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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md index b9f0e7bc..4d3dfa31 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md @@ -567,6 +567,32 @@ The inner `Meta` class on serializers is not inherited from parent classes by de Typically we would recommend *not* using inheritance on inner Meta classes, but instead declaring all options explicitly. +## Advanced `ModelSerializer` usage + +The ModelSerializer class also exposes an API that you can override in order to alter how serializer fields are automatically determined when instantiating the serializer. + +#### `.serializer_field_mapping` + +A mapping of Django model classes to REST framework serializer classes. You can override this mapping to alter the default serializer classes that should be used for each model class. + +#### `.serializer_relational_field` + +This property should be the serializer field class, that is used for relational fields by default. For `ModelSerializer` this defaults to `PrimaryKeyRelatedField`. For `HyperlinkedModelSerializer` this defaults to `HyperlinkedRelatedField`. + +#### The build field methods + +#### `build_standard_field(**kwargs)` + +#### `build_relational_field(**kwargs)` + +#### `build_nested_field(**kwargs)` + +#### `build_property_field(**kwargs)` + +#### `build_url_field(**kwargs)` + +#### `build_unknown_field(**kwargs)` + --- # HyperlinkedModelSerializer |