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| author | Tom Christie | 2011-06-02 12:58:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Tom Christie | 2011-06-02 12:58:10 +0100 |
| commit | b50492853f537a2473bb0a9eea86c8b0ed6b8824 (patch) | |
| tree | d289d39aacf187a8a0696a4c1c863aabe1472c3a /djangorestframework/utils/description.py | |
| parent | 7ee9adbe5c03c29cd4a894dd476548f7fe73b5e4 (diff) | |
| parent | fc1640de75511006e89f033c9270ec91a9f1e4d4 (diff) | |
| download | django-rest-framework-b50492853f537a2473bb0a9eea86c8b0ed6b8824.tar.bz2 | |
pull in -dev as 0.2.0
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diff --git a/djangorestframework/utils/description.py b/djangorestframework/utils/description.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..25bef80b --- /dev/null +++ b/djangorestframework/utils/description.py @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +""" +Get a descriptive name and description for a view. +""" +import re +from djangorestframework.resources import Resource, FormResource, ModelResource + + +# These a a bit Grungy, but they do the job. + +def get_name(view): + """ + Return a name for the view. + + If view has a name attribute, use that, otherwise use the view's class name, with 'CamelCaseNames' converted to 'Camel Case Names'. + """ + + # If we're looking up the name of a view callable, as found by reverse, + # grok the class instance that we stored when as_view was called. + if getattr(view, 'cls_instance', None): + view = view.cls_instance + + # If this view has a resource that's been overridden, then use that resource for the name + if getattr(view, 'resource', None) not in (None, Resource, FormResource, ModelResource): + name = view.resource.__name__ + + # Chomp of any non-descriptive trailing part of the resource class name + if name.endswith('Resource') and name != 'Resource': + name = name[:-len('Resource')] + + # If the view has a descriptive suffix, eg '*** List', '*** Instance' + if getattr(view, '_suffix', None): + name += view._suffix + + # Otherwise if it's a function view use the function's name + elif getattr(view, '__name__', None) is not None: + name = view.__name__ + + # If it's a view class with no resource then grok the name from the class name + elif getattr(view, '__class__', None) is not None: + name = view.__class__.__name__ + + # Chomp of any non-descriptive trailing part of the view class name + if name.endswith('View') and name != 'View': + name = name[:-len('View')] + + # I ain't got nuthin fo' ya + else: + return '' + + return re.sub('(((?<=[a-z])[A-Z])|([A-Z](?![A-Z]|$)))', ' \\1', name).strip() + + + +def get_description(view): + """ + Provide a description for the view. + + By default this is the view's docstring with nice unindention applied. + """ + + # If we're looking up the name of a view callable, as found by reverse, + # grok the class instance that we stored when as_view was called. + if getattr(view, 'cls_instance', None): + view = view.cls_instance + + + # If this view has a resource that's been overridden, then use the resource's doctring + if getattr(view, 'resource', None) not in (None, Resource, FormResource, ModelResource): + doc = view.resource.__doc__ + + # Otherwise use the view doctring + elif getattr(view, '__doc__', None): + doc = view.__doc__ + + # I ain't got nuthin fo' ya + else: + return '' + + if not doc: + return '' + + whitespace_counts = [len(line) - len(line.lstrip(' ')) for line in doc.splitlines()[1:] if line.lstrip()] + + # unindent the docstring if needed + if whitespace_counts: + whitespace_pattern = '^' + (' ' * min(whitespace_counts)) + return re.sub(re.compile(whitespace_pattern, re.MULTILINE), '', doc) + + # otherwise return it as-is + return doc + |
