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     2 Those are methods you'll find on both request objects and on repository session:

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     4 :URL handling:

     5   * `build_url(*args, **kwargs)`, returns an absolute URL based on the

     6     given arguments. The *controller* supposed to handle the response,

     7     can be specified through the first positional parameter (the

     8     connection is theoretically done automatically :).

     9 :Data formatting:

    10   * `format_date(date, date_format=None, time=False)` returns a string for a

    11     date time according to instance's configuration

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    13   * `format_time(time)` returns a string for a date time according to

    14     instance's configuration

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    16 :And more...:

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    18   * `tal_render(template, variables)`, renders a precompiled page template with

    19     variables in the given dictionary as context

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    22 Result set methods:

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    24   * `get_entity(row, col)`, returns the entity corresponding to the data position

    25     in the *result set*

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    27   * `complete_entity(row, col, skip_bytes=True)`, is equivalent to `get_entity` but

    28     also call the method `complete()` on the entity before returning it

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