Added Reverse Delete Rule support to ListFields

DictFields and MapFields aren't supported and raise an
InvalidDocument Error

Closes #254

mongoengine/base.py

@@ -503,15 +503,22 @@ class DocumentMetaclass(type):
         attrs['_db_field_map'] = dict([(k, v.db_field) for k, v in doc_fields.items() if k!=v.db_field])
         attrs['_reverse_db_field_map'] = dict([(v, k) for k, v in attrs['_db_field_map'].items()])
 
-        from mongoengine import Document, EmbeddedDocument
+        from mongoengine import Document, EmbeddedDocument, DictField
 
         new_class = super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)
         for field in new_class._fields.values():
             field.owner_document = new_class
+
             delete_rule = getattr(field, 'reverse_delete_rule', DO_NOTHING)
+            f = field
+            if isinstance(f, ComplexBaseField) and hasattr(f, 'field'):
+                delete_rule = getattr(f.field, 'reverse_delete_rule', DO_NOTHING)
+                if isinstance(f, DictField) and delete_rule != DO_NOTHING:
+                    raise InvalidDocumentError("Reverse delete rules are not supported for %s (field: %s)" % (field.__class__.__name__, field.name))
+                f = field.field
+
             if delete_rule != DO_NOTHING:
-                field.document_type.register_delete_rule(new_class, field.name,
+                f.document_type.register_delete_rule(new_class, field.name, delete_rule)
-                        delete_rule)
 
             if field.name and hasattr(Document, field.name) and EmbeddedDocument not in new_class.mro():
                 raise InvalidDocumentError("%s is a document method and not a valid field name" % field.name)

tests/document.py

@@ -2214,6 +2214,46 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
         author.delete()
         self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost.objects), 0)
 
+    def test_reverse_delete_rule_cascade_and_nullify_complex_field(self):
+        """Ensure that a referenced document is also deleted upon deletion.
+        """
+
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            content = StringField()
+            authors = ListField(ReferenceField(self.Person, reverse_delete_rule=CASCADE))
+            reviewers = ListField(ReferenceField(self.Person, reverse_delete_rule=NULLIFY))
+
+        self.Person.drop_collection()
+        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
+        author = self.Person(name='Test User')
+        author.save()
+
+        reviewer = self.Person(name='Re Viewer')
+        reviewer.save()
+
+        post = BlogPost(content= 'Watched some TV')
+        post.authors = [author]
+        post.reviewers = [reviewer]
+        post.save()
+
+        reviewer.delete()
+        self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost.objects), 1)  # No effect on the BlogPost
+        self.assertEqual(BlogPost.objects.get().reviewers, [])
+
+        # Delete the Person, which should lead to deletion of the BlogPost, too
+        author.delete()
+        self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost.objects), 0)
+
+        def throw_invalid_document_error():
+            class Blog(Document):
+                content = StringField()
+                authors = MapField(ReferenceField(self.Person, reverse_delete_rule=CASCADE))
+                reviewers = DictField(field=ReferenceField(self.Person, reverse_delete_rule=NULLIFY))
+
+        self.assertRaises(InvalidDocumentError, throw_invalid_document_error)
+
+
     def test_reverse_delete_rule_cascade_recurs(self):
         """Ensure that a chain of documents is also deleted upon cascaded
         deletion.