1 Request and ResultSet methods

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     3 

     4 Those are methods you'll find on both request objects and on

     5 repository session.

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     7 Request methods

     8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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    10 `URL handling`:

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

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

    14   can be specified through the first positional parameter (the

    15   connection is theoretically done automatically :).

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    17 `Data formatting`:

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

    20   date time according to instance's configuration

    21 

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

    23   instance's configuration

    24 

    25 `And more...`:

    26 

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

    28   variables in the given dictionary as context

    29 

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    31 Result set methods

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    33 

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

    35   in the *result set*

    36 

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

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

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