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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#    EAV-Django is a reusable Django application which implements EAV data model
+#    Copyright © 2009—2010  Andrey Mikhaylenko
+#
+#    This file is part of EAV-Django.
+#
+#    EAV-Django is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+#    by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    EAV-Django is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+#    along with EAV-Django.  If not, see <http://gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+Models
+~~~~~~
+"""
+
+# django
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.contrib.contenttypes import fields
+from django.db.models import (BooleanField, CharField, DateField, FloatField,
+                              ForeignKey, IntegerField, Model, NullBooleanField,
+                              TextField)
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+# 3rd-party
+from autoslug.fields import AutoSlugField
+from autoslug.settings import slugify
+#from view_shortcuts.decorators import cached_property
+
+# this app
+from managers import BaseEntityManager
+
+
+__all__ = ['BaseAttribute', 'BaseChoice', 'BaseEntity', 'BaseSchema']
+
+
+def slugify_attr_name(name):
+    return slugify(name.replace('_', '-')).replace('-', '_')
+
+
+def get_entity_lookups(entity):
+    ctype = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(entity)
+    return {'entity_type': ctype, 'entity_id': entity.pk}
+
+
+class BaseSchema(Model):
+    """
+    Metadata for an attribute.
+    """
+    TYPE_TEXT    = 'text'
+    TYPE_FLOAT   = 'float'
+    TYPE_DATE    = 'date'
+    TYPE_BOOLEAN = 'bool'
+    TYPE_ONE     = 'one'
+    TYPE_MANY    = 'many'
+    TYPE_RANGE   = 'range'
+
+    DATATYPE_CHOICES = (
+        (TYPE_TEXT,    _('text')),
+        (TYPE_FLOAT,   _('number')),
+        (TYPE_DATE,    _('date')),
+        (TYPE_BOOLEAN, _('boolean')),
+        (TYPE_ONE,     _('choice')),
+        (TYPE_MANY,    _('multiple choices')),
+        (TYPE_RANGE,   _('numeric range')),
+    )
+
+    title    = CharField(_('title'), max_length=250, help_text=_('user-friendly attribute name'))
+    name     = AutoSlugField(_('name'), max_length=250, populate_from='title',
+                             editable=True, blank=True, slugify=slugify_attr_name)
+    help_text = CharField(_('help text'), max_length=250, blank=True,
+                          help_text=_('short description for administrator'))
+    datatype = CharField(_('data type'), max_length=5, choices=DATATYPE_CHOICES)
+
+    required = BooleanField(_('required'), default=False)
+    searched = BooleanField(_('include in search'), default=False)  # i.e. full-text search? mb for text only
+    filtered = BooleanField(_('include in filters'), default=False)
+    sortable = BooleanField(_('allow sorting'), default=False)
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+        verbose_name, verbose_name_plural = _('schema'), _('schemata')
+        ordering = ['title']
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return u'%s (%s)%s' % (self.title, self.get_datatype_display(),
+                                u' %s'%_('required') if self.required else '')
+
+    def get_choices(self):
+        """
+        Returns a queryset of choice objects bound to this schema.
+        """
+        return self.choices.all()
+
+    def get_attrs(self, entity):
+        """
+        Returns available attributes for given entity instance.
+        Handles many-to-one relations transparently.
+        """
+        return self.attrs.filter(**get_entity_lookups(entity))
+
+    def save_attr(self, entity, value):
+        """
+        Saves given EAV attribute with given value for given entity.
+
+        If schema is not a choice, the value is saved to the corresponding
+        Attr instance (which is created or updated).
+
+        If schema is an cvhoice (one-to-one or many-to-one), the value is
+        processed thusly:
+
+        * if value is iterable, all Attr instances for corresponding managed choice
+          schemata are updated (those with names from the value list are set to
+          True, others to False). If a list item is not in available choices,
+          ValueError is raised;
+        * if the value is None, all corresponding Attr instances are reset to False;
+        * if the value is neither a list nor None, it is wrapped into a list and
+          processed as above (i.e. "foo" --> ["foo"]).
+        """
+
+        if self.datatype in (self.TYPE_ONE, self.TYPE_MANY):
+            self._save_choice_attr(entity, value)
+        else:
+            self._save_single_attr(entity, value)
+
+    def _save_single_attr(self, entity, value=None, schema=None,
+                          create_nulls=False, extra={}):
+        """
+        Creates or updates an EAV attribute for given entity with given value.
+
+        :param schema: schema for attribute. Default it current schema instance.
+        :param create_nulls: boolean: if True, even attributes with value=None
+            are created (by default they are skipped).
+        :param extra: dict: additional data for Attr instance (e.g. title).
+        """
+        # If schema is not many-to-one, the value is saved to the corresponding
+        # Attr instance (which is created or updated).
+
+        schema = schema or self
+        lookups = dict(get_entity_lookups(entity), schema=schema, **extra)
+        try:
+            attr = self.attrs.get(**lookups)
+        except self.attrs.model.DoesNotExist:
+            attr = self.attrs.model(**lookups)
+        if create_nulls or value != attr.value:
+            attr.value = value
+            for k,v in extra.items():
+                setattr(attr, k, v)
+            attr.save()
+
+    def _save_choice_attr(self, entity, value):
+        """
+        Creates or updates BaseChoice(s) attribute(s) for given entity.
+        """
+
+        # value can be None to reset choices from schema
+        if value == None:
+            value = []
+
+        if not hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
+            value = [value]
+
+        if self.datatype == self.TYPE_ONE and len(value) > 1:
+            raise TypeError('Cannot assign multiple values "%s" to TYPE_ONE '
+                            'must be only one BaseChoice instance.'
+                            % value)
+
+        if not all(isinstance(x, BaseChoice) for x in value):
+            raise TypeError('Cannot assign "%s": "Attr.choice" '
+                            'must be a BaseChoice instance.'
+                            % value)
+
+        # drop all attributes for this entity/schema pair
+        self.get_attrs(entity).delete()
+
+        # Attr instances for corresponding managed choice schemata are updated
+        for choice in value:
+            self._save_single_attr(
+                entity,
+                schema = self,
+                create_nulls = True,
+                extra = {'choice': choice}
+            )
+
+
+class BaseEntity(Model):
+    """
+    Entity, the "E" in EAV. This model is abstract and must be subclassed.
+    See tests for examples.
+    """
+
+    objects = BaseEntityManager()
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+    def save(self, force_eav=False, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Saves entity instance and creates/updates related attribute instances.
+
+        :param eav: if True (default), EAV attributes are saved along with entity.
+        """
+        # save entity
+        super(BaseEntity, self).save(**kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: think about use cases; are we doing it right?
+        #if not self.check_eav_allowed():
+        #    import warnings
+        #    warnings.warn('EAV attributes are going to be saved along with entity'
+        #                  ' despite %s.check_eav_allowed() returned False.'
+        #                  % type(self), RuntimeWarning)
+
+
+        # create/update EAV attributes
+        for schema in self.get_schemata():
+            value = getattr(self, schema.name, None)
+            schema.save_attr(self, value)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if not name.startswith('_'):
+            if name in self.get_schema_names():
+                schema = self.get_schema(name)
+                attrs = schema.get_attrs(self)
+                if schema.datatype == schema.TYPE_MANY:
+                    return [a.value for a in attrs if a.value]
+                else:
+                    return attrs[0].value if attrs else None
+        raise AttributeError('%s does not have attribute named "%s".' %
+                             (self._meta.object_name, name))
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        "Iterates over non-empty EAV attributes. Normal fields are not included."
+        for attr in self.attrs.select_related():
+            if getattr(self, attr.schema.name, None):
+                yield attr
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_schemata_for_model(cls):
+        return NotImplementedError('BaseEntity subclasses must define method '
+                                   '"get_schemata_for_model" which returns a '
+                                   'QuerySet for a BaseSchema subclass.')
+
+    def get_schemata_for_instance(self, qs):
+        return qs
+
+    def get_schemata(self):
+        if hasattr(self, '_schemata_cache') and self._schemata_cache is not None:
+            return self._schemata_cache
+        all_schemata = self.get_schemata_for_model().select_related()
+        self._schemata_cache = self.get_schemata_for_instance(all_schemata)
+        self._schemata_cache_dict = dict((s.name, s) for s in self._schemata_cache)
+        return self._schemata_cache
+
+    def get_schema_names(self):
+        if not hasattr(self, '_schemata_cache_dict'):
+            self.get_schemata()
+        return self._schemata_cache_dict.keys()
+
+    def get_schema(self, name):
+        if not hasattr(self, '_schemata_cache_dict'):
+            self.get_schemata()
+        return self._schemata_cache_dict[name]
+
+    def get_schema_by_id(self, schema_id):
+        for schema in self.get_schemata():
+            if schema.pk == schema_id:
+                return schema
+
+    def check_eav_allowed(self):
+        """
+        Returns True if entity instance allows EAV attributes to be attached.
+
+        Can be useful if some external data is required to determine available
+        schemata and that data may be missing. In such cases this method should
+        be overloaded to check whether the data is available.
+        """
+        return True
+
+    def is_valid(self):
+        "Returns True if attributes and their values conform with schema."
+
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+        '''
+        schemata = self.rubric.schemata.all()
+        return all(x.is_valid for x in self.attributes)
+        # 1. check if all required attributes are present
+        for schema in schemata:
+            pass
+        # 2. check if all attributes have appropriate values
+        for schema in schemata:
+            pass
+        return True
+        '''
+
+
+class BaseChoice(Model):
+    """ Base class for choices.  Concrete choice class must overload the
+    `schema` attribute.
+    """
+    title = CharField(max_length=100)
+    schema = NotImplemented
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+        ordering = ('title',)
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.title   #u'%s "%s"' % (self.schema.title, self.title)
+
+
+class BaseAttribute(Model):
+    """ Base class for choices.  Concrete choice class must overload the
+    `schema` and `choice` attributes.
+    """
+    entity_type = ForeignKey(ContentType)
+    entity_id = IntegerField()
+    entity = fields.GenericForeignKey(ct_field="entity_type", fk_field='entity_id')
+
+    value_text = TextField(blank=True, null=True)
+    value_float = FloatField(blank=True, null=True)
+    value_date = DateField(blank=True, null=True)
+    value_bool = NullBooleanField(blank=True)    # TODO: ensure that form invalidates null booleans (??)
+    value_range_min = FloatField(blank=True, null=True)
+    value_range_max = FloatField(blank=True, null=True)
+
+    schema = NotImplemented    # must be FK
+    choice = NotImplemented    # must be nullable FK
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+        verbose_name, verbose_name_plural = _('attribute'), _('attributes')
+        ordering = ['entity_type', 'entity_id', 'schema']
+        unique_together = ('entity_type', 'entity_id', 'schema', 'choice')
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return u'%s: %s "%s"' % (self.entity, self.schema.title, self.value)
+
+    def _get_value(self):
+        if self.schema.datatype in (self.schema.TYPE_ONE, self.schema.TYPE_MANY):
+            return self.choice
+        if self.schema.datatype == self.schema.TYPE_RANGE:
+            names = ('value_range_%s' % x for x in ('min', 'max'))
+            value = tuple(getattr(self, x, None) for x in names)
+            return None if value == (None, None) else value
+        return getattr(self, 'value_%s' % self.schema.datatype)
+
+    def _set_value(self, new_value):
+        if self.schema.datatype == self.schema.TYPE_RANGE:
+            new_value = new_value or (None, None)
+
+            # validate range value -- expecting a tuple of two numbers
+            try:
+                validate_range_value(new_value)
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                raise
+
+            for k,v in zip('min max'.split(), new_value):
+                v = v if v is None else float(v)
+                setattr(self, 'value_range_%s' % k, v)
+        else:
+            setattr(self, 'value_%s' % self.schema.datatype, new_value)
+
+    value = property(_get_value, _set_value)
+
+
+def validate_range_value(value):
+    """
+    Validates given value against `Schema.TYPE_RANGE` data type. Raises
+    TypeError or ValueError if something is wrong. Returns None if everything
+    is OK.
+    """
+    if value == (None, None):
+        return
+
+    if not hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
+        raise TypeError('Range value must be an iterable, got "%s".' % value)
+    if not 2 == len(value):
+        raise ValueError('Range value must consist of two elements, got %d.' %
+                         len(value))
+    if not all(isinstance(x, (int,float)) for x in value):
+        raise TypeError('Range value must consist of two numbers, got "%s" '
+                        'and "%s" instead.' % value)
+    if not value[0] <= value[1]:
+        raise ValueError('Range must consist of min and max values (min <= '
+                         'max) but got "%s" and "%s" instead.' % value)
+    return
+
+
+# xxx catch signal Attr.post_save() --> update attr.item.attribute_cache (JSONField or such)