explicitly and configured using the tree_attribute, parent_target and 
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children_target class attribute to benefit from this default implementation.
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This class provides the following methods:
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  * `different_type_children(entities=True)`, returns children entities
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    of different type as this entity. According to the `entities` parameter, 
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    returns entity objects (if entity=True) or the equivalent result set.
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  * `same_type_children(entities=True)`, returns children entities of 
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    the same type as this entity. According to the `entities` parameter, 
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    return entity objects (if entity=True) or the equivalent result set.
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  * `iterchildren( _done=None)`, iters on the children of the entity.
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  * `prefixiter( _done=None)`
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  * `path()`, returns the list of eids from the root object to this object.
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  * `iterparents()`, iters on the parents of the entity.
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  * `notification_references(view)`, used to control References field 
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    of email send on notification for this entity. `view` is the notification view.
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    Should return a list of eids which can be used to generate message ids
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    of previously sent email.
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`TreeMixIn` implements also the ITree interface (``cubicweb.interfaces``):
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  * `parent()`, returns the parent entity if any, else None (e.g. if we are on the
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    root)
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  * `children(entities=True, sametype=False)`, returns children entities
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    according to the `entities` parameter, return entity objects or the
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    equivalent result set.
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  * `children_rql()`, returns the RQL query corresponding to the children
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    of the entity.
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  * `is_leaf()`, returns True if the entity does not have any children.
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  * `is_root()`, returns True if the entity does not have any parent.
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  * `root()`, returns the root object of the tree representation of
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    the entity and its related entities.
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Example of use
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``````````````
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Imagine you defined three types of entities in your schema, and they
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relates to each others as follows in ``schema.py``::
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  class Entity1(EntityType):
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      title = String()
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      is_related_to = SubjectRelation('Entity2', 'subject')
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  class Entity2(EntityType):
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      title = String()
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      belongs_to = SubjectRelation('Entity3', 'subject')
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  class Entity3(EntityType):
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      name = String()
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You would like to create a view that applies to both entity types
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`Entity1` and `Entity2` and which lists the entities they are related to.
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That means when you view `Entity1` you want to list all `Entity2`, and
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when you view `Entity2` you want to list all `Entity3`.
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In ``entities.py``::
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  class Entity1(TreeMixIn, AnyEntity):
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      id = 'Entity1'
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      __implements__ = AnyEntity.__implements__ + (ITree,)
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      __rtags__ = {('is_related_to', 'Entity2', 'object'): 'link'}
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      tree_attribute = 'is_related_to'
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      def children(self, entities=True):
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          return self.different_type_children(entities)
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  class Entity2(TreeMixIn, AnyEntity):
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      id = 'Entity2'
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      __implements__ = AnyEntity.__implements__ + (ITree,)
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      __rtags__ = {('belongs_to', 'Entity3', 'object'): 'link'}
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      tree_attribute = 'belongs_to'
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      def children(self, entities=True):
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          return self.different_type_children(entities)
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Once this is done, you can define your common view as follows::
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  class E1E2CommonView(baseviews.PrimaryView):
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      accepts = ('Entity11, 'Entity2')
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      def render_entity_relations(self, entity, siderelations):
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          self.wview('list', entity.children(entities=False))
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