entities/__init__.py
author Sylvain Thénault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr>
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:32:57 +0100
changeset 8119 29cdde6bb9ef
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# copyright 2003-2011 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
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# This file is part of CubicWeb.
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"""base application's entities class implementation: `AnyEntity`"""

__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"

from warnings import warn

from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
from logilab.common.decorators import cached

from cubicweb import Unauthorized, typed_eid
from cubicweb.entity import Entity


class AnyEntity(Entity):
    """an entity instance has e_schema automagically set on the class and
    instances have access to their issuing cursor
    """
    __regid__ = 'Any'
    __implements__ = ()

    @classmethod
    def cw_create_url(cls, req, **kwargs):
        """ return the url of the entity creation form for this entity type"""
        return req.build_url('add/%s' % cls.__regid__, **kwargs)

    # meta data api ###########################################################

    def dc_title(self):
        """return a suitable *unicode* title for this entity"""
        for rschema, attrschema in self.e_schema.attribute_definitions():
            if rschema.meta:
                continue
            value = self.cw_attr_value(rschema.type)
            if value:
                # make the value printable (dates, floats, bytes, etc.)
                return self.printable_value(rschema.type, value, attrschema.type,
                                            format='text/plain')
        return u'%s #%s' % (self.dc_type(), self.eid)

    def dc_long_title(self):
        """return a more detailled title for this entity"""
        return self.dc_title()

    def dc_description(self, format='text/plain'):
        """return a suitable description for this entity"""
        if 'description' in self.e_schema.subjrels:
            return self.printable_value('description', format=format)
        return u''

    def dc_authors(self):
        """return a suitable description for the author(s) of the entity"""
        try:
            return ', '.join(u.name() for u in self.owned_by)
        except Unauthorized:
            return u''

    def dc_creator(self):
        """return a suitable description for the creator of the entity"""
        if self.creator:
            return self.creator.name()
        return u''

    def dc_date(self, date_format=None):# XXX default to ISO 8601 ?
        """return latest modification date of this entity"""
        return self._cw.format_date(self.modification_date, date_format=date_format)

    def dc_type(self, form=''):
        """return the display name for the type of this entity (translated)"""
        return self.e_schema.display_name(self._cw, form)

    def dc_language(self):
        """return language used by this entity (translated)"""
        # check if entities has internationalizable attributes
        # XXX one is enough or check if all String attributes are internationalizable?
        for rschema, attrschema in self.e_schema.attribute_definitions():
            if rschema.rdef(self.e_schema, attrschema).internationalizable:
                return self._cw._(self._cw.user.property_value('ui.language'))
        return self._cw._(self._cw.vreg.property_value('ui.language'))

    @property
    def creator(self):
        """return the CWUser entity which has created this entity, or None if
        unknown or if the curent user doesn't has access to this euser
        """
        try:
            return self.created_by[0]
        except (Unauthorized, IndexError):
            return None

    # abstractions making the whole things (well, some at least) working ######

    def sortvalue(self, rtype=None):
        """return a value which can be used to sort this entity or given
        entity's attribute
        """
        if rtype is None:
            return self.dc_title().lower()
        value = self.cw_attr_value(rtype)
        # do not restrict to `unicode` because Bytes will return a `str` value
        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            return self.printable_value(rtype, format='text/plain').lower()
        return value


def fetch_config(fetchattrs, mainattr=None, pclass=AnyEntity, order='ASC'):
    """function to ease basic configuration of an entity class ORM. Basic usage
    is:

    .. sourcecode:: python

      class MyEntity(AnyEntity):

          fetch_attrs, cw_fetch_order = fetch_config(['attr1', 'attr2'])
          # uncomment line below if you want the same sorting for 'unrelated' entities
          # cw_fetch_unrelated_order = cw_fetch_order

    Using this, when using ORM methods retrieving this type of entity, 'attr1'
    and 'attr2' will be automatically prefetched and results will be sorted on
    'attr1' ascending (ie the first attribute in the list).

    This function will automatically add to fetched attributes those defined in
    parent class given using the `pclass` argument.

    Also, You can use `mainattr` and `order` argument to have a different
    sorting.
    """
    if pclass is not None:
        fetchattrs += pclass.fetch_attrs
    if mainattr is None:
        mainattr = fetchattrs[0]
    @classmethod
    def fetch_order(cls, select, attr, var):
        if attr == mainattr:
            select.add_sort_var(var, order=='ASC')
    return fetchattrs, fetch_order