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# 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 .
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from appy.fields import Field
from appy.px import Px
from appy.shared import utils as sutils
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class Action(Field):
'''An action is a Python method that can be triggered by the user on a
given gen-class. An action is rendered as a button.'''
# PX for viewing the Action button.
pxView = pxCell = Px('''
''')
# It is not possible to edit an action, not to search it.
pxEdit = pxSearch = ''
def __init__(self, validator=None, multiplicity=(1,1), default=None,
show=True, page='main', group=None, layouts=None, move=0,
indexed=False, searchable=False, specificReadPermission=False,
specificWritePermission=False, width=None, height=None,
maxChars=None, colspan=1, action=None, result='computation',
confirm=False, master=None, masterValue=None, focus=False,
historized=False, mapping=None, label=None):
# Can be a single method or a list/tuple of methods
self.action = action
# For the 'result' param:
# * value 'computation' means that the action will simply compute
# things and redirect the user to the same page, with some status
# message about execution of the action;
# * 'file' means that the result is the binary content of a file that
# the user will download.
# * 'filetmp' is similar to file, but the file is a temp file and Appy
# will delete it as soon as it will be served to the browser.
# * 'redirect' means that the action will lead to the user being
# redirected to some other page.
self.result = result
# If following field "confirm" is True, a popup will ask the user if
# she is really sure about triggering this action.
self.confirm = confirm
Field.__init__(self, None, (0,1), default, show, page, group, layouts,
move, indexed, False, specificReadPermission,
specificWritePermission, width, height, None, colspan,
master, masterValue, focus, historized, False, mapping,
label, None, None, None, None, False)
self.validable = False
def getDefaultLayouts(self): return {'view': 'l-f', 'edit': 'lrv-f'}
def __call__(self, obj):
'''Calls the action on p_obj.'''
if type(self.action) in sutils.sequenceTypes:
# There are multiple Python methods
res = [True, '']
for act in self.action:
actRes = act(obj)
if type(actRes) in sutils.sequenceTypes:
res[0] = res[0] and actRes[0]
if self.result.startswith('file'):
res[1] = res[1] + actRes[1]
else:
res[1] = res[1] + '\n' + actRes[1]
else:
res[0] = res[0] and actRes
else:
# There is only one Python method
actRes = self.action(obj)
if type(actRes) in sutils.sequenceTypes:
res = list(actRes)
else:
res = [actRes, '']
# If res is None (ie the user-defined action did not return anything),
# we consider the action as successfull.
if res[0] == None: res[0] = True
return res
def isShowable(self, obj, layoutType):
if layoutType == 'edit': return False
else: return Field.isShowable(self, obj, layoutType)
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