Ready for an 'advanced search' functionality.

gen/plone25/generator.py

@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ class Generator(AbstractGenerator):
             msg('import_already',       '', msg.IMPORT_ALREADY),
             msg('import_many',          '', msg.IMPORT_MANY),
             msg('import_done',          '', msg.IMPORT_DONE),
+            msg('search_title',         '', msg.SEARCH_TITLE),
+            msg('search_button',        '', msg.SEARCH_BUTTON),
+            msg('search_objects',       '', msg.SEARCH_OBJECTS),
+            msg('search_results',       '', msg.SEARCH_RESULTS),
+            msg('search_results_descr', '', ' '),
             msg('ref_invalid_index',    '', msg.REF_INVALID_INDEX),
             msg('bad_int',              '', msg.BAD_INT),
             msg('bad_float',            '', msg.BAD_FLOAT),

gen/plone25/mixins/ToolMixin.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import re, os, os.path, Cookie
+from appy.gen import Type
 from appy.gen.utils import FieldDescr, SomeObjects
 from appy.gen.plone25.mixins import AbstractMixin
 from appy.gen.plone25.mixins.FlavourMixin import FlavourMixin
@@ -111,12 +112,19 @@ class ToolMixin(AbstractMixin):
         '''Executes a query on a given p_contentType (or several, separated
            with commas) in Plone's portal_catalog. Portal types are from the
            flavour numbered p_flavourNumber. If p_searchName is specified, it
-           corresponds to a search defined on p_contentType: additional search
-           criteria will be added to the query. We will retrieve objects from
-           p_startNumber. If p_search is defined, it corresponds to a custom
-           Search instance (instead of a predefined named search like in
-           p_searchName). If both p_searchName and p_search are given, p_search
-           is ignored. This method returns a list of objects in the form of the
+           corresponds to:
+             1) a search defined on p_contentType: additional search criteria
+                will be added to the query, or;
+             2) "_advanced": in this case, additional search criteria will also
+                be added to the query, but those criteria come from the session
+                and were created from search.pt.
+
+           We will retrieve objects from p_startNumber. If p_search is defined,
+           it corresponds to a custom Search instance (instead of a predefined
+           named search like in p_searchName). If both p_searchName and p_search
+           are given, p_search is ignored.
+
+           This method returns a list of objects in the form of the
            __dict__ attribute of an instance of SomeObjects (see in
            appy.gen.utils). We return the __dict__ attribute instead of real
            instance: that way, it can be used in ZPTs without security problems.
@@ -143,6 +151,7 @@ class ToolMixin(AbstractMixin):
             # In this case, contentType must contain a single content type.
             appyClass = self.getAppyClass(contentType)
             if searchName:
+                if searchName != '_advanced':
                     search = ArchetypesClassDescriptor.getSearch(
                         appyClass, searchName)
         if search:
@@ -362,6 +371,26 @@ class ToolMixin(AbstractMixin):
         else:
             return False
 
+    def getSearchableFields(self, contentType):
+        '''Returns the list of fields that may be searched on objects on type
+           p_contentType (=indexed fields).'''
+        appyClass = self.getAppyClass(contentType)
+        res = []
+        for attrName in dir(appyClass):
+            attr = getattr(appyClass, attrName)
+            if isinstance(attr, Type) and attr.indexed:
+                dAttr = self._appy_getTypeAsDict(attrName, attr, appyClass)
+                res.append((attrName, dAttr))
+        return res
+
+    def onSearchObjects(self):
+        '''This method is called when the user triggers a search from
+           search.pt.'''
+        rq = self.REQUEST
+        backUrl = '%s/query?type_name=%s&flavourNumber=%d&search=_advanced' % \
+            (os.path.dirname(rq['URL']), rq['type_name'], rq['flavourNumber'])
+        return self.goto(backUrl)
+
     def getJavascriptMessages(self):
         '''Returns the translated version of messages that must be shown in
            Javascript popups.'''

gen/plone25/skin/macros.pt

@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
                startNumber   request/startNumber|python:'0';
                startNumber   python: int(startNumber);
                searchName    request/search;
-               searchLabel   python: '%s_search_%s' % (contentType, searchName);
+               searchLabel   python: test(searchName=='_advanced', 'search_results', '%s_search_%s' % (contentType, searchName));
                searchDescr   python: '%s_descr' % searchLabel;
                severalTypes  python: contentType and (contentType.find(',') != -1);
                queryResult   python: tool.executeQuery(contentType, flavourNumber, searchName, startNumber, remember=True);
@@ -909,6 +909,11 @@
                  tal:attributes="onClick python: 'href: window.location=\'%s/skyn/import?type_name=%s\'' % (appFolder.absolute_url(), rootClass);
                                  src string: $portal_url/skyn/import.png;
                                  title python: tool.translate('query_import')"/>
+            <tal:comment replace="nothing">Search objects of this type (todo: update flavourNumber)</tal:comment>
+            <img style="cursor:pointer"
+                 tal:attributes="onClick python: 'href: window.location=\'%s/skyn/search?type_name=%s&flavourNumber=1\'' % (appFolder.absolute_url(), rootClass);
+                                 src string: $portal_url/skyn/search.gif;
+                                 title python: tool.translate('search_objects')"/>
           </td>
         </tr>
       </table>

gen/plone25/skin/search.pt

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"
+      lang="en" xmlns:tal="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/tal"
+      xmlns:metal="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/metal"
+      xmlns:i18n="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/i18n"
+      metal:use-macro="here/main_template/macros/master">
+
+<tal:comment replace="nothing">Disable standard Plone green tabs</tal:comment>
+<div metal:fill-slot="top_slot">
+  <metal:block metal:use-macro="here/global_defines/macros/defines" />
+  <div tal:define="dummy python:request.set('disable_border', 1)" />
+</div>
+
+<tal:comment replace="nothing">Fill main slot of Plone main_template</tal:comment>
+<body>
+<metal:fill fill-slot="main"
+       tal:define="appFolder context/getParentNode;
+                   contentType request/type_name;
+                   tool python: portal.get('portal_%s' % appFolder.id.lower());
+                   searchableFields python: tool.getSearchableFields(contentType)">
+
+  <tal:comment replace="nothing">Search title</tal:comment>  
+  <h1 tal:content="python: tool.translate('search_title')"></h1><br/>
+
+  <tal:comment replace="nothing">Form for searching objects of request/type_name.</tal:comment>
+  <form name="search" tal:attributes="action python: appFolder.absolute_url()+'/skyn/do'" method="post">
+    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="SearchObjects"/>
+    <input type="hidden" name="type_name" tal:attributes="value contentType"/>
+    <input type="hidden" name="flavourNumber:int" tal:attributes="value request/flavourNumber"/>
+
+    <tal:searchFields repeat="searchField searchableFields">
+      <tal:showSearchField define="fieldName python:searchField[0];
+                                   appyType python:searchField[1]">
+        <metal:searchField use-macro="python: appFolder.skyn.widgets.macros.get('search%s' % searchField[1]['type'])"/>
+      </tal:showSearchField>
+    </tal:searchFields>
+
+  <tal:comment replace="nothing">Submit button</tal:comment>
+  <p align="right"><br/>
+    <input type="submit" tal:attributes="value python:tool.translate('search_button')"/>
+  </p>
+  </form>
+</metal:fill>
+</body>
+</html>

gen/plone25/skin/widgets.pt

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<metal:searchInteger define-macro="searchInteger">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchInteger>
+
+<metal:searchFloat define-macro="searchFloat">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchFloat>
+
+<metal:searchString define-macro="searchString">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchString>
+
+<metal:searchBoolean define-macro="searchBoolean">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchBoolean>
+
+<metal:searchDate define-macro="searchDate">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchDate>
+
+<metal:searchFile define-macro="searchFile">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchFile>
+
+<metal:searchRef define-macro="searchRef">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchRef>
+
+<metal:searchComputed define-macro="searchComputed">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchComputed>
+
+<metal:searchAction define-macro="searchAction">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchAction>
+
+<metal:searchInfo define-macro="searchInfo">
+  <p tal:content="fieldName">Hello</p>
+</metal:searchInfo>

gen/po.py

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ class PoMessage:
     IMPORT_ALREADY = 'Already imported.'
     IMPORT_MANY = 'Import selected elements'
     IMPORT_DONE = 'Import terminated successfully.'
+    SEARCH_TITLE = 'Advanced search'
+    SEARCH_BUTTON = 'Search'
+    SEARCH_OBJECTS = 'Search objects of this type.'
+    SEARCH_RESULTS = 'Search results'
     WORKFLOW_COMMENT = 'Optional comment'
     WORKFLOW_STATE = 'state'
     DATA_CHANGE = 'Data change'

version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+short='dev'
+verbose='dev'