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-rw-r--r--rest_framework/fields.py8
-rw-r--r--rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py14
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 30bbafc4..535aa2ac 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ class WritableField(Field):
self.validators = self.default_validators + validators
self.default = default if default is not None else self.default
- if is_simple_callable(self.default):
- self.default = self.default()
-
# Widgets are ony used for HTML forms.
widget = widget or self.widget
if isinstance(widget, type):
@@ -298,7 +295,10 @@ class WritableField(Field):
except KeyError:
if self.default is not None and not self.partial:
# Note: partial updates shouldn't set defaults
- native = self.default
+ if is_simple_callable(self.default):
+ native = self.default()
+ else:
+ native = self.default
else:
if self.required:
raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py
index 3f956051..de371001 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -852,3 +852,17 @@ class FieldMetadata(TestCase):
def test_label(self):
for field in (self.required_field, self.optional_field):
self.assertEqual(field.metadata()['label'], field.label)
+
+
+class FieldCallableDefault(TestCase):
+ def setUp(self):
+ self.simple_callable = lambda: 'foo bar'
+
+ def test_default_can_be_simple_callable(self):
+ """
+ Ensure that the 'default' argument can also be a simple callable.
+ """
+ field = serializers.WritableField(default=self.simple_callable)
+ into = {}
+ field.field_from_native({}, {}, 'field', into)
+ self.assertEquals(into, {'field': 'foo bar'})