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-rw-r--r--rest_framework/relations.py22
-rw-r--r--rest_framework/serializers.py25
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index 6dc02a11..79c8057b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
class PKOnlyObject(object):
+ """
+ This is a mock object, used for when we only need the pk of the object
+ instance, but still want to return an object with a .pk attribute,
+ in order to keep the same interface as a regular model instance.
+ """
def __init__(self, pk):
self.pk = pk
+
+# We assume that 'validators' are intended for the child serializer,
+# rather than the parent serializer.
MANY_RELATION_KWARGS = (
'read_only', 'write_only', 'required', 'default', 'initial', 'source',
'label', 'help_text', 'style', 'error_messages'
@@ -36,13 +44,17 @@ class RelatedField(Field):
# We override this method in order to automagically create
# `ManyRelatedField` classes instead when `many=True` is set.
if kwargs.pop('many', False):
- list_kwargs = {'child_relation': cls(*args, **kwargs)}
- for key in kwargs.keys():
- if key in MANY_RELATION_KWARGS:
- list_kwargs[key] = kwargs[key]
- return ManyRelatedField(**list_kwargs)
+ return cls.many_init(*args, **kwargs)
return super(RelatedField, cls).__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
+ @classmethod
+ def many_init(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+ list_kwargs = {'child_relation': cls(*args, **kwargs)}
+ for key in kwargs.keys():
+ if key in MANY_RELATION_KWARGS:
+ list_kwargs[key] = kwargs[key]
+ return ManyRelatedField(**list_kwargs)
+
def run_validation(self, data=empty):
# We force empty strings to None values for relational fields.
if data == '':
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index a4aeeeb7..70bba8ab 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ import warnings
from rest_framework.relations import * # NOQA
from rest_framework.fields import * # NOQA
+
+# We assume that 'validators' are intended for the child serializer,
+# rather than the parent serializer.
LIST_SERIALIZER_KWARGS = (
'read_only', 'write_only', 'required', 'default', 'initial', 'source',
'label', 'help_text', 'style', 'error_messages',
@@ -73,13 +76,25 @@ class BaseSerializer(Field):
# We override this method in order to automagically create
# `ListSerializer` classes instead when `many=True` is set.
if kwargs.pop('many', False):
- list_kwargs = {'child': cls(*args, **kwargs)}
- for key in kwargs.keys():
- if key in LIST_SERIALIZER_KWARGS:
- list_kwargs[key] = kwargs[key]
- return ListSerializer(*args, **list_kwargs)
+ return cls.many_init(*args, **kwargs)
return super(BaseSerializer, cls).__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
+ @classmethod
+ def many_init(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+ """
+ This method implements the creation of a `ListSerializer` parent
+ class when `many=True` is used. You can customize it if you need to
+ control which keyword arguments are passed to the parent, and
+ which are passed to the child.
+ """
+ child_serializer = cls(*args, **kwargs)
+ list_kwargs = {'child': child_serializer}
+ list_kwargs.update(dict([
+ (key, value) for key, value in kwargs.items()
+ if key in LIST_SERIALIZER_KWARGS
+ ]))
+ return ListSerializer(*args, **list_kwargs)
+
def to_internal_value(self, data):
raise NotImplementedError('`to_internal_value()` must be implemented.')