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authorTom Christie2012-10-25 17:01:37 +0100
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Merge branch 'restframework2' of https://github.com/tomchristie/django-rest-framework into restframework2
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@@ -49,21 +49,21 @@ For very simple cases you might want to pass through any class attributes using
The following classes are the concrete generic views. If you're using generic views this is normally the level you'll be working at unless you need heavily customized behavior.
-## ListAPIView
+## CreateAPIView
-Used for **read-only** endpoints to represent a **collection of model instances**.
+Used for **create-only** endpoints.
-Provides a `get` method handler.
+Provides `post` method handlers.
-Extends: [MultipleObjectBaseAPIView], [ListModelMixin]
+Extends: [GenericAPIView], [CreateModelMixin]
-## ListCreateAPIView
+## ListAPIView
-Used for **read-write** endpoints to represent a **collection of model instances**.
+Used for **read-only** endpoints to represent a **collection of model instances**.
-Provides `get` and `post` method handlers.
+Provides a `get` method handler.
-Extends: [MultipleObjectBaseAPIView], [ListModelMixin], [CreateModelMixin]
+Extends: [MultipleObjectAPIView], [ListModelMixin]
## RetrieveAPIView
@@ -71,7 +71,31 @@ Used for **read-only** endpoints to represent a **single model instance**.
Provides a `get` method handler.
-Extends: [SingleObjectBaseAPIView], [RetrieveModelMixin]
+Extends: [SingleObjectAPIView], [RetrieveModelMixin]
+
+## DestroyAPIView
+
+Used for **delete-only** endpoints for a **single model instance**.
+
+Provides a `delete` method handler.
+
+Extends: [SingleObjectAPIView], [DestroyModelMixin]
+
+## UpdateAPIView
+
+Used for **update-only** endpoints for a **single model instance**.
+
+Provides a `put` method handler.
+
+Extends: [SingleObjectAPIView], [UpdateModelMixin]
+
+## ListCreateAPIView
+
+Used for **read-write** endpoints to represent a **collection of model instances**.
+
+Provides `get` and `post` method handlers.
+
+Extends: [MultipleObjectAPIView], [ListModelMixin], [CreateModelMixin]
## RetrieveDestroyAPIView
@@ -79,15 +103,15 @@ Used for **read or delete** endpoints to represent a **single model instance**.
Provides `get` and `delete` method handlers.
-Extends: [SingleObjectBaseAPIView], [RetrieveModelMixin], [DestroyModelMixin]
+Extends: [SingleObjectAPIView], [RetrieveModelMixin], [DestroyModelMixin]
## RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView
-Used for **read-write** endpoints to represent a **single model instance**.
+Used for **read-write-delete** endpoints to represent a **single model instance**.
Provides `get`, `put` and `delete` method handlers.
-Extends: [SingleObjectBaseAPIView], [RetrieveModelMixin], [UpdateModelMixin], [DestroyModelMixin]
+Extends: [SingleObjectAPIView], [RetrieveModelMixin], [UpdateModelMixin], [DestroyModelMixin]
---
@@ -95,17 +119,17 @@ Extends: [SingleObjectBaseAPIView], [RetrieveModelMixin], [UpdateModelMixin], [D
Each of the generic views provided is built by combining one of the base views below, with one or more mixin classes.
-## BaseAPIView
+## GenericAPIView
Extends REST framework's `APIView` class, adding support for serialization of model instances and model querysets.
-## MultipleObjectBaseAPIView
+## MultipleObjectAPIView
Provides a base view for acting on a single object, by combining REST framework's `APIView`, and Django's [MultipleObjectMixin].
**See also:** ccbv.co.uk documentation for [MultipleObjectMixin][multiple-object-mixin-classy].
-## SingleObjectBaseAPIView
+## SingleObjectAPIView
Provides a base view for acting on a single object, by combining REST framework's `APIView`, and Django's [SingleObjectMixin].
@@ -121,31 +145,31 @@ The mixin classes provide the actions that are used to provide the basic view be
Provides a `.list(request, *args, **kwargs)` method, that implements listing a queryset.
-Should be mixed in with [MultipleObjectBaseAPIView].
+Should be mixed in with [MultipleObjectAPIView].
## CreateModelMixin
Provides a `.create(request, *args, **kwargs)` method, that implements creating and saving a new model instance.
-Should be mixed in with any [BaseAPIView].
+Should be mixed in with any [GenericAPIView].
## RetrieveModelMixin
Provides a `.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)` method, that implements returning an existing model instance in a response.
-Should be mixed in with [SingleObjectBaseAPIView].
+Should be mixed in with [SingleObjectAPIView].
## UpdateModelMixin
Provides a `.update(request, *args, **kwargs)` method, that implements updating and saving an existing model instance.
-Should be mixed in with [SingleObjectBaseAPIView].
+Should be mixed in with [SingleObjectAPIView].
## DestroyModelMixin
Provides a `.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)` method, that implements deletion of an existing model instance.
-Should be mixed in with [SingleObjectBaseAPIView].
+Should be mixed in with [SingleObjectAPIView].
[cite]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/class-based-views/#base-vs-generic-views
[MultipleObjectMixin]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object/
@@ -153,9 +177,9 @@ Should be mixed in with [SingleObjectBaseAPIView].
[multiple-object-mixin-classy]: http://ccbv.co.uk/projects/Django/1.4/django.views.generic.list/MultipleObjectMixin/
[single-object-mixin-classy]: http://ccbv.co.uk/projects/Django/1.4/django.views.generic.detail/SingleObjectMixin/
-[BaseAPIView]: #baseapiview
-[SingleObjectBaseAPIView]: #singleobjectbaseapiview
-[MultipleObjectBaseAPIView]: #multipleobjectbaseapiview
+[GenericAPIView]: #genericapiview
+[SingleObjectAPIView]: #singleobjectapiview
+[MultipleObjectAPIView]: #multipleobjectapiview
[ListModelMixin]: #listmodelmixin
[CreateModelMixin]: #createmodelmixin
[RetrieveModelMixin]: #retrievemodelmixin