[book, form] include complete example of self-posted form with custom field/widget + minor other changes
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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
# edition helper functions ################################################
def linked_to(self, rtype, role, remove=True):
"""if entity should be linked to another using '__linkto' form param for
the given relation/role, return eids of related entities
This method is consuming matching link-to information from form params
if `remove` is True (by default). Computed values are stored into a
`cw_linkto` attribute, a dictionary with (relation, role) as key and
linked eids as value.
"""
try:
return self.cw_linkto[(rtype, role)]
except AttributeError:
self.cw_linkto = {}
except KeyError:
pass
linktos = list(self._cw.list_form_param('__linkto'))
linkedto = []
for linkto in linktos[:]:
ltrtype, eid, ltrole = linkto.split(':')
if rtype == ltrtype and role == ltrole:
# delete __linkto from form param to avoid it being added as
# hidden input
if remove:
linktos.remove(linkto)
self._cw.form['__linkto'] = linktos
linkedto.append(typed_eid(eid))
self.cw_linkto[(rtype, role)] = linkedto
return linkedto
# server side helpers #####################################################
# XXX: store a reference to the AnyEntity class since it is hijacked in goa
# configuration and we need the actual reference to avoid infinite loops
# in mro
ANYENTITY = AnyEntity
def fetch_config(fetchattrs, mainattr=None, pclass=AnyEntity, order='ASC'):
if pclass is ANYENTITY:
pclass = AnyEntity # AnyEntity and ANYENTITY may be different classes
if pclass is not None:
fetchattrs += pclass.fetch_attrs
if mainattr is None:
mainattr = fetchattrs[0]
@classmethod
def fetch_order(cls, attr, var):
if attr == mainattr:
return '%s %s' % (var, order)
return None
return fetchattrs, fetch_order