web/formfields.py
author Aurelien Campeas <aurelien.campeas@logilab.fr>
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:57:55 +0200
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"""Fields are used to control what's displayed in forms. It makes the link
between something to edit and its display in the form. Actual display is handled
by a widget associated to the field.

:organization: Logilab
:copyright: 2009-2010 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), license is LGPL v2.
:contact: http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
:license: GNU Lesser General Public License, v2.1 - http://www.gnu.org/licenses
"""
__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"

from warnings import warn
from datetime import datetime

from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape
from logilab.common.date import ustrftime

from yams.schema import KNOWN_METAATTRIBUTES, role_name
from yams.constraints import (SizeConstraint, StaticVocabularyConstraint,
                              FormatConstraint)

from cubicweb import Binary, tags, uilib
from cubicweb.web import INTERNAL_FIELD_VALUE, ProcessFormError, eid_param, \
     formwidgets as fw, uicfg


class UnmodifiedField(Exception):
    """raise this when a field has not actually been edited and you want to skip
    it
    """


def vocab_sort(vocab):
    """sort vocabulary, considering option groups"""
    result = []
    partresult = []
    for label, value in vocab:
        if value is None: # opt group start
            if partresult:
                result += sorted(partresult)
                partresult = []
            result.append( (label, value) )
        else:
            partresult.append( (label, value) )
    result += sorted(partresult)
    return result

_MARKER = object()

class Field(object):
    """This class is the abstract base class for all fields. It hold a bunch
    of attributes which may be used for fine control of the behaviour of a
    concret field.

    All the attributes described below have sensible default value which may be
    overriden by value given to field's constructor.

    :name:
       name of the field (basestring), should be unique in a form.
    :id:
       dom identifier (default to the same value as `name`), should be unique in
       a form.
    :label:
       label of the field (default to the same value as `name`).
    :help:
       help message about this field.
    :widget:
       widget associated to the field. Each field class has a default widget
       class which may be overriden per instance.
    :required:
       bool flag telling if the field is required or not.
    :value:
       field value (may be an actual value, a default value or nothing)
    :choices:
       static vocabulary for this field. May be a list of values or a list of
       (label, value) tuples if specified.
    :sort:
       bool flag telling if the vocabulary (either static vocabulary specified
       in `choices` or dynamic vocabulary fetched from the form) should be
       sorted on label.
    :internationalizable:
       bool flag telling if the vocabulary labels should be translated using the
       current request language.
    :eidparam:
       bool flag telling if this field is linked to a specific entity
    :role:
       when the field is linked to an entity attribute or relation, tells the
       role of the entity in the relation (eg 'subject' or 'object')
    :fieldset:
       optional fieldset to which this field belongs to
    :order:
       key used by automatic forms to sort fields
    :ignore_req_params:
       when true, this field won't consider value potentialy specified using
       request's form parameters (eg you won't be able to specify a value using for
       instance url like http://mywebsite.com/form?field=value)
    """
    # default widget associated to this class of fields. May be overriden per
    # instance
    widget = fw.TextInput
    # does this field requires a multipart form
    needs_multipart = False
    # class attribute used for ordering of fields in a form
    __creation_rank = 0

    eidparam = False
    role = None
    id = None
    help = None
    required = False
    choices = None
    sort = True
    internationalizable = False
    fieldset = None
    order = None
    value = _MARKER
    fallback_on_none_attribute = False
    ignore_req_params = False

    def __init__(self, name=None, label=_MARKER, widget=None, **kwargs):
        for key, val in kwargs.items():
            if key == 'initial':
                warn('[3.6] use value instead of initial', DeprecationWarning,
                     stacklevel=3)
                key = 'value'
            assert hasattr(self.__class__, key) and not key[0] == '_', key
            setattr(self, key, val)
        self.name = name
        if label is _MARKER:
            label = name or _MARKER
        self.label = label
        # has to be done after other attributes initialization
        self.init_widget(widget)
        # ordering number for this field instance
        self.creation_rank = Field.__creation_rank
        Field.__creation_rank += 1

    def __unicode__(self):
        return u'<%s name=%r eidparam=%s role=%r id=%r value=%r visible=%r @%x>' % (
            self.__class__.__name__, self.name, self.eidparam, self.role,
            self.id, self.value, self.is_visible(), id(self))

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')

    def init_widget(self, widget):
        if widget is not None:
            self.widget = widget
        elif self.choices and not self.widget.vocabulary_widget:
            self.widget = fw.Select()
        if isinstance(self.widget, type):
            self.widget = self.widget()

    def set_name(self, name):
        """automatically set .label when name is set"""
        assert name
        self.name = name
        if self.label is _MARKER:
            self.label = name

    def is_visible(self):
        """return true if the field is not an hidden field"""
        return not isinstance(self.widget, fw.HiddenInput)

    def actual_fields(self, form):
        """return actual fields composing this field in case of a compound
        field, usually simply return self
        """
        yield self

    def format_value(self, req, value):
        """return value suitable for display where value may be a list or tuple
        of values
        """
        if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
            return [self.format_single_value(req, val) for val in value]
        return self.format_single_value(req, value)

    def format_single_value(self, req, value):
        """return value suitable for display"""
        if value is None or value is False:
            return u''
        if value is True:
            return u'1'
        return unicode(value)

    def get_widget(self, form):
        """return the widget instance associated to this field"""
        return self.widget

    def input_name(self, form, suffix=None):
        """return 'qualified name' for this field"""
        # caching is necessary else we get some pb on entity creation :
        # entity.eid is modified from creation mark (eg 'X') to its actual eid
        # (eg 123), and then `field.input_name()` won't return the right key
        # anymore if not cached (first call to input_name done *before* eventual
        # eid affectation).
        #
        # note that you should NOT use @cached else it will create a memory leak
        # on persistent fields (eg created once for all on a form class) because
        # of the 'form' appobject argument: the cache will keep growing as new
        # form are created...
        try:
            return form.formvalues[(self, 'input_name', suffix)]
        except KeyError:
            name = self.role_name()
            if suffix is not None:
                name += suffix
            if self.eidparam:
                name = eid_param(name, form.edited_entity.eid)
            form.formvalues[(self, 'input_name', suffix)] = name
            return name

    def role_name(self):
        """return <field.name>-<field.role> if role is specified, else field.name"""
        if self.role is not None:
            return role_name(self.name, self.role)
        return self.name

    def dom_id(self, form, suffix=None):
        """return an html dom identifier for this field"""
        id = self.id or self.role_name()
        if suffix is not None:
            id += suffix
        if self.eidparam:
            return eid_param(id, form.edited_entity.eid)
        return id

    def typed_value(self, form, load_bytes=False):
        if self.eidparam and self.role is not None:
            entity = form.edited_entity
            if form._cw.vreg.schema.rschema(self.name).final:
                if entity.has_eid() or self.name in entity:
                    value = getattr(entity, self.name)
                    if value is not None or not self.fallback_on_none_attribute:
                        return value
            elif entity.has_eid() or entity.relation_cached(self.name, self.role):
                value = [r[0] for r in entity.related(self.name, self.role)]
                if value or not self.fallback_on_none_attribute:
                    return value
        return self.initial_typed_value(form, load_bytes)

    def initial_typed_value(self, form, load_bytes):
        if self.value is not _MARKER:
            if callable(self.value):
                return self.value(form)
            return self.value
        formattr = '%s_%s_default' % (self.role, self.name)
        if hasattr(form, formattr):
            warn('[3.6] %s.%s deprecated, use field.value' % (
                form.__class__.__name__, formattr), DeprecationWarning)
            return getattr(form, formattr)()
        if self.eidparam and self.role is not None:
            if form._cw.vreg.schema.rschema(self.name).final:
                return form.edited_entity.e_schema.default(self.name)
            return ()
        return None

    def example_format(self, req):
        """return a sample string describing what can be given as input for this
        field
        """
        return u''

    def render(self, form, renderer):
        """render this field, which is part of form, using the given form
        renderer
        """
        widget = self.get_widget(form)
        return widget.render(form, self, renderer)

    def vocabulary(self, form, **kwargs):
        """return vocabulary for this field. This method will be called by
        widgets which requires a vocabulary.
        """
        assert self.choices is not None
        if callable(self.choices):
            try:
                if getattr(self.choices, 'im_self', None) is self:
                    vocab = self.choices(form=form, **kwargs)
                else:
                    vocab = self.choices(form=form, field=self, **kwargs)
            except TypeError:
                try:
                    vocab = self.choices(form=form, **kwargs)
                    warn('[3.6]  %s: choices should now take '
                         'the form and field as named arguments' % self,
                         DeprecationWarning)
                except TypeError:
                    warn('[3.3]  %s: choices should now take '
                         'the form and field as named arguments' % self,
                         DeprecationWarning)
                    vocab = self.choices(req=form._cw, **kwargs)
        else:
            vocab = self.choices
        if vocab and not isinstance(vocab[0], (list, tuple)):
            vocab = [(x, x) for x in vocab]
        if self.internationalizable:
            # the short-cirtcuit 'and' boolean operator is used here to permit
            # a valid empty string in vocabulary without attempting to translate
            # it by gettext (which can lead to weird strings display)
            vocab = [(label and form._cw._(label), value) for label, value in vocab]
        if self.sort:
            vocab = vocab_sort(vocab)
        return vocab

    def format(self, form):
        """return MIME type used for the given (text or bytes) field"""
        if self.eidparam and self.role == 'subject':
            entity = form.edited_entity
            if entity.e_schema.has_metadata(self.name, 'format') and (
                entity.has_eid() or '%s_format' % self.name in entity):
                return form.edited_entity.attr_metadata(self.name, 'format')
        return form._cw.property_value('ui.default-text-format')

    def encoding(self, form):
        """return encoding used for the given (text) field"""
        if self.eidparam:
            entity = form.edited_entity
            if entity.e_schema.has_metadata(self.name, 'encoding') and (
                entity.has_eid() or '%s_encoding' % self.name in entity):
                return form.edited_entity.attr_metadata(self.name, 'encoding')
        return form._cw.encoding

    def form_init(self, form):
        """method called before by build_context to trigger potential field
        initialization requiring the form instance
        """
        pass

    def has_been_modified(self, form):
        # fields not corresponding to an entity attribute / relations
        # are considered modified
        if not self.eidparam or not self.role or not form.edited_entity.has_eid():
            return True # XXX
        try:
            if self.role == 'subject':
                previous_value = getattr(form.edited_entity, self.name)
            else:
                previous_value = getattr(form.edited_entity,
                                         'reverse_%s' % self.name)
        except AttributeError:
            # fields with eidparam=True but not corresponding to an actual
            # attribute or relation
            return True
        # if it's a non final relation, we need the eids
        if isinstance(previous_value, tuple):
            # widget should return a set of untyped eids
            previous_value = set(unicode(e.eid) for e in previous_value)
        try:
            new_value = self.process_form_value(form)
        except ProcessFormError:
            return True
        except UnmodifiedField:
            return False
        if previous_value == new_value:
            return False # not modified
        return True

    def process_form_value(self, form):
        """process posted form and return correctly typed value"""
        try:
            return form.formvalues[(self, form)]
        except KeyError:
            value = form.formvalues[(self, form)] = self._process_form_value(form)
            return value

    def _process_form_value(self, form):
        widget = self.get_widget(form)
        value = widget.process_field_data(form, self)
        return self._ensure_correctly_typed(form, value)

    def _ensure_correctly_typed(self, form, value):
        """widget might to return date as a correctly formatted string or as
        correctly typed objects, but process_for_value must return a typed value.
        Override this method to type the value if necessary
        """
        return value or None

    def process_posted(self, form):
        for field in self.actual_fields(form):
            if field is self:
                try:
                    value = field.process_form_value(form)
                    if value is None and field.required:
                        raise ProcessFormError(form._cw._("required field"))
                    yield field, value
                except UnmodifiedField:
                    continue
            else:
                # recursive function: we might have compound fields
                # of compound fields (of compound fields of ...)
                for field, value in field.process_posted(form):
                    yield field, value


class StringField(Field):
    widget = fw.TextArea
    size = 45

    def __init__(self, name=None, max_length=None, **kwargs):
        self.max_length = max_length # must be set before super call
        super(StringField, self).__init__(name=name, **kwargs)

    def init_widget(self, widget):
        if widget is None:
            if self.choices:
                widget = fw.Select()
            elif self.max_length and self.max_length < 257:
                widget = fw.TextInput()

        super(StringField, self).init_widget(widget)
        if isinstance(self.widget, fw.TextArea):
            self.init_text_area(self.widget)
        elif isinstance(self.widget, fw.TextInput):
            self.init_text_input(self.widget)

    def init_text_input(self, widget):
        if self.max_length:
            widget.attrs.setdefault('size', min(self.size, self.max_length))
            widget.attrs.setdefault('maxlength', self.max_length)

    def init_text_area(self, widget):
        if self.max_length < 513:
            widget.attrs.setdefault('cols', 60)
            widget.attrs.setdefault('rows', 5)


class PasswordField(StringField):
    widget = fw.PasswordInput
    def form_init(self, form):
        if self.eidparam and form.edited_entity.has_eid():
            # see below: value is probably set but we can't retreive it. Ensure
            # the field isn't show as a required field on modification
            self.required = False

    def typed_value(self, form, load_bytes=False):
        if self.eidparam:
            # no way to fetch actual password value with cw
            if form.edited_entity.has_eid():
                return ''
            return self.initial_typed_value(form, load_bytes)
        return super(PasswordField, self).typed_value(form, load_bytes)


class RichTextField(StringField):
    widget = None
    def __init__(self, format_field=None, **kwargs):
        super(RichTextField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.format_field = format_field

    def init_text_area(self, widget):
        pass

    def get_widget(self, form):
        if self.widget is None:
            if self.use_fckeditor(form):
                return fw.FCKEditor()
            widget = fw.TextArea()
            self.init_text_area(widget)
            return widget
        return self.widget

    def get_format_field(self, form):
        if self.format_field:
            return self.format_field
        # we have to cache generated field since it's use as key in the
        # context dictionnary
        req = form._cw
        try:
            return req.data[self]
        except KeyError:
            fkwargs = {'eidparam': self.eidparam, 'role': self.role}
            if self.use_fckeditor(form):
                # if fckeditor is used and format field isn't explicitly
                # deactivated, we want an hidden field for the format
                fkwargs['widget'] = fw.HiddenInput()
                fkwargs['value'] = 'text/html'
            else:
                # else we want a format selector
                fkwargs['widget'] = fw.Select()
                fcstr = FormatConstraint()
                fkwargs['choices'] = fcstr.vocabulary(form=form)
                fkwargs['internationalizable'] = True
                fkwargs['value'] = self.format
            fkwargs['eidparam'] = self.eidparam
            field = StringField(name=self.name + '_format', **fkwargs)
            req.data[self] = field
            return field

    def actual_fields(self, form):
        yield self
        format_field = self.get_format_field(form)
        if format_field:
            yield format_field

    def use_fckeditor(self, form):
        """return True if fckeditor should be used to edit entity's attribute named
        `attr`, according to user preferences
        """
        if form._cw.use_fckeditor():
            return self.format(form) == 'text/html'
        return False

    def render(self, form, renderer):
        format_field = self.get_format_field(form)
        if format_field:
            # XXX we want both fields to remain vertically aligned
            if format_field.is_visible():
                format_field.widget.attrs['style'] = 'display: block'
            result = format_field.render(form, renderer)
        else:
            result = u''
        return result + self.get_widget(form).render(form, self, renderer)


class FileField(StringField):
    widget = fw.FileInput
    needs_multipart = True

    def __init__(self, format_field=None, encoding_field=None, name_field=None,
                 **kwargs):
        super(FileField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.format_field = format_field
        self.encoding_field = encoding_field
        self.name_field = name_field

    def actual_fields(self, form):
        yield self
        if self.format_field:
            yield self.format_field
        if self.encoding_field:
            yield self.encoding_field
        if self.name_field:
            yield self.name_field

    def typed_value(self, form, load_bytes=False):
        if self.eidparam and self.role is not None:
            if form.edited_entity.has_eid():
                if load_bytes:
                    return getattr(form.edited_entity, self.name)
                # don't actually load data
                # XXX value should reflect if some file is already attached
                # * try to display name metadata
                # * check length(data) / data != null
                return True
            return False
        return super(FileField, self).typed_value(form, load_bytes)

    def render(self, form, renderer):
        wdgs = [self.get_widget(form).render(form, self, renderer)]
        if self.format_field or self.encoding_field:
            divid = '%s-advanced' % self.input_name(form)
            wdgs.append(u'<a href="%s" title="%s"><img src="%s" alt="%s"/></a>' %
                        (xml_escape(uilib.toggle_action(divid)),
                         form._cw._('show advanced fields'),
                         xml_escape(form._cw.build_url('data/puce_down.png')),
                         form._cw._('show advanced fields')))
            wdgs.append(u'<div id="%s" class="hidden">' % divid)
            if self.name_field:
                wdgs.append(self.render_subfield(form, self.name_field, renderer))
            if self.format_field:
                wdgs.append(self.render_subfield(form, self.format_field, renderer))
            if self.encoding_field:
                wdgs.append(self.render_subfield(form, self.encoding_field, renderer))
            wdgs.append(u'</div>')
        if not self.required and self.typed_value(form):
            # trick to be able to delete an uploaded file
            wdgs.append(u'<br/>')
            wdgs.append(tags.input(name=self.input_name(form, u'__detach'),
                                   type=u'checkbox'))
            wdgs.append(form._cw._('detach attached file'))
        return u'\n'.join(wdgs)

    def render_subfield(self, form, field, renderer):
        return (renderer.render_label(form, field)
                + field.render(form, renderer)
                + renderer.render_help(form, field)
                + u'<br/>')

    def _process_form_value(self, form):
        posted = form._cw.form
        if self.input_name(form, u'__detach') in posted:
            # drop current file value on explictily asked to detach
            return None
        try:
            value = posted[self.input_name(form)]
        except KeyError:
            # raise UnmodifiedField instead of returning None, since the later
            # will try to remove already attached file if any
            raise UnmodifiedField()
        # skip browser submitted mime type
        filename, _, stream = value
        # value is a  3-uple (filename, mimetype, stream)
        value = Binary(stream.read())
        if not value.getvalue(): # usually an unexistant file
            value = None
        else:
            # set filename on the Binary instance, may be used later in hooks
            value.filename = filename
        return value


class EditableFileField(FileField):
    editable_formats = ('text/plain', 'text/html', 'text/rest')

    def render(self, form, renderer):
        wdgs = [super(EditableFileField, self).render(form, renderer)]
        if self.format(form) in self.editable_formats:
            data = self.typed_value(form, load_bytes=True)
            if data:
                encoding = self.encoding(form)
                try:
                    form.formvalues[(self, form)] = unicode(data.getvalue(), encoding)
                except UnicodeError:
                    pass
                else:
                    if not self.required:
                        msg = form._cw._(
                            'You can either submit a new file using the browse button above'
                            ', or choose to remove already uploaded file by checking the '
                            '"detach attached file" check-box, or edit file content online '
                            'with the widget below.')
                    else:
                        msg = form._cw._(
                            'You can either submit a new file using the browse button above'
                            ', or edit file content online with the widget below.')
                    wdgs.append(u'<p><b>%s</b></p>' % msg)
                    wdgs.append(fw.TextArea(setdomid=False).render(form, self, renderer))
                    # XXX restore form context?
        return '\n'.join(wdgs)

    def _process_form_value(self, form):
        value = form._cw.form.get(self.input_name(form))
        if isinstance(value, unicode):
            # file modified using a text widget
            return Binary(value.encode(self.encoding(form)))
        return super(EditableFileField, self)._process_form_value(form)


class IntField(Field):
    def __init__(self, min=None, max=None, **kwargs):
        super(IntField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.min = min
        self.max = max
        if isinstance(self.widget, fw.TextInput):
            self.widget.attrs.setdefault('size', 5)
            self.widget.attrs.setdefault('maxlength', 15)

    def _ensure_correctly_typed(self, form, value):
        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            value = value.strip()
            if not value:
                return None
            try:
                return int(value)
            except ValueError:
                raise ProcessFormError(form._cw._('an integer is expected'))
        return value


class BooleanField(Field):
    widget = fw.Radio

    def vocabulary(self, form):
        if self.choices:
            return super(BooleanField, self).vocabulary(form)
        return [(form._cw._('yes'), '1'), (form._cw._('no'), '')]

    def _ensure_correctly_typed(self, form, value):
        return bool(value)


class FloatField(IntField):
    def format_single_value(self, req, value):
        formatstr = req.property_value('ui.float-format')
        if value is None:
            return u''
        return formatstr % float(value)

    def render_example(self, req):
        return self.format_single_value(req, 1.234)

    def _ensure_correctly_typed(self, form, value):
        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            value = value.strip()
            if not value:
                return None
            try:
                return float(value)
            except ValueError:
                raise ProcessFormError(form._cw._('a float is expected'))
        return None


class DateField(StringField):
    widget = fw.JQueryDatePicker
    format_prop = 'ui.date-format'
    etype = 'Date'

    def format_single_value(self, req, value):
        if value:
            return ustrftime(value, req.property_value(self.format_prop))
        return u''

    def render_example(self, req):
        return self.format_single_value(req, datetime.now())

    def _ensure_correctly_typed(self, form, value):
        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            value = value.strip()
            if not value:
                return None
            try:
                value = form._cw.parse_datetime(value, self.etype)
            except ValueError, ex:
                raise ProcessFormError(unicode(ex))
        return value


class DateTimeField(DateField):
    widget = fw.JQueryDateTimePicker
    format_prop = 'ui.datetime-format'
    etype = 'Datetime'


class TimeField(DateField):
    widget = fw.JQueryTimePicker
    format_prop = 'ui.time-format'
    etype = 'Time'


# relation vocabulary helper functions #########################################

def relvoc_linkedto(entity, rtype, role):
    # first see if its specified by __linkto form parameters
    linkedto = entity.linked_to(rtype, role)
    if linkedto:
        buildent = entity._cw.entity_from_eid
        return [(buildent(eid).view('combobox'), eid) for eid in linkedto]
    return []

def relvoc_init(entity, rtype, role, required=False):
    # it isn't, check if the entity provides a method to get correct values
    vocab = []
    if not required:
        vocab.append(('', INTERNAL_FIELD_VALUE))
    # vocabulary doesn't include current values, add them
    if entity.has_eid():
        rset = entity.related(rtype, role)
        vocab += [(e.view('combobox'), e.eid) for e in rset.entities()]
    return vocab

def relvoc_unrelated(entity, rtype, role, limit=None):
    if isinstance(rtype, basestring):
        rtype = entity._cw.vreg.schema.rschema(rtype)
    if entity.has_eid():
        done = set(row[0] for row in entity.related(rtype, role))
    else:
        done = None
    result = []
    rsetsize = None
    for objtype in rtype.targets(entity.e_schema, role):
        if limit is not None:
            rsetsize = limit - len(result)
        result += _relvoc_unrelated(entity, rtype, objtype, role, rsetsize, done)
        if limit is not None and len(result) >= limit:
            break
    return result

def _relvoc_unrelated(entity, rtype, targettype, role, limit, done):
    """return unrelated entities for a given relation and target entity type
    for use in vocabulary
    """
    if done is None:
        done = set()
    res = []
    for entity in entity.unrelated(rtype, targettype, role, limit).entities():
        if entity.eid in done:
            continue
        done.add(entity.eid)
        res.append((entity.view('combobox'), entity.eid))
    return res


class RelationField(Field):
    """the relation field to edit non final relations of an entity"""

    @staticmethod
    def fromcardinality(card, **kwargs):
        kwargs.setdefault('widget', fw.Select(multiple=card in '*+'))
        return RelationField(**kwargs)

    def choices(self, form, limit=None):
        """Take care, choices function for relation field instance should take
        an extra 'limit' argument, with default to None.

        This argument is used by the 'unrelateddivs' view (see in autoform) and
        when it's specified (eg not None), vocabulary returned should:
        * not include already related entities
        * have a max size of `limit` entities
        """
        entity = form.edited_entity
        # first see if its specified by __linkto form parameters
        if limit is None:
            linkedto = relvoc_linkedto(entity, self.name, self.role)
            if linkedto:
                return linkedto
            vocab = relvoc_init(entity, self.name, self.role, self.required)
        else:
            vocab = []
        # it isn't, check if the entity provides a method to get correct values
        method = '%s_%s_vocabulary' % (self.role, self.name)
        try:
            vocab += getattr(form, method)(self.name, limit)
            warn('[3.6] found %s on %s, should override field.choices instead (need tweaks)'
                 % (method, form), DeprecationWarning)
        except AttributeError:
            vocab += relvoc_unrelated(entity, self.name, self.role, limit)
        if self.sort:
            vocab = vocab_sort(vocab)
        return vocab

    def form_init(self, form):
        #if not self.display_value(form):
        value = form.edited_entity.linked_to(self.name, self.role)
        if value:
            searchedvalues = ['%s:%s:%s' % (self.name, eid, self.role)
                              for eid in value]
            # remove associated __linkto hidden fields
            for field in form.root_form.fields_by_name('__linkto'):
                if field.value in searchedvalues:
                    form.root_form.remove_field(field)
            form.formvalues[(self, form)] = value

    def format_single_value(self, req, value):
        return value

    def process_form_value(self, form):
        """process posted form and return correctly typed value"""
        try:
            return form.formvalues[(self, form)]
        except KeyError:
            value = self._process_form_value(form)
            # if value is None, there are some remaining pending fields, we'll
            # have to recompute this later -> don't cache in formvalues
            if value is not None:
                form.formvalues[(self, form)] = value
            return value

    def _process_form_value(self, form):
        """process posted form and return correctly typed value"""
        widget = self.get_widget(form)
        values = widget.process_field_data(form, self)
        if values is None:
            values = ()
        elif not isinstance(values, list):
            values = (values,)
        eids = set()
        for eid in values:
            if not eid or eid == INTERNAL_FIELD_VALUE:
                continue
            typed_eid = form.actual_eid(eid)
            if typed_eid is None:
                form._cw.data['pendingfields'].add( (form, self) )
                return None
            eids.add(typed_eid)
        return eids

# XXX use cases where we don't actually want a better widget?
class CompoundField(Field):
    def __init__(self, fields, *args, **kwargs):
        super(CompoundField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields = fields

    def subfields(self, form):
        return self.fields

    def actual_fields(self, form):
        # don't add [self] to actual fields, compound field is usually kinda
        # virtual, all interesting values are in subfield. Skipping it may avoid
        # error when processed by the editcontroller : it may be marked as required
        # while it has no value, hence generating a false error.
        return list(self.fields)


_AFF_KWARGS = uicfg.autoform_field_kwargs

def guess_field(eschema, rschema, role='subject', skip_meta_attr=True, **kwargs):
    """return the most adapated widget to edit the relation
    'subjschema rschema objschema' according to information found in the schema
    """
    fieldclass = None
    rdef = eschema.rdef(rschema, role)
    if role == 'subject':
        targetschema = rdef.object
        if rschema.final:
            if rdef.get('internationalizable'):
                kwargs.setdefault('internationalizable', True)
    else:
        targetschema = rdef.subject
    card = rdef.role_cardinality(role)
    kwargs['name'] = rschema.type
    kwargs['role'] = role
    kwargs['eidparam'] = True
    kwargs.setdefault('required', card in '1+')
    if role == 'object':
        kwargs.setdefault('label', (eschema.type, rschema.type + '_object'))
    else:
        kwargs.setdefault('label', (eschema.type, rschema.type))
    kwargs.setdefault('help', rdef.description)
    if rschema.final:
        if skip_meta_attr and rschema in eschema.meta_attributes():
            return None
        fieldclass = FIELDS[targetschema]
        if fieldclass is StringField:
            if eschema.has_metadata(rschema, 'format'):
                # use RichTextField instead of StringField if the attribute has
                # a "format" metadata. But getting information from constraints
                # may be useful anyway...
                for cstr in rdef.constraints:
                    if isinstance(cstr, StaticVocabularyConstraint):
                        raise Exception('rich text field with static vocabulary')
                return RichTextField(**kwargs)
            # init StringField parameters according to constraints
            for cstr in rdef.constraints:
                if isinstance(cstr, StaticVocabularyConstraint):
                    kwargs.setdefault('choices', cstr.vocabulary)
                    break
            for cstr in rdef.constraints:
                if isinstance(cstr, SizeConstraint) and cstr.max is not None:
                    kwargs['max_length'] = cstr.max
            return StringField(**kwargs)
        if fieldclass is FileField:
            for metadata in KNOWN_METAATTRIBUTES:
                metaschema = eschema.has_metadata(rschema, metadata)
                if metaschema is not None:
                    metakwargs = _AFF_KWARGS.etype_get(eschema, metaschema, 'subject')
                    kwargs['%s_field' % metadata] = guess_field(eschema, metaschema,
                                                                skip_meta_attr=False,
                                                                **metakwargs)
        return fieldclass(**kwargs)
    return RelationField.fromcardinality(card, **kwargs)


FIELDS = {
    'Boolean':  BooleanField,
    'Bytes':    FileField,
    'Date':     DateField,
    'Datetime': DateTimeField,
    'Int':      IntField,
    'Float':    FloatField,
    'Decimal':  StringField,
    'Password': PasswordField,
    'String' :  StringField,
    'Time':     TimeField,
    }