""" A custom list implementation for mapped relations that syncs position in a Python list with a position attribute on the mapped objects. """ __all__ = [ 'ordering_list' ] def ordering_list(attr, count_from=None, **kw): """ Prepares an OrderingList factory for use as an argument to a Mapper relation's 'collection_class' option. Arguments are: attr Name of the mapped attribute to use for storage and retrieval of ordering information count_from (optional) Set up an integer-based ordering, starting at 'count_from'. For example, ordering_list('pos', count_from=1) would create a 1-based list in SQL, storing the value in the 'pos' column. Ignored if ordering_func is supplied. Passes along any keyword arguments to OrderingList constructor. """ kw = _unsugar_count_from(count_from=count_from, **kw) return lambda: OrderingList(attr, **kw) # Ordering utility functions def count_from_0(index, collection): """Numbering function: consecutive integers starting at 0.""" return index def count_from_1(index, collection): """Numbering function: consecutive integers starting at 1.""" return index + 1 def count_from_n_factory(start): """Numbering function: consecutive integers starting at arbitrary start.""" def f(index, collection): return index + start try: f.__name__ = 'count_from_%i' % start except TypeError: pass return f def _unsugar_count_from(**kw): """Keyword argument filter, prepares a simple ordering_func from a 'count_from' argument, otherwise passes ordering_func on unchanged.""" count_from = kw.pop('count_from', None) if kw.get('ordering_func', None) is None and count_from is not None: if count_from == 0: kw['ordering_func'] = count_from_0 elif count_from == 1: kw['ordering_func'] = count_from_1 else: kw['ordering_func'] = count_from_n_factory(count_from) return kw class OrderingList(list): def __init__(self, ordering_attr=None, ordering_func=None, reorder_on_append=False): """ A 'collection_class' list implementation that syncs position in a Python list with a position attribute on the mapped objects. This implementation counts on the list starting in the proper order, so be SURE to put an order_by on your relation. Arguments are: ordering_attr Name of the attribute that stores the object's order in the relation. ordering_func Optional. A function that maps the position in the Python list to a value to store in the ordering_attr. Values returned are usually (but need not be!) integers. ordering_funcs are called with two positional parameters: index of the element in the list, and the list itself. If omitted, list indexes are used for the attribute values. Two basic pre-built numbering functions are provided: 'count_from_0' and 'count_from_1'. For more exotic examples like stepped numbering, alphabetical and Fibonacci numbering, see the unit tests. reorder_on_append Default false. When appending an object with an existing (non-None) ordering value, that value will be left untouched unless reorder_on_append is true. This is an optimization to avoid a variety of dangerous unexpected database writes. SQLAlchemy will add instances to the list via append() when your object loads. If for some reason the result set from the database skips a step in the ordering (say, row '1' is missing but you get '2', '3', and '4'), reorder_on_append=True would immediately renumber the items to '1', '2', '3'. If you have multiple sessions making changes, any of whom happen to load this collection even in passing, all of the sessions would try to 'clean up' the numbering in their commits, possibly causing all but one to fail with a concurrent modification error. Spooky action at a distance. Recommend leaving this with the default of False, and just call ._reorder() if you're doing append() operations with previously ordered instances or doing housekeeping after manual sql operations. """ self.ordering_attr = ordering_attr if ordering_func is None: ordering_func = count_from_0 self.ordering_func = ordering_func self.reorder_on_append = reorder_on_append # More complex serialization schemes (multi column, e.g.) are possible by # subclassing and reimplementing these two methods. def _get_order_value(self, entity): return getattr(entity, self.ordering_attr) def _set_order_value(self, entity, value): setattr(entity, self.ordering_attr, value) def _reorder(self): """Sweep through the list and ensure that each object has accurate ordering information set.""" for index, entity in enumerate(self): self._order_entity(index, entity, True) def _order_entity(self, index, entity, reorder=True): have = self._get_order_value(entity) # Don't disturb existing ordering if reorder is False if have is not None and not reorder: return should_be = self.ordering_func(index, self) if have <> should_be: self._set_order_value(entity, should_be) def append(self, entity): super(OrderingList, self).append(entity) self._order_entity(len(self) - 1, entity, self.reorder_on_append) def _raw_append(self, entity): """Append without any ordering behavior.""" super(OrderingList, self).append(entity) def insert(self, index, entity): self[index:index] = [entity] def remove(self, entity): super(OrderingList, self).remove(entity) self._reorder() def pop(self, index=-1): entity = super(OrderingList, self).pop(index) self._reorder() return entity def __setitem__(self, index, entity): if isinstance(index, slice): for i in range(index.start or 0, index.stop or 0, index.step or 1): self.__setitem__(i, entity[i]) else: self._order_entity(index, entity, True) super(OrderingList, self).__setitem__(index, entity) def __delitem__(self, index): super(OrderingList, self).__delitem__(index) self._reorder() def __setslice__(self, start, end, values): super(OrderingList, self).__setslice__(start, end, values) self._reorder() def __delslice__(self, start, end): super(OrderingList, self).__delslice__(start, end) self._reorder()