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Diffstat (limited to 'rest_framework/serializers.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | rest_framework/serializers.py | 25 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
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.') |