Allow raw dicts to be used in update statements

localized_fields/fields/field.py

@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ class LocalizedField(HStoreField):
         specified, we'll treat it as an empty :see:LocalizedValue
         instance, on which the validation will fail.
 
+        Dictonaries are converted into :see:LocalizedValue instances.
+
         Arguments:
             value:
                 The :see:LocalizedValue instance to serialize
@@ -141,6 +143,9 @@ class LocalizedField(HStoreField):
             extracted from the specified value.
         """
 
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            value = LocalizedValue(value)
+
         # default to None if this is an unknown type
         if not isinstance(value, LocalizedValue) and value:
             value = None

tests/test_query_set.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.utils import translation
+
+from localized_fields.fields import LocalizedField
+
+from .fake_model import get_fake_model
+
+
+class LocalizedQuerySetTestCase(TestCase):
+    """Tests query sets with models containing :see:LocalizedField."""
+
+    Model = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        """Creates the test models in the database."""
+
+        super(LocalizedQuerySetTestCase, cls).setUpClass()
+
+        cls.Model = get_fake_model(
+            {
+                'title': LocalizedField(),
+            }
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def test_assign_raw_dict(cls):
+        inst = cls.Model()
+        inst.title = dict(en='Bread', ro='Paine')
+        inst.save()
+
+        inst = cls.Model.objects.get(pk=inst.pk)
+        assert inst.title.en == 'Bread'
+        assert inst.title.ro == 'Paine'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def test_assign_raw_dict_update(cls):
+        inst = cls.Model.objects.create(
+            title=dict(en='Bread', ro='Paine'))
+
+        cls.Model.objects.update(
+            title=dict(en='Beer', ro='Bere'))
+
+        inst = cls.Model.objects.get(pk=inst.pk)
+        assert inst.title.en == 'Beer'
+        assert inst.title.ro == 'Bere'