appypod-rattail/fields/computed.py

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# This file is part of Appy, a framework for building applications in the Python
# language. Copyright (C) 2007 Gaetan Delannay

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from appy.fields import Field
from appy.px import  Px

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class Computed(Field):
    WRONG_METHOD = 'Wrong value "%s". Param "method" must contain a method ' \
                   'or a PX.'
    pxView = pxCell = pxEdit = Px('''<x if="field.plainText">:value</x>
      <x if="not field.plainText">::value</x>''')

    pxSearch = Px('''
     <input type="text" name=":'%s*string' % widgetName"
            maxlength=":field.maxChars" size=":field.width"
            value=":field.sdefault"/>''')

    def __init__(self, validator=None, multiplicity=(0,1), default=None,
                 show=None, page='main', group=None, layouts=None, move=0,
                 indexed=False, searchable=False, specificReadPermission=False,
                 specificWritePermission=False, width=None, height=None,
                 maxChars=None, colspan=1, method=None, formatMethod=None,
                 plainText=False, master=None, masterValue=None, focus=False,
                 historized=False, mapping=None, label=None, sdefault='',
                 scolspan=1, swidth=None, sheight=None, context=None, view=None,
                 xml=None):
        # The Python method used for computing the field value, or a PX.
        self.method = method
        # A specific method for producing the formatted value of this field.
        # This way, if, for example, the value is a DateTime instance which is
        # indexed, you can specify in m_formatMethod the way to format it in
        # the user interface while m_method computes the value stored in the
        # catalog.
        self.formatMethod = formatMethod
        if isinstance(self.method, basestring):
            # A legacy macro identifier. Raise an exception
            raise Exception(self.WRONG_METHOD % self.method)
        # Does field computation produce plain text or XHTML?
        self.plainText = plainText
        if isinstance(method, Px):
            # When field computation is done with a PX, the result is XHTML.
            self.plainText = False
        # Determine default value for "show"
        if show == None:
            # XHTML content in a Computed field generally corresponds to some
            # custom XHTML widget. This is why, by default, we do not render it
            # in the xml layout.
            show = self.plainText and ('view', 'result', 'xml') or \
                                      ('view', 'result')
        # If method is a PX, its context can be given in p_context.
        self.context = context
        Field.__init__(self, None, multiplicity, default, show, page, group,
                       layouts, move, indexed, searchable,
                       specificReadPermission, specificWritePermission, width,
                       height, None, colspan, master, masterValue, focus,
                       historized, mapping, label, sdefault, scolspan, swidth,
                       sheight, False, view, xml)
        self.validable = False

    def getValue(self, obj):
        '''Computes the value instead of getting it in the database.'''
        if not self.method: return
        if isinstance(self.method, Px):
            obj = obj.appy()
            tool = obj.tool
            req = obj.request
            # Get the context of the currently executed PX if present
            try:
                ctx = req.pxContext
            except AttributeError:
                # Create some standard context
                ctx = {'obj': obj, 'zobj': obj.o, 'field': self,
                       'req': req, 'tool': tool, 'ztool': tool.o,
                       '_': tool.translate, 'url': tool.o.getIncludeUrl}
            if self.context: ctx.update(self.context)
            return self.method(ctx)
        else:
            # self.method is a method that will return the field value
            return self.callMethod(obj, self.method, cache=False)

    def getFormattedValue(self, obj, value, showChanges=False, language=None):
        if self.formatMethod:
            res = self.formatMethod(obj, value)
        else:
            res = value
        if not isinstance(res, basestring): res = str(res)
        return res
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