# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # This file is part of Appy, a framework for building applications in the Python # language. Copyright (C) 2007 Gaetan Delannay # Appy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the # terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software # Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later # version. # Appy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY # WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR # A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with # Appy. If not, see . # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ import sys, re from appy import Object from appy.fields import Field from appy.px import Px from appy.gen.layout import Table from appy.gen import utils as gutils from appy.shared import utils as sutils # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ class Ref(Field): # Some default layouts. "w" stands for "wide": those layouts produce tables # of Ref objects whose width is 100%. wLayouts = Table('lrv-f', width='100%') # "d" stands for "description": a description label is added. wdLayouts = {'view': Table('l-d-f', width='100%')} # This PX displays the title of a referenced object, with a link on it to # reach the consult view for this object. If we are on a back reference, the # link allows to reach the correct page where the forward reference is # defined. If we are on a forward reference, the "nav" parameter is added to # the URL for allowing to navigate from one object to the next/previous on # ui/view. pxObjectTitle = Px(''' ::tied.o.getSupTitle(navInfo) :(not includeShownInfo) and \ tied.title or field.getReferenceLabel(tied) ::tied.o.getSubTitle() ''') # This PX displays buttons for triggering global actions on several linked # objects (delete many, unlink many,...) pxGlobalActions = Px(''' ''') # This PX displays icons for triggering actions on a given referenced object # (edit, delete, etc). pxObjectActions = Px('''
:tied.pxTransitions
''') # Displays the button allowing to add a new object through a Ref field, if # it has been declared as addable and if multiplicities allow it. pxAdd = Px(''' ''') # This PX displays, in a cell header from a ref table, icons for sorting the # ref field according to the field that corresponds to this column. pxSortIcons = Px(''' ''') # Shows the object number in a numbered list of tied objects. pxNumber = Px(''' :objectIndex+1 ''') # PX that displays referred objects as a list. pxViewList = Px('''
:_(subLabel) (:totalNumber) :field.pxAdd
:tool.pxNavigate

:_('no_ref')

:_(refField.labelId) :field.pxSortIcons :tool.pxShowDetails
:field.pxNumber :field.pxObjectTitle
:field.pxObjectActions
:field.pxRender
:field.pxGlobalActions
:tool.pxNavigate ''') # PX that displays the list of objects the user may select to insert into a # ref field with link="list". pxViewPickList = Px(''' :field.pxViewList''') # PX that displays referred objects as menus. pxViewMenus = Px('''
:menu.text 1
''') # Simplified widget showing comma-separated not-clickable object titles. pxViewTitles = Px(''':', '.join(titles) or \ _('no_ref')''') # PX that displays referred objects through this field. In mode link="list", # if, in the request, key "scope" is present and holds value "objs", the # pick list (containing possible values) will not be rendered. pxView = Px('''
:field.pxViewPickList
:field.pxViewList
:field.pxViewList
:getattr(field, 'pxView%s' % \ render.capitalize())
''') pxCell = pxView pxEdit = Px(''' ''') pxSearch = Px('''
''') def __init__(self, klass=None, attribute=None, validator=None, multiplicity=(0,1), default=None, add=False, addConfirm=False, delete=None, noForm=False, link=True, unlink=None, back=None, show=True, page='main', group=None, layouts=None, showHeaders=False, shownInfo=(), select=None, maxPerPage=30, move=0, indexed=False, searchable=False, specificReadPermission=False, specificWritePermission=False, width=None, height=5, maxChars=None, colspan=1, master=None, masterValue=None, focus=False, historized=False, mapping=None, label=None, queryable=False, queryFields=None, queryNbCols=1, navigable=False, changeOrder=True, numbered=False, checkboxes=True, checkboxesDefault=None, sdefault='', scolspan=1, swidth=None, sheight=None, sselect=None, persist=True, render='list', menuIdMethod=None, menuInfoMethod=None, menuUrlMethod=None): self.klass = klass self.attribute = attribute # May the user add new objects through this ref ? self.add = add # When the user adds a new object, must a confirmation popup be shown? self.addConfirm = addConfirm # May the user delete objects via this Ref? self.delete = delete if delete == None: # By default, one may delete objects via a Ref for which one can # add objects. self.delete = bool(self.add) # If noForm is True, when clicking to create an object through this ref, # the object will be created automatically, and no creation form will # be presented to the user. self.noForm = noForm # May the user link existing objects through this ref? If "link" is; # True, the user will, on the edit page, choose objects from a # dropdown menu; # "list", the user will, on the view page, choose objects from a list # of objects which is similar to those rendered in pxViewList; # "popup", the user will, on the edit page, choose objects from a popup # menu. self.link = link # May the user unlink existing objects? self.unlink = unlink if unlink == None: # By default, one may unlink objects via a Ref for which one can # link objects. self.unlink = bool(self.link) self.back = None if back: # It is a forward reference self.isBack = False # Initialise the backward reference self.back = back back.isBack = True back.back = self # klass may be None in the case we are defining an auto-Ref to the # same class as the class where this field is defined. In this case, # when defining the field within the class, write # myField = Ref(None, ...) # and, at the end of the class definition (name it K), write: # K.myField.klass = K # setattr(K, K.myField.back.attribute, K.myField.back) if klass: setattr(klass, back.attribute, back) # When displaying a tabular list of referenced objects, must we show # the table headers? self.showHeaders = showHeaders # When displaying referenced object(s), we will display its title + all # other fields whose names are listed in the following attribute. self.shownInfo = list(shownInfo) if not self.shownInfo: self.shownInfo.append('title') # If a method is defined in this field "select", it will be used to # return the list of possible tied objects. Be careful: this method can # receive, in its first argument ("self"), the tool instead of an # instance of the class where this field is defined. This little cheat # is: # - not really a problem: in this method you will mainly use methods # that are available on a tool as well as on any object (like # "search"); # - necessary because in some cases we do not have an instance at our # disposal, ie, when we need to compute a list of objects on a # search screen. # NOTE that when a method is defined in field "masterValue" (see parent # class "Field"), it will be used instead of select (or sselect below). self.select = select # If you want to specify, for the search screen, a list of objects that # is different from the one produced by self.select, define an # alternative method in field "sselect" below. self.sselect = sselect or self.select # Maximum number of referenced objects shown at once. self.maxPerPage = maxPerPage # If param p_queryable is True, the user will be able to perform queries # from the UI within referenced objects. self.queryable = queryable # Here is the list of fields that will appear on the search screen. # If None is specified, by default we take every indexed field # defined on referenced objects' class. self.queryFields = queryFields # The search screen will have this number of columns self.queryNbCols = queryNbCols # Within the portlet, will referred elements appear ? self.navigable = navigable # If "changeOrder" is or returns False, it even if the user has the # right to modify the field, it will not be possible to move objects or # sort them. self.changeOrder = changeOrder # If "numbered" is or returns True, a leading column will show the # number of every tied object. Moreover, if the user can change order of # tied objects, an input field will allow him to enter a new number for # the tied object. If "numbered" is or returns a string, it will be used # as width for the column containing the number. Else, a default width # will be used. self.numbered = numbered # If "checkboxes" is or returns True, every linked object will be # "selectable" via a checkbox. Global actions will be activated and will # act on the subset of selected objects: delete, unlink, etc. self.checkboxes = checkboxes # Default value for checkboxes, if enabled. if checkboxesDefault == None: self.checkboxesDefault = bool(self.link) else: self.checkboxesDefault = checkboxesDefault # There are different ways to render a bunch of linked objects: # - "list" (the default) renders them as a list (=a XHTML table); # - "menus" renders them as a series of popup menus, grouped by type. # Note that render mode "menus" will only be applied in "cell" layouts. # Indeed, we need to keep the "list" rendering in the "view" layout # because the "menus" rendering is minimalist and does not allow to # perform all operations on linked objects (add, move, delete, edit...); # - "titles" renders a list of comma-separated, not-even-clickable, # titles. self.render = render # If render is 'menus', 2 methods must be provided. # "menuIdMethod" will be called, with every linked object as single arg, # and must return an ID that identifies the menu into which the object # will be inserted. self.menuIdMethod = menuIdMethod # "menuInfoMethod" will be called with every collected menu ID (from # calls to the previous method) to get info about this menu. This info # must be a tuple (text, icon): # - "text" is the menu name; # - "icon" (can be None) gives the URL of an icon, if you want to render # the menu as an icon instead of a text. self.menuInfoMethod = menuInfoMethod # "menuUrlMethod" is an optional method that allows to compute an # alternative URL for the tied object that is shown within the menu. self.menuUrlMethod = menuUrlMethod Field.__init__(self, validator, multiplicity, default, show, page, group, layouts, move, indexed, False, specificReadPermission, specificWritePermission, width, height, None, colspan, master, masterValue, focus, historized, mapping, label, sdefault, scolspan, swidth, sheight, persist) self.validable = bool(self.link) def getDefaultLayouts(self): return {'view': Table('l-f', width='100%'), 'edit': 'lrv-f'} def isShowable(self, obj, layoutType): res = Field.isShowable(self, obj, layoutType) if not res: return res # We add here specific Ref rules for preventing to show the field under # some inappropriate circumstances. if layoutType == 'edit': if self.mayAdd(obj): return False if self.link in (False, 'list'): return False if self.isBack: if layoutType == 'edit': return False else: return getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, None) return res def getValue(self, obj, appy=True, noListIfSingleObj=False, startNumber=None, someObjects=False): '''Returns the objects linked to p_obj through this Ref field. It returns Appy wrappers if p_appy is True, the Zope objects else. * If p_startNumber is None, it returns all referred objects; * if p_startNumber is a number, it returns self.maxPerPage objects, starting at p_startNumber. If p_noListIfSingleObj is True, it returns the single reference as an object and not as a list. If p_someObjects is True, it returns an instance of SomeObjects instead of returning a list of references.''' uids = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, []) if not uids: # Maybe is there a default value? defValue = Field.getValue(self, obj) if defValue: if type(defValue) in sutils.sequenceTypes: uids = [o.o.id for o in defValue] else: uids = [defValue.o.id] # Prepare the result: an instance of SomeObjects, that will be unwrapped # if not required. res = gutils.SomeObjects() res.totalNumber = res.batchSize = len(uids) batchNeeded = startNumber != None if batchNeeded: res.batchSize = self.maxPerPage if startNumber != None: res.startNumber = startNumber # Get the objects given their uids i = res.startNumber while i < (res.startNumber + res.batchSize): if i >= res.totalNumber: break # Retrieve every reference in the correct format according to p_type tied = obj.getTool().getObject(uids[i]) if appy: tied = tied.appy() res.objects.append(tied) i += 1 # Manage parameter p_noListIfSingleObj if res.objects and noListIfSingleObj: if self.multiplicity[1] == 1: res.objects = res.objects[0] if someObjects: return res return res.objects def getPossibleValues(self, obj, startNumber=None, someObjects=False, removeLinked=False): '''This method returns the list of all objects that can be selected to be linked as references to p_obj via p_self. It is applicable only for Ref fields with link!=False. If master values are present in the request, we use field.masterValues method instead of self.select. If p_startNumber is a number, it returns self.maxPerPage objects, starting at p_startNumber. If p_someObjects is True, it returns an instance of SomeObjects instead of returning a list of objects. If p_removeLinked is True, we remove, from the result, objects which are already linked. For example, for Ref fields rendered as a dropdown menu or a multi-selection box (with link=True), on the edit page, we need to display all possible values: those that are already linked appear to be selected in the widget. But for Ref fields rendered as pick lists (link="list"), once an object is linked, it must disappear from the "pick list". ''' req = obj.REQUEST obj = obj.appy() if 'masterValues' in req: # Convert masterValue(s) from id(s) to real object(s). masterValues = req['masterValues'].strip() if not masterValues: masterValues = None else: masterValues = masterValues.split('*') tool = obj.tool if len(masterValues) == 1: masterValues = tool.getObject(masterValues[0]) else: masterValues = [tool.getObject(v) for v in masterValues] objects = self.masterValue(obj, masterValues) else: # If this field is an ajax-updatable slave, no need to compute # possible values: it will be overridden by method self.masterValue # by a subsequent ajax request (=the "if" statement above). if self.masterValue and callable(self.masterValue): objects = [] else: if not self.select: # No select method has been defined: we must retrieve all # objects of the referred type that the user is allowed to # access. objects = obj.search(self.klass) else: objects = self.select(obj) # Remove already linked objects if required. if removeLinked: uids = getattr(obj.o.aq_base, self.name, None) if uids: # Browse objects in reverse order and remove linked objects. i = len(objects) - 1 while i >= 0: if objects[i].uid in uids: del objects[i] i -= 1 # Restrict, if required, the result to self.maxPerPage starting at # p_startNumber. Unlike m_getValue, we already have all objects in # "objects": we can't limit objects "waking up" to at most # self.maxPerPage. total = len(objects) if startNumber != None: objects = objects[startNumber:startNumber + self.maxPerPage] # Return the result, wrapped in a SomeObjects instance if required. if not someObjects: return objects res = gutils.SomeObjects() res.totalNumber = total res.batchSize = self.maxPerPage res.startNumber = startNumber res.objects = objects return res def getLinkedObjectsByMenu(self, obj, objects): '''This method groups p_objects into sub-lists of objects, grouped by menu (happens when self.render == 'menus').''' res = [] # We store in "menuIds" the already encountered menus: # ~{s_menuId : i_indexInRes}~ menuIds = {} # Browse every object from p_objects and put them in their menu # (within "res"). for tied in objects: menuId = self.menuIdMethod(obj, tied) if menuId in menuIds: # We have already encountered this menu. menuIndex = menuIds[menuId] res[menuIndex].objects.append(tied) else: # A new menu. menu = Object(id=menuId, objects=[tied]) res.append(menu) menuIds[menuId] = len(res) - 1 # Complete information about every menu by calling self.menuInfoMethod for menu in res: text, icon = self.menuInfoMethod(obj, menu.id) menu.text = text menu.icon = icon return res def isNumbered(self, obj): '''Must we show the order number of every tied object?''' res = self.getAttribute(obj, 'numbered') if not res: return res # Returns the column width. if not isinstance(res, basestring): return '15px' return res def getMenuUrl(self, zobj, tied): '''We must provide the URL of the p_tied object, when shown in a Ref field in render mode 'menus'. If self.menuUrlMethod is specified, use it. Else, returns the "normal" URL of the view page for the tied object, but without any navigation information, because in this render mode, tied object's order is lost and navigation is impossible.''' if self.menuUrlMethod: return self.menuUrlMethod(zobj.appy(), tied) return tied.o.getUrl(nav='') def getStartNumber(self, render, req, ajaxHookId): '''This method returns the index of the first linked object that must be shown, or None if all linked objects must be shown at once (it happens when p_render is "menus").''' # When using 'menus' render mode, all linked objects must be shown. if render == 'menus': return # When using 'list' (=default) render mode, the index of the first # object to show is in the request. return int(req.get('%s_startNumber' % ajaxHookId, 0)) def getFormattedValue(self, obj, value, showChanges=False): return value def getIndexType(self): return 'ListIndex' def getIndexValue(self, obj, forSearch=False): '''Value for indexing is the list of UIDs of linked objects. If p_forSearch is True, it will return a list of the linked objects' titles instead.''' if not forSearch: res = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, []) if res: # The index does not like persistent lists. res = list(res) else: # Ugly catalog: if I return an empty list, the previous value # is kept. res.append('') return res else: # For the global search: return linked objects' titles. res = [o.title for o in self.getValue()] if not res: res.append('') return res def validateValue(self, obj, value): if not self.link: return # We only check "link" Refs because in edit views, "add" Refs are # not visible. So if we check "add" Refs, on an "edit" view we will # believe that that there is no referred object even if there is. # Also ensure that multiplicities are enforced. if not value: nbOfRefs = 0 elif isinstance(value, basestring): nbOfRefs = 1 else: nbOfRefs = len(value) minRef = self.multiplicity[0] maxRef = self.multiplicity[1] if maxRef == None: maxRef = sys.maxint if nbOfRefs < minRef: return obj.translate('min_ref_violated') elif nbOfRefs > maxRef: return obj.translate('max_ref_violated') def linkObject(self, obj, value, back=False, noSecurity=True): '''This method links p_value (which can be a list of objects) to p_obj through this Ref field.''' # Security check if not noSecurity: obj.allows(self.writePermission, raiseError=True) # p_value can be a list of objects if type(value) in sutils.sequenceTypes: for v in value: self.linkObject(obj, v, back=back) return # Gets the list of referred objects (=list of uids), or create it. obj = obj.o refs = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, None) if refs == None: refs = obj.getProductConfig().PersistentList() setattr(obj, self.name, refs) # Insert p_value into it. uid = value.o.id if uid not in refs: # Where must we insert the object? At the start? At the end? if callable(self.add): add = self.callMethod(obj, self.add) else: add = self.add if add == 'start': refs.insert(0, uid) else: refs.append(uid) # Update the back reference if not back: self.back.linkObject(value, obj, back=True) def unlinkObject(self, obj, value, back=False, noSecurity=True): '''This method unlinks p_value (which can be a list of objects) from p_obj through this Ref field.''' # Security check if not noSecurity: obj.allows(self.writePermission, raiseError=True) # p_value can be a list of objects if type(value) in sutils.sequenceTypes: for v in value: self.unlinkObject(obj, v, back=back) return obj = obj.o refs = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, None) if not refs: return # Unlink p_value uid = value.o.UID() if uid in refs: refs.remove(uid) # Update the back reference if not back: self.back.unlinkObject(value, obj, back=True) def store(self, obj, value): '''Stores on p_obj, the p_value, which can be: * None; * an object UID (=string); * a list of object UIDs (=list of strings). Generally, UIDs or lists of UIDs come from Ref fields with link:True edited through the web; * a Zope object; * a Appy object; * a list of Appy or Zope objects.''' if not self.persist: return # Standardize p_value into a list of Zope objects objects = value if not objects: objects = [] if type(objects) not in sutils.sequenceTypes: objects = [objects] tool = obj.getTool() for i in range(len(objects)): if isinstance(objects[i], basestring): # We have a UID here objects[i] = tool.getObject(objects[i]) else: # Be sure to have a Zope object objects[i] = objects[i].o uids = [o.UID() for o in objects] # Unlink objects that are not referred anymore refs = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, None) if refs: i = len(refs)-1 while i >= 0: if refs[i] not in uids: # Object having this UID must unlink p_obj self.back.unlinkObject(tool.getObject(refs[i]), obj) i -= 1 # Link new objects if objects: self.linkObject(obj, objects) def mayAdd(self, obj): '''May the user create a new referred object from p_obj via this Ref?''' # We can't (yet) do that on back references. if self.isBack: return gutils.No('is_back') # Check if this Ref is addable if callable(self.add): add = self.callMethod(obj, self.add) else: add = self.add if not add: return gutils.No('no_add') # Have we reached the maximum number of referred elements? if self.multiplicity[1] != None: refCount = len(getattr(obj, self.name, ())) if refCount >= self.multiplicity[1]: return gutils.No('max_reached') # May the user edit this Ref field? if not obj.allows(self.writePermission): return gutils.No('no_write_perm') # May the user create instances of the referred class? if not obj.getTool().userMayCreate(self.klass): return gutils.No('no_add_perm') return True def checkAdd(self, obj): '''Compute m_mayAdd above, and raise an Unauthorized exception if m_mayAdd returns False.''' may = self.mayAdd(obj) if not may: from AccessControl import Unauthorized raise Unauthorized("User can't write Ref field '%s' (%s)." % \ (self.name, may.msg)) def getCbJsInit(self, obj): '''When checkboxes are enabled, this method defines a JS associative array (named "_appy_objs_cbs") that will store checkboxes' statuses. This array is needed because all linked objects are not visible at the same time (pagination). Moreover, if self.link is "list", an additional array (named "_appy_poss_cbs") is defined for possible values. Semantics of this (those) array(s) can be as follows: if a key is present in it for a given linked object, it means that the checkbox is unchecked. In this case, all linked objects are selected by default. But the semantics can be inverted: presence of a key may mean that the checkbox is checked. The current array semantics is stored in a variable named "_appy_objs_sem" (or "_appy_poss_sem") and may hold "unchecked" (initial semantics) or "checked" (inverted semantics). Inverting semantics allows to keep the array small even when checking/unchecking all checkboxes. The mentioned JS arrays and variables are stored as attributes of the DOM node representing this field.''' # The initial semantics depends on the checkboxes default value. default = self.getAttribute(obj, 'checkboxesDefault') and \ 'unchecked' or 'checked' code = "\nnode['_appy_%%s_cbs']={};\nnode['_appy_%%s_sem']='%s';" % \ default poss = (self.link == 'list') and (code % ('poss', 'poss')) or '' return "var node=document.getElementById('%s_%s');%s%s" % \ (obj.id, self.name, code % ('objs', 'objs'), poss) def doChangeOrder(self, obj): '''Moves a referred object up/down/top/bottom.''' rq = obj.REQUEST # How to move the item? move = rq['move'] # Get the UID of the tied object to move uid = rq['refObjectUid'] uids = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name) oldIndex = uids.index(uid) if move == 'up': newIndex = oldIndex - 1 elif move == 'down': newIndex = oldIndex + 1 elif move == 'top': newIndex = 0 elif move == 'bottom': newIndex = len(uids) - 1 elif move.startswith('index'): # New index starts at 1 (oldIndex starts at 0). try: newIndex = int(move.split('_')[1]) - 1 except ValueError: newIndex = -1 # If newIndex is negative, it means that the move can't occur. if newIndex > -1: uids.remove(uid) uids.insert(newIndex, uid) xhtmlToText = re.compile('<.*?>', re.S) def getReferenceLabel(self, refObject, unlimited=False): '''p_self must have link=True. I need to display, on an edit view, the p_refObject in the listbox that will allow the user to choose which object(s) to link through the Ref. The information to display may only be the object title or more if self.shownInfo is used.''' res = '' for fieldName in self.shownInfo: refType = refObject.o.getAppyType(fieldName) value = getattr(refObject, fieldName) value = refType.getFormattedValue(refObject.o, value) if refType.type == 'String': if refType.format == 2: value = self.xhtmlToText.sub(' ', value) elif type(value) in sutils.sequenceTypes: value = ', '.join(value) prefix = res and ' | ' or '' res += prefix + value if unlimited: return res maxWidth = self.width or 30 if len(res) > maxWidth: res = refObject.tool.o.truncateValue(res, maxWidth) return res def getIndexOf(self, obj, tiedUid, raiseError=True): '''Gets the position of tied object identified by p_tiedUid within this field on p_obj.''' uids = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, None) if not uids: if raiseError: raise IndexError() else: return if tiedUid in uids: return uids.index(tiedUid) else: if raiseError: raise IndexError() else: return def sort(self, obj): '''Called when the user wants to sort the content of this field.''' rq = obj.REQUEST sortKey = rq.get('sortKey') reverse = rq.get('reverse') == 'True' obj.appy().sort(self.name, sortKey=sortKey, reverse=reverse) def getRenderMode(self, layoutType): '''Gets the render mode, determined by self.render and some exceptions.''' if (layoutType == 'view') and (self.render == 'menus'): return 'list' return self.render def onUiRequest(self, obj, rq): '''This method is called when an action tied to this Ref field is triggered from the user interface (link, unlink, link_many, unlink_many, delete_many).''' action = rq['linkAction'] tool = obj.getTool() msg = None if not action.endswith('_many'): # "link" or "unlink" tied = tool.getObject(rq['targetUid']) exec 'self.%sObject(obj, tied, noSecurity=False)' % action else: # "link_many", "unlink_many", "delete_many". As a preamble, perform # a security check once, instead of doing it on every object-level # operation. obj.allows(self.writePermission, raiseError=True) # Get the (un-)checked objects from the request. uids = rq['targetUid'].strip(',') or (); if uids: uids = uids.split(',') unchecked = rq['semantics'] == 'unchecked' if action == 'link_many': # Get possible values (objects) values = self.getPossibleValues(obj, removeLinked=True) isObj = True else: # Get current values (uids) values = getattr(obj.aq_base, self.name, ()) isObj = False # Collect the objects onto which the action must be performed. targets = [] for value in values: uid = not isObj and value or value.uid if unchecked: # Keep only objects not among uids. if uid in uids: continue else: # Keep only objects being in uids. if uid not in uids: continue # Collect this object target = not isObj and tool.getObject(value) or value.o targets.append(target) if not targets: msg = obj.translate('action_null') else: # Perform the action on every target. Count the number of failed # operations. failed = 0 mustDelete = action == 'delete_many' for target in targets: if mustDelete: # Delete if target.mayDelete(): target.delete() else: failed += 1 else: # Link or unlink exec 'self.%sObject(obj, target)' % action.split('_')[0] if failed: msg = obj.translate('action_partial', mapping={'nb':failed}) urlBack = obj.getUrl(rq['HTTP_REFERER']) if not msg: msg = obj.translate('action_done') obj.say(msg) tool.goto(urlBack) def autoref(klass, field): '''klass.field is a Ref to p_klass. This kind of auto-reference can't be declared in the "normal" way, like this: class A: attr1 = Ref(A) because at the time Python encounters the static declaration "attr1 = Ref(A)", class A is not completely defined yet. This method allows to overcome this problem. You can write such auto-reference like this: class A: attr1 = Ref(None) autoref(A, A.attr1) This function can also be used to avoid circular imports between 2 classes from 2 different packages. Imagine class P1 in package p1 has a Ref to class P2 in package p2; and class P2 has another Ref to p1.P1 (which is not the back Ref of the previous one: it is another, independent Ref). In p1, you have from p2 import P2 class P1: ref1 = Ref(P2) Then, if you write the following in p2, python will complain because of a circular import: from p1 import P1 class P2: ref2 = Ref(P1) The solution is to write this. In p1: from p2 import P2 class P1: ref1 = Ref(P2) autoref(P1, P2.ref2) And, in p2: class P2: ref2 = Ref(None) ''' field.klass = klass setattr(klass, field.back.attribute, field.back) # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------