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| -rw-r--r-- | rest_framework/serializers.py | 9 |
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diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py index 2d5c843e..00362dbb 100644 --- a/rest_framework/serializers.py +++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py @@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ class BaseSerializer(Field): 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. + + Note that we're over-cautious in passing most arguments to both parent + and child classes in order to try to cover the general case. If you're + overriding this method you'll probably want something much simpler, eg: + + @classmethod + def many_init(cls, *args, **kwargs): + kwargs['child'] = cls() + return CustomListSerializer(*args, **kwargs) """ child_serializer = cls(*args, **kwargs) list_kwargs = {'child': child_serializer} |