Merge pull request #1737 from CalgaryMichael/remove-pushall

Removing the usage of the '$pushAll' operator

.travis.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ python:
 env:
 - MONGODB=2.6 PYMONGO=2.7
 - MONGODB=2.6 PYMONGO=2.8
-- MONGODB=2.6 PYMONGO=3.0
+- MONGODB=2.6 PYMONGO=3.x
 
 matrix:
   # Finish the build as soon as one job fails
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ matrix:
   - python: 2.7
     env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=2.7
   - python: 2.7
-    env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=3.0
+    env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=3.5
   - python: 2.7
-    env: MONGODB=3.0 PYMONGO=3.0
+    env: MONGODB=3.0 PYMONGO=3.x
   - python: 3.5
     env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=2.7
   - python: 3.5
-    env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=3.0
+    env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=3.5
   - python: 3.5
-    env: MONGODB=3.0 PYMONGO=3.0
+    env: MONGODB=3.0 PYMONGO=3.x
   - python: 3.6
-    env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=3.0
+    env: MONGODB=2.4 PYMONGO=3.5
   - python: 3.6
-    env: MONGODB=3.0 PYMONGO=3.0
+    env: MONGODB=3.0 PYMONGO=3.x
 
 before_install:
 - bash .install_mongodb_on_travis.sh

AUTHORS

@@ -244,4 +244,5 @@ that much better:
  * Stanislav Kaledin (https://github.com/sallyruthstruik)
  * Dmitry Yantsen (https://github.com/mrTable)
  * Renjianxin (https://github.com/Davidrjx)
- * Erdenezul Batmunkh (https://github.com/erdenezul)
+ * Erdenezul Batmunkh (https://github.com/erdenezul)
+ * Andy Yankovsky (https://github.com/werat)

docs/apireference.rst

@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ Fields
 .. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.DictField
 .. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.MapField
 .. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField
+.. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.LazyReferenceField
 .. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField
+.. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.GenericLazyReferenceField
 .. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.CachedReferenceField
 .. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.BinaryField
 .. autoclass:: mongoengine.fields.FileField

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-Development
+dev
-===========
+===
-- (Fill this out as you fix issues and develop your features).
+-  Subfield resolve error in generic_emdedded_document query #1651 #1652
+-  use each modifier only with $position #1673 #1675
+-  Improve LazyReferenceField and GenericLazyReferenceField with nested fields #1704
+-  Fix validation error instance in GenericEmbeddedDocumentField #1067
+-  Update cached fields when fields argument is given #1712
+-  Add a db parameter to register_connection for compatibility with connect
+
+Changes in 0.15.0
+=================
+- Add LazyReferenceField and GenericLazyReferenceField to address #1230
 
 Changes in 0.14.1
 =================

docs/guide/defining-documents.rst

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ objects** as class attributes to the document class::
 
     class Page(Document):
         title = StringField(max_length=200, required=True)
-        date_modified = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
+        date_modified = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.utcnow)
 
 As BSON (the binary format for storing data in mongodb) is order dependent,
 documents are serialized based on their field order.
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ are as follows:
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FloatField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericEmbeddedDocumentField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField`
+* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericLazyReferenceField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GeoPointField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ImageField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.IntField`
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ are as follows:
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.MapField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ObjectIdField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`
+* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.LazyReferenceField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.SequenceField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.SortedListField`
 * :class:`~mongoengine.fields.StringField`
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ store; in this situation a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DictField` is appropriate
         user = ReferenceField(User)
         answers = DictField()
 
-    survey_response = SurveyResponse(date=datetime.now(), user=request.user)
+    survey_response = SurveyResponse(date=datetime.utcnow(), user=request.user)
     response_form = ResponseForm(request.POST)
     survey_response.answers = response_form.cleaned_data()
     survey_response.save()
@@ -618,7 +620,7 @@ collection after a given period. See the official
 documentation for more information.  A common usecase might be session data::
 
     class Session(Document):
-        created = DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
+        created = DateTimeField(default=datetime.utcnow)
         meta = {
             'indexes': [
                 {'fields': ['created'], 'expireAfterSeconds': 3600}

docs/guide/signals.rst

@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ Available signals include:
   has taken place but before saving.
 
 `post_save`
-  Called within :meth:`~mongoengine.Document.save` after all actions
+  Called within :meth:`~mongoengine.Document.save` after most actions
-  (validation, insert/update, cascades, clearing dirty flags) have completed
+  (validation, insert/update, and cascades, but not clearing dirty flags) have 
-  successfully.  Passed the additional boolean keyword argument `created` to
+  completed successfully.  Passed the additional boolean keyword argument 
-  indicate if the save was an insert or an update.
+  `created` to indicate if the save was an insert or an update.
 
 `pre_delete`
   Called within :meth:`~mongoengine.Document.delete` prior to

docs/tutorial.rst

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ of them stand out as particularly intuitive solutions.
 Posts
 ^^^^^
 
-Happily mongoDB *isn't* a relational database, so we're not going to do it that
+Happily MongoDB *isn't* a relational database, so we're not going to do it that
 way. As it turns out, we can use MongoDB's schemaless nature to provide us with
 a much nicer solution. We will store all of the posts in *one collection* and
 each post type will only store the fields it needs. If we later want to add
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ post. This works, but there is no real reason to be storing the comments
 separately from their associated posts, other than to work around the
 relational model. Using MongoDB we can store the comments as a list of
 *embedded documents* directly on a post document. An embedded document should
-be treated no differently that a regular document; it just doesn't have its own
+be treated no differently than a regular document; it just doesn't have its own
 collection in the database. Using MongoEngine, we can define the structure of
 embedded documents, along with utility methods, in exactly the same way we do
 with regular documents::

mongoengine/__init__.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ __all__ = (list(document.__all__) + list(fields.__all__) +
            list(signals.__all__) + list(errors.__all__))
 
 
-VERSION = (0, 14, 1)
+VERSION = (0, 15, 0)
 
 
 def get_version():

mongoengine/base/__init__.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ __all__ = (
     'UPDATE_OPERATORS', '_document_registry', 'get_document',
 
     # datastructures
-    'BaseDict', 'BaseList', 'EmbeddedDocumentList',
+    'BaseDict', 'BaseList', 'EmbeddedDocumentList', 'LazyReference',
 
     # document
     'BaseDocument',

mongoengine/base/datastructures.py

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import itertools
 import weakref
 
+from bson import DBRef
 import six
 
 from mongoengine.common import _import_class
 from mongoengine.errors import DoesNotExist, MultipleObjectsReturned
 
-__all__ = ('BaseDict', 'BaseList', 'EmbeddedDocumentList')
+__all__ = ('BaseDict', 'BaseList', 'EmbeddedDocumentList', 'LazyReference')
 
 
 class BaseDict(dict):
@@ -350,7 +351,8 @@ class EmbeddedDocumentList(BaseList):
 
     def update(self, **update):
         """
-        Updates the embedded documents with the given update values.
+        Updates the embedded documents with the given replacement values. This
+        function does not support mongoDB update operators such as ``inc__``.
 
         .. note::
             The embedded document changes are not automatically saved
@@ -445,3 +447,42 @@ class StrictDict(object):
 
             cls._classes[allowed_keys] = SpecificStrictDict
         return cls._classes[allowed_keys]
+
+
+class LazyReference(DBRef):
+    __slots__ = ('_cached_doc', 'passthrough', 'document_type')
+
+    def fetch(self, force=False):
+        if not self._cached_doc or force:
+            self._cached_doc = self.document_type.objects.get(pk=self.pk)
+            if not self._cached_doc:
+                raise DoesNotExist('Trying to dereference unknown document %s' % (self))
+        return self._cached_doc
+
+    @property
+    def pk(self):
+        return self.id
+
+    def __init__(self, document_type, pk, cached_doc=None, passthrough=False):
+        self.document_type = document_type
+        self._cached_doc = cached_doc
+        self.passthrough = passthrough
+        super(LazyReference, self).__init__(self.document_type._get_collection_name(), pk)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, name):
+        if not self.passthrough:
+            raise KeyError()
+        document = self.fetch()
+        return document[name]
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if not object.__getattribute__(self, 'passthrough'):
+            raise AttributeError()
+        document = self.fetch()
+        try:
+            return document[name]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise AttributeError()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<LazyReference(%s, %r)>" % (self.document_type, self.pk)

mongoengine/base/document.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from mongoengine import signals
 from mongoengine.base.common import get_document
 from mongoengine.base.datastructures import (BaseDict, BaseList,
                                              EmbeddedDocumentList,
+                                             LazyReference,
                                              StrictDict)
 from mongoengine.base.fields import ComplexBaseField
 from mongoengine.common import _import_class
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ class BaseDocument(object):
                 else:
                     data = getattr(data, part, None)
 
-                if hasattr(data, '_changed_fields'):
+                if not isinstance(data, LazyReference) and hasattr(data, '_changed_fields'):
                     if getattr(data, '_is_document', False):
                         continue
 

mongoengine/connection.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ _connections = {}
 _dbs = {}
 
 
-def register_connection(alias, name=None, host=None, port=None,
+def register_connection(alias, db=None, name=None, host=None, port=None,
                         read_preference=READ_PREFERENCE,
                         username=None, password=None,
                         authentication_source=None,
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def register_connection(alias, name=None, host=None, port=None,
     :param alias: the name that will be used to refer to this connection
         throughout MongoEngine
     :param name: the name of the specific database to use
+    :param db: the name of the database to use, for compatibility with connect
     :param host: the host name of the :program:`mongod` instance to connect to
     :param port: the port that the :program:`mongod` instance is running on
     :param read_preference: The read preference for the collection
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ def register_connection(alias, name=None, host=None, port=None,
     .. versionchanged:: 0.10.6 - added mongomock support
     """
     conn_settings = {
-        'name': name or 'test',
+        'name': name or db or 'test',
         'host': host or 'localhost',
         'port': port or 27017,
         'read_preference': read_preference,

mongoengine/dereference.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import six
 
 from mongoengine.base import (BaseDict, BaseList, EmbeddedDocumentList,
                               TopLevelDocumentMetaclass, get_document)
+from mongoengine.base.datastructures import LazyReference
 from mongoengine.connection import get_db
 from mongoengine.document import Document, EmbeddedDocument
 from mongoengine.fields import DictField, ListField, MapField, ReferenceField
@@ -99,7 +100,10 @@ class DeReference(object):
             if isinstance(item, (Document, EmbeddedDocument)):
                 for field_name, field in item._fields.iteritems():
                     v = item._data.get(field_name, None)
-                    if isinstance(v, DBRef):
+                    if isinstance(v, LazyReference):
+                        # LazyReference inherits DBRef but should not be dereferenced here !
+                        continue
+                    elif isinstance(v, DBRef):
                         reference_map.setdefault(field.document_type, set()).add(v.id)
                     elif isinstance(v, (dict, SON)) and '_ref' in v:
                         reference_map.setdefault(get_document(v['_cls']), set()).add(v['_ref'].id)
@@ -110,6 +114,9 @@ class DeReference(object):
                             if isinstance(field_cls, (Document, TopLevelDocumentMetaclass)):
                                 key = field_cls
                             reference_map.setdefault(key, set()).update(refs)
+            elif isinstance(item, LazyReference):
+                # LazyReference inherits DBRef but should not be dereferenced here !
+                continue
             elif isinstance(item, DBRef):
                 reference_map.setdefault(item.collection, set()).add(item.id)
             elif isinstance(item, (dict, SON)) and '_ref' in item:

mongoengine/document.py

@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ class Document(BaseDocument):
         elif query[id_field] != self.pk:
             raise InvalidQueryError('Invalid document modify query: it must modify only this document.')
 
+        # Need to add shard key to query, or you get an error
+        query.update(self._object_key)
+
         updated = self._qs(**query).modify(new=True, **update)
         if updated is None:
             return False

mongoengine/fields.py

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ except ImportError:
     Int64 = long
 
 from mongoengine.base import (BaseDocument, BaseField, ComplexBaseField,
-                              GeoJsonBaseField, ObjectIdField, get_document)
+                              GeoJsonBaseField, LazyReference, ObjectIdField,
+                              get_document)
+from mongoengine.common import _import_class
 from mongoengine.connection import DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME, get_db
 from mongoengine.document import Document, EmbeddedDocument
 from mongoengine.errors import DoesNotExist, InvalidQueryError, ValidationError
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ __all__ = (
     'GenericEmbeddedDocumentField', 'DynamicField', 'ListField',
     'SortedListField', 'EmbeddedDocumentListField', 'DictField',
     'MapField', 'ReferenceField', 'CachedReferenceField',
+    'LazyReferenceField', 'GenericLazyReferenceField',
     'GenericReferenceField', 'BinaryField', 'GridFSError', 'GridFSProxy',
     'FileField', 'ImageGridFsProxy', 'ImproperlyConfigured', 'ImageField',
     'GeoPointField', 'PointField', 'LineStringField', 'PolygonField',
@@ -611,6 +614,7 @@ class EmbeddedDocumentField(BaseField):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, document_type, **kwargs):
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
         if not (
             isinstance(document_type, six.string_types) or
             issubclass(document_type, EmbeddedDocument)
@@ -686,16 +690,28 @@ class GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(BaseField):
         return value
 
     def validate(self, value, clean=True):
+        if self.choices and isinstance(value, SON):
+            for choice in self.choices:
+                if value['_cls'] == choice._class_name:
+                    return True
+
         if not isinstance(value, EmbeddedDocument):
             self.error('Invalid embedded document instance provided to an '
                        'GenericEmbeddedDocumentField')
 
         value.validate(clean=clean)
 
+    def lookup_member(self, member_name):
+        if self.choices:
+            for choice in self.choices:
+                field = choice._fields.get(member_name)
+                if field:
+                    return field
+        return None
+
     def to_mongo(self, document, use_db_field=True, fields=None):
         if document is None:
             return None
-
         data = document.to_mongo(use_db_field, fields)
         if '_cls' not in data:
             data['_cls'] = document._class_name
@@ -779,6 +795,17 @@ class ListField(ComplexBaseField):
         kwargs.setdefault('default', lambda: [])
         super(ListField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
+    def __get__(self, instance, owner):
+        if instance is None:
+            # Document class being used rather than a document object
+            return self
+        value = instance._data.get(self.name)
+        LazyReferenceField = _import_class('LazyReferenceField')
+        GenericLazyReferenceField = _import_class('GenericLazyReferenceField')
+        if isinstance(self.field, (LazyReferenceField, GenericLazyReferenceField)) and value:
+            instance._data[self.name] = [self.field.build_lazyref(x) for x in value]
+        return super(ListField, self).__get__(instance, owner)
+
     def validate(self, value):
         """Make sure that a list of valid fields is being used."""
         if (not isinstance(value, (list, tuple, QuerySet)) or
@@ -893,8 +920,11 @@ class DictField(ComplexBaseField):
         self.field = field
         self._auto_dereference = False
         self.basecls = basecls or BaseField
+
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
         if not issubclass(self.basecls, BaseField):
             self.error('DictField only accepts dict values')
+
         kwargs.setdefault('default', lambda: {})
         super(DictField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -943,6 +973,7 @@ class MapField(DictField):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, field=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
         if not isinstance(field, BaseField):
             self.error('Argument to MapField constructor must be a valid '
                        'field')
@@ -953,6 +984,15 @@ class ReferenceField(BaseField):
     """A reference to a document that will be automatically dereferenced on
     access (lazily).
 
+    Note this means you will get a database I/O access everytime you access
+    this field. This is necessary because the field returns a :class:`~mongoengine.Document`
+    which precise type can depend of the value of the `_cls` field present in the
+    document in database.
+    In short, using this type of field can lead to poor performances (especially
+    if you access this field only to retrieve it `pk` field which is already
+    known before dereference). To solve this you should consider using the
+    :class:`~mongoengine.fields.LazyReferenceField`.
+
     Use the `reverse_delete_rule` to handle what should happen if the document
     the field is referencing is deleted.  EmbeddedDocuments, DictFields and
     MapFields does not support reverse_delete_rule and an `InvalidDocumentError`
@@ -993,6 +1033,7 @@ class ReferenceField(BaseField):
             A reference to an abstract document type is always stored as a
             :class:`~pymongo.dbref.DBRef`, regardless of the value of `dbref`.
         """
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
         if (
             not isinstance(document_type, six.string_types) and
             not issubclass(document_type, Document)
@@ -1047,6 +1088,8 @@ class ReferenceField(BaseField):
         if isinstance(document, Document):
             # We need the id from the saved object to create the DBRef
             id_ = document.pk
+
+            # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
             if id_ is None:
                 self.error('You can only reference documents once they have'
                            ' been saved to the database')
@@ -1086,19 +1129,21 @@ class ReferenceField(BaseField):
         return self.to_mongo(value)
 
     def validate(self, value):
-
+        if not isinstance(value, (self.document_type, LazyReference, DBRef, ObjectId)):
-        if not isinstance(value, (self.document_type, DBRef, ObjectId)):
+            self.error('A ReferenceField only accepts DBRef, LazyReference, ObjectId or documents')
-            self.error('A ReferenceField only accepts DBRef, ObjectId or documents')
 
         if isinstance(value, Document) and value.id is None:
             self.error('You can only reference documents once they have been '
                        'saved to the database')
 
-        if self.document_type._meta.get('abstract') and \
+        if (
-                not isinstance(value, self.document_type):
+            self.document_type._meta.get('abstract') and
+            not isinstance(value, self.document_type)
+        ):
             self.error(
                 '%s is not an instance of abstract reference type %s' % (
-                    self.document_type._class_name)
+                    self.document_type._class_name
+                )
             )
 
     def lookup_member(self, member_name):
@@ -1121,6 +1166,7 @@ class CachedReferenceField(BaseField):
         if fields is None:
             fields = []
 
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
         if (
             not isinstance(document_type, six.string_types) and
             not issubclass(document_type, Document)
@@ -1195,6 +1241,7 @@ class CachedReferenceField(BaseField):
         id_field_name = self.document_type._meta['id_field']
         id_field = self.document_type._fields[id_field_name]
 
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
         if isinstance(document, Document):
             # We need the id from the saved object to create the DBRef
             id_ = document.pk
@@ -1203,7 +1250,6 @@ class CachedReferenceField(BaseField):
                            ' been saved to the database')
         else:
             self.error('Only accept a document object')
-            # TODO: should raise here or will fail next statement
 
         value = SON((
             ('_id', id_field.to_mongo(id_)),
@@ -1221,16 +1267,20 @@ class CachedReferenceField(BaseField):
         if value is None:
             return None
 
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
         if isinstance(value, Document):
             if value.pk is None:
                 self.error('You can only reference documents once they have'
                            ' been saved to the database')
-            return {'_id': value.pk}
+            value_dict = {'_id': value.pk}
+            for field in self.fields:
+                value_dict.update({field: value[field]})
+
+            return value_dict
 
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def validate(self, value):
-
         if not isinstance(value, self.document_type):
             self.error('A CachedReferenceField only accepts documents')
 
@@ -1263,6 +1313,12 @@ class GenericReferenceField(BaseField):
     """A reference to *any* :class:`~mongoengine.document.Document` subclass
     that will be automatically dereferenced on access (lazily).
 
+    Note this field works the same way as :class:`~mongoengine.document.ReferenceField`,
+    doing database I/O access the first time it is accessed (even if it's to access
+    it ``pk`` or ``id`` field).
+    To solve this you should consider using the
+    :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericLazyReferenceField`.
+
     .. note ::
         * Any documents used as a generic reference must be registered in the
           document registry.  Importing the model will automatically register
@@ -1285,6 +1341,8 @@ class GenericReferenceField(BaseField):
                 elif isinstance(choice, type) and issubclass(choice, Document):
                     self.choices.append(choice._class_name)
                 else:
+                    # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate"
+                    # method.
                     self.error('Invalid choices provided: must be a list of'
                                'Document subclasses and/or six.string_typess')
 
@@ -1348,6 +1406,7 @@ class GenericReferenceField(BaseField):
             # We need the id from the saved object to create the DBRef
             id_ = document.id
             if id_ is None:
+                # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
                 self.error('You can only reference documents once they have'
                            ' been saved to the database')
         else:
@@ -2141,3 +2200,201 @@ class MultiPolygonField(GeoJsonBaseField):
     .. versionadded:: 0.9
     """
     _type = 'MultiPolygon'
+
+
+class LazyReferenceField(BaseField):
+    """A really lazy reference to a document.
+    Unlike the :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` it will
+    **not** be automatically (lazily) dereferenced on access.
+    Instead, access will return a :class:`~mongoengine.base.LazyReference` class
+    instance, allowing access to `pk` or manual dereference by using
+    ``fetch()`` method.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.15
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, document_type, passthrough=False, dbref=False,
+                 reverse_delete_rule=DO_NOTHING, **kwargs):
+        """Initialises the Reference Field.
+
+        :param dbref:  Store the reference as :class:`~pymongo.dbref.DBRef`
+          or as the :class:`~pymongo.objectid.ObjectId`.id .
+        :param reverse_delete_rule: Determines what to do when the referring
+          object is deleted
+        :param passthrough: When trying to access unknown fields, the
+        :class:`~mongoengine.base.datastructure.LazyReference` instance will
+        automatically call `fetch()` and try to retrive the field on the fetched
+        document. Note this only work getting field (not setting or deleting).
+        """
+        # XXX ValidationError raised outside of the "validate" method.
+        if (
+            not isinstance(document_type, six.string_types) and
+            not issubclass(document_type, Document)
+        ):
+            self.error('Argument to LazyReferenceField constructor must be a '
+                       'document class or a string')
+
+        self.dbref = dbref
+        self.passthrough = passthrough
+        self.document_type_obj = document_type
+        self.reverse_delete_rule = reverse_delete_rule
+        super(LazyReferenceField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    @property
+    def document_type(self):
+        if isinstance(self.document_type_obj, six.string_types):
+            if self.document_type_obj == RECURSIVE_REFERENCE_CONSTANT:
+                self.document_type_obj = self.owner_document
+            else:
+                self.document_type_obj = get_document(self.document_type_obj)
+        return self.document_type_obj
+
+    def build_lazyref(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, LazyReference):
+            if value.passthrough != self.passthrough:
+                value = LazyReference(value.document_type, value.pk, passthrough=self.passthrough)
+        elif value is not None:
+            if isinstance(value, self.document_type):
+                value = LazyReference(self.document_type, value.pk, passthrough=self.passthrough)
+            elif isinstance(value, DBRef):
+                value = LazyReference(self.document_type, value.id, passthrough=self.passthrough)
+            else:
+                # value is the primary key of the referenced document
+                value = LazyReference(self.document_type, value, passthrough=self.passthrough)
+        return value
+
+    def __get__(self, instance, owner):
+        """Descriptor to allow lazy dereferencing."""
+        if instance is None:
+            # Document class being used rather than a document object
+            return self
+
+        value = self.build_lazyref(instance._data.get(self.name))
+        if value:
+            instance._data[self.name] = value
+
+        return super(LazyReferenceField, self).__get__(instance, owner)
+
+    def to_mongo(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, LazyReference):
+            pk = value.pk
+        elif isinstance(value, self.document_type):
+            pk = value.pk
+        elif isinstance(value, DBRef):
+            pk = value.id
+        else:
+            # value is the primary key of the referenced document
+            pk = value
+        id_field_name = self.document_type._meta['id_field']
+        id_field = self.document_type._fields[id_field_name]
+        pk = id_field.to_mongo(pk)
+        if self.dbref:
+            return DBRef(self.document_type._get_collection_name(), pk)
+        else:
+            return pk
+
+    def validate(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, LazyReference):
+            if value.collection != self.document_type._get_collection_name():
+                self.error('Reference must be on a `%s` document.' % self.document_type)
+            pk = value.pk
+        elif isinstance(value, self.document_type):
+            pk = value.pk
+        elif isinstance(value, DBRef):
+            # TODO: check collection ?
+            collection = self.document_type._get_collection_name()
+            if value.collection != collection:
+                self.error("DBRef on bad collection (must be on `%s`)" % collection)
+            pk = value.id
+        else:
+            # value is the primary key of the referenced document
+            id_field_name = self.document_type._meta['id_field']
+            id_field = getattr(self.document_type, id_field_name)
+            pk = value
+            try:
+                id_field.validate(pk)
+            except ValidationError:
+                self.error(
+                    "value should be `{0}` document, LazyReference or DBRef on `{0}` "
+                    "or `{0}`'s primary key (i.e. `{1}`)".format(
+                        self.document_type.__name__, type(id_field).__name__))
+
+        if pk is None:
+            self.error('You can only reference documents once they have been '
+                       'saved to the database')
+
+    def prepare_query_value(self, op, value):
+        if value is None:
+            return None
+        super(LazyReferenceField, self).prepare_query_value(op, value)
+        return self.to_mongo(value)
+
+    def lookup_member(self, member_name):
+        return self.document_type._fields.get(member_name)
+
+
+class GenericLazyReferenceField(GenericReferenceField):
+    """A reference to *any* :class:`~mongoengine.document.Document` subclass.
+    Unlike the :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField` it will
+    **not** be automatically (lazily) dereferenced on access.
+    Instead, access will return a :class:`~mongoengine.base.LazyReference` class
+    instance, allowing access to `pk` or manual dereference by using
+    ``fetch()`` method.
+
+    .. note ::
+        * Any documents used as a generic reference must be registered in the
+          document registry.  Importing the model will automatically register
+          it.
+
+        * You can use the choices param to limit the acceptable Document types
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.15
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.passthrough = kwargs.pop('passthrough', False)
+        super(GenericLazyReferenceField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _validate_choices(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, LazyReference):
+            value = value.document_type._class_name
+        super(GenericLazyReferenceField, self)._validate_choices(value)
+
+    def build_lazyref(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, LazyReference):
+            if value.passthrough != self.passthrough:
+                value = LazyReference(value.document_type, value.pk, passthrough=self.passthrough)
+        elif value is not None:
+            if isinstance(value, (dict, SON)):
+                value = LazyReference(get_document(value['_cls']), value['_ref'].id, passthrough=self.passthrough)
+            elif isinstance(value, Document):
+                value = LazyReference(type(value), value.pk, passthrough=self.passthrough)
+        return value
+
+    def __get__(self, instance, owner):
+        if instance is None:
+            return self
+
+        value = self.build_lazyref(instance._data.get(self.name))
+        if value:
+            instance._data[self.name] = value
+
+        return super(GenericLazyReferenceField, self).__get__(instance, owner)
+
+    def validate(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, LazyReference) and value.pk is None:
+            self.error('You can only reference documents once they have been'
+                       ' saved to the database')
+        return super(GenericLazyReferenceField, self).validate(value)
+
+    def to_mongo(self, document):
+        if document is None:
+            return None
+
+        if isinstance(document, LazyReference):
+            return SON((
+                ('_cls', document.document_type._class_name),
+                ('_ref', DBRef(document.document_type._get_collection_name(), document.pk))
+            ))
+        else:
+            return super(GenericLazyReferenceField, self).to_mongo(document)

mongoengine/queryset/base.py

@@ -486,8 +486,9 @@ class BaseQuerySet(object):
             ``save(..., write_concern={w: 2, fsync: True}, ...)`` will
             wait until at least two servers have recorded the write and
             will force an fsync on the primary server.
-        :param full_result: Return the full result rather than just the number
+        :param full_result: Return the full result dictionary rather than just the number
-            updated.
+            updated, e.g. return
+            ``{'n': 2, 'nModified': 2, 'ok': 1.0, 'updatedExisting': True}``.
         :param update: Django-style update keyword arguments
 
         .. versionadded:: 0.2

mongoengine/queryset/transform.py

@@ -101,21 +101,8 @@ def query(_doc_cls=None, **kwargs):
                         value = value['_id']
 
             elif op in ('in', 'nin', 'all', 'near') and not isinstance(value, dict):
-                # Raise an error if the in/nin/all/near param is not iterable. We need a
+                # Raise an error if the in/nin/all/near param is not iterable.
-                # special check for BaseDocument, because - although it's iterable - using
+                value = _prepare_query_for_iterable(field, op, value)
-                # it as such in the context of this method is most definitely a mistake.
-                BaseDocument = _import_class('BaseDocument')
-                if isinstance(value, BaseDocument):
-                    raise TypeError("When using the `in`, `nin`, `all`, or "
-                                    "`near`-operators you can\'t use a "
-                                    "`Document`, you must wrap your object "
-                                    "in a list (object -> [object]).")
-                elif not hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
-                    raise TypeError("The `in`, `nin`, `all`, or "
-                                    "`near`-operators must be applied to an "
-                                    "iterable (e.g. a list).")
-                else:
-                    value = [field.prepare_query_value(op, v) for v in value]
 
             # If we're querying a GenericReferenceField, we need to alter the
             # key depending on the value:
@@ -284,9 +271,15 @@ def update(_doc_cls=None, **update):
             if isinstance(field, GeoJsonBaseField):
                 value = field.to_mongo(value)
 
-            if op == 'push' and isinstance(value, (list, tuple, set)):
+            if op == 'pull':
+                if field.required or value is not None:
+                    if match == 'in' and not isinstance(value, dict):
+                        value = _prepare_query_for_iterable(field, op, value)
+                    else:
+                        value = field.prepare_query_value(op, value)
+            elif op == 'push' and isinstance(value, (list, tuple, set)):
                 value = [field.prepare_query_value(op, v) for v in value]
-            elif op in (None, 'set', 'push', 'pull'):
+            elif op in (None, 'set', 'push'):
                 if field.required or value is not None:
                     value = field.prepare_query_value(op, value)
             elif op in ('pushAll', 'pullAll'):
@@ -335,7 +328,7 @@ def update(_doc_cls=None, **update):
                 value = {key: value}
         elif op == 'addToSet' and isinstance(value, list):
             value = {key: {'$each': value}}
-        elif op == 'push':
+        elif op in ('push', 'pushAll'):
             if parts[-1].isdigit():
                 key = parts[0]
                 position = int(parts[-1])
@@ -344,10 +337,14 @@ def update(_doc_cls=None, **update):
                 if not isinstance(value, (set, tuple, list)):
                     value = [value]
                 value = {key: {'$each': value, '$position': position}}
-            elif isinstance(value, list):
-                value = {key: {'$each': value}}
             else:
-                value = {key: value}
+                if op == 'pushAll':
+                    op = 'push'  # convert to non-deprecated keyword
+                    if not isinstance(value, (set, tuple, list)):
+                        value = [value]
+                    value = {key: {'$each': value}}
+                else:
+                    value = {key: value}
         else:
             value = {key: value}
         key = '$' + op
@@ -439,3 +436,22 @@ def _infer_geometry(value):
 
     raise InvalidQueryError('Invalid $geometry data. Can be either a '
                             'dictionary or (nested) lists of coordinate(s)')
+
+
+def _prepare_query_for_iterable(field, op, value):
+    # We need a special check for BaseDocument, because - although it's iterable - using
+    # it as such in the context of this method is most definitely a mistake.
+    BaseDocument = _import_class('BaseDocument')
+
+    if isinstance(value, BaseDocument):
+        raise TypeError("When using the `in`, `nin`, `all`, or "
+                        "`near`-operators you can\'t use a "
+                        "`Document`, you must wrap your object "
+                        "in a list (object -> [object]).")
+
+    if not hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
+        raise TypeError("The `in`, `nin`, `all`, or "
+                        "`near`-operators must be applied to an "
+                        "iterable (e.g. a list).")
+
+    return [field.prepare_query_value(op, v) for v in value]

setup.cfg

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 [nosetests]
 verbosity=2
 detailed-errors=1
-tests=tests
+#tests=tests
 cover-package=mongoengine
 
 [flake8]
-ignore=E501,F401,F403,F405,I201
+ignore=E501,F401,F403,F405,I201,I202
 exclude=build,dist,docs,venv,venv3,.tox,.eggs,tests
 max-complexity=47
 application-import-names=mongoengine,tests

tests/document/instance.py

@@ -1341,6 +1341,23 @@ class InstanceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         site = Site.objects.first()
         self.assertEqual(site.page.log_message, "Error: Dummy message")
 
+    def test_update_list_field(self):
+        """Test update on `ListField` with $pull + $in.
+        """
+        class Doc(Document):
+            foo = ListField(StringField())
+
+        Doc.drop_collection()
+        doc = Doc(foo=['a', 'b', 'c'])
+        doc.save()
+
+        # Update
+        doc = Doc.objects.first()
+        doc.update(pull__foo__in=['a', 'c'])
+
+        doc = Doc.objects.first()
+        self.assertEqual(doc.foo, ['b'])
+
     def test_embedded_update_db_field(self):
         """Test update on `EmbeddedDocumentField` fields when db_field
         is other than default.
@@ -1884,6 +1901,25 @@ class InstanceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         author.delete()
         self.assertEqual(BlogPost.objects.count(), 0)
 
+    def test_reverse_delete_rule_pull(self):
+        """Ensure that a referenced document is also deleted with
+        pull.
+        """
+        class Record(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            children = ListField(ReferenceField('self', reverse_delete_rule=PULL))
+
+        Record.drop_collection()
+
+        parent_record = Record(name='parent').save()
+        child_record = Record(name='child').save()
+        parent_record.children.append(child_record)
+        parent_record.save()
+
+        child_record.delete()
+        self.assertEqual(Record.objects(name='parent').get().children, [])
+
+
     def test_reverse_delete_rule_with_custom_id_field(self):
         """Ensure that a referenced document with custom primary key
         is also deleted upon deletion.
@@ -3183,6 +3219,17 @@ class InstanceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         blog.reload()
         self.assertEqual(blog.tags, ['mongodb', 'code', 'python'])
 
+    def test_push_nested_list(self):
+        """Ensure that push update works in nested list"""
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            slug = StringField()
+            tags = ListField()
+
+        blog = BlogPost(slug="test").save()
+        blog.update(push__tags=["value1", 123])
+        blog.reload()
+        self.assertEqual(blog.tags, [["value1", 123]])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

tests/fields/fields.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from mongoengine import *
 from mongoengine.connection import get_db
 from mongoengine.base import (BaseDict, BaseField, EmbeddedDocumentList,
-                              _document_registry)
+                              _document_registry, LazyReference)
 
 from tests.utils import MongoDBTestCase
 
@@ -931,7 +931,9 @@ class FieldTest(MongoDBTestCase):
             comments = ListField(EmbeddedDocumentField(Comment))
             tags = ListField(StringField())
             authors = ListField(ReferenceField(User))
+            authors_as_lazy = ListField(LazyReferenceField(User))
             generic = ListField(GenericReferenceField())
+            generic_as_lazy = ListField(GenericLazyReferenceField())
 
         User.drop_collection()
         BlogPost.drop_collection()
@@ -969,6 +971,15 @@ class FieldTest(MongoDBTestCase):
         post.authors = [user]
         post.validate()
 
+        post.authors_as_lazy = [Comment()]
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, post.validate)
+
+        post.authors_as_lazy = [User()]
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, post.validate)
+
+        post.authors_as_lazy = [user]
+        post.validate()
+
         post.generic = [1, 2]
         self.assertRaises(ValidationError, post.validate)
 
@@ -981,6 +992,18 @@ class FieldTest(MongoDBTestCase):
         post.generic = [user]
         post.validate()
 
+        post.generic_as_lazy = [1, 2]
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, post.validate)
+
+        post.generic_as_lazy = [User(), Comment()]
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, post.validate)
+
+        post.generic_as_lazy = [Comment()]
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, post.validate)
+
+        post.generic_as_lazy = [user]
+        post.validate()
+
     def test_sorted_list_sorting(self):
         """Ensure that a sorted list field properly sorts values.
         """
@@ -4356,6 +4379,51 @@ class CachedReferenceFieldTest(MongoDBTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(SocialData.objects(person__group=g2).count(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(SocialData.objects(person__group=g2).first(), s2)
 
+    def test_cached_reference_field_push_with_fields(self):
+        class Product(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        Product.drop_collection()
+
+        class Basket(Document):
+            products = ListField(CachedReferenceField(Product, fields=['name']))
+
+        Basket.drop_collection()
+        product1 = Product(name='abc').save()
+        product2 = Product(name='def').save()
+        basket = Basket(products=[product1]).save()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            Basket.objects._collection.find_one(),
+            {
+                '_id': basket.pk,
+                'products': [
+                    {
+                        '_id': product1.pk,
+                        'name': product1.name
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        )
+        # push to list
+        basket.update(push__products=product2)
+        basket.reload()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            Basket.objects._collection.find_one(),
+            {
+                '_id': basket.pk,
+                'products': [
+                    {
+                        '_id': product1.pk,
+                        'name': product1.name
+                    },
+                    {
+                        '_id': product2.pk,
+                        'name': product2.name
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        )
+
     def test_cached_reference_field_update_all(self):
         class Person(Document):
             TYPES = (
@@ -4598,5 +4666,522 @@ class CachedReferenceFieldTest(MongoDBTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(ocorrence.animal, Animal))
 
 
+class LazyReferenceFieldTest(MongoDBTestCase):
+    def test_lazy_reference_config(self):
+        # Make sure ReferenceField only accepts a document class or a string
+        # with a document class name.
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, LazyReferenceField, EmbeddedDocument)
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_simple(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = LazyReferenceField(Animal)
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        Ocurrence(person="test", animal=animal).save()
+        p = Ocurrence.objects.get()
+        self.assertIsInstance(p.animal, LazyReference)
+        fetched_animal = p.animal.fetch()
+        self.assertEqual(fetched_animal, animal)
+        # `fetch` keep cache on referenced document by default...
+        animal.tag = "not so heavy"
+        animal.save()
+        double_fetch = p.animal.fetch()
+        self.assertIs(fetched_animal, double_fetch)
+        self.assertEqual(double_fetch.tag, "heavy")
+        # ...unless specified otherwise
+        fetch_force = p.animal.fetch(force=True)
+        self.assertIsNot(fetch_force, fetched_animal)
+        self.assertEqual(fetch_force.tag, "not so heavy")
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_fetch_invalid_ref(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = LazyReferenceField(Animal)
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        Ocurrence(person="test", animal=animal).save()
+        animal.delete()
+        p = Ocurrence.objects.get()
+        self.assertIsInstance(p.animal, LazyReference)
+        with self.assertRaises(DoesNotExist):
+            p.animal.fetch()
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_set(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            meta = {'allow_inheritance': True}
+
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = LazyReferenceField(Animal)
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        class SubAnimal(Animal):
+            nick = StringField()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        sub_animal = SubAnimal(nick='doggo', name='dog').save()
+        for ref in (
+                animal,
+                animal.pk,
+                DBRef(animal._get_collection_name(), animal.pk),
+                LazyReference(Animal, animal.pk),
+
+                sub_animal,
+                sub_animal.pk,
+                DBRef(sub_animal._get_collection_name(), sub_animal.pk),
+                LazyReference(SubAnimal, sub_animal.pk),
+                ):
+            p = Ocurrence(person="test", animal=ref).save()
+            p.reload()
+            self.assertIsInstance(p.animal, LazyReference)
+            p.animal.fetch()
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_bad_set(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = LazyReferenceField(Animal)
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        class BadDoc(Document):
+            pass
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        baddoc = BadDoc().save()
+        for bad in (
+                42,
+                'foo',
+                baddoc,
+                DBRef(baddoc._get_collection_name(), animal.pk),
+                LazyReference(BadDoc, animal.pk)
+                ):
+            with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+                p = Ocurrence(person="test", animal=bad).save()
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_query_conversion(self):
+        """Ensure that LazyReferenceFields can be queried using objects and values
+        of the type of the primary key of the referenced object.
+        """
+        class Member(Document):
+            user_num = IntField(primary_key=True)
+
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            title = StringField()
+            author = LazyReferenceField(Member, dbref=False)
+
+        Member.drop_collection()
+        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
+        m1 = Member(user_num=1)
+        m1.save()
+        m2 = Member(user_num=2)
+        m2.save()
+
+        post1 = BlogPost(title='post 1', author=m1)
+        post1.save()
+
+        post2 = BlogPost(title='post 2', author=m2)
+        post2.save()
+
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=m1).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post1.id)
+
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=m2).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post2.id)
+
+        # Same thing by passing a LazyReference instance
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=LazyReference(Member, m2.pk)).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post2.id)
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_query_conversion_dbref(self):
+        """Ensure that LazyReferenceFields can be queried using objects and values
+        of the type of the primary key of the referenced object.
+        """
+        class Member(Document):
+            user_num = IntField(primary_key=True)
+
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            title = StringField()
+            author = LazyReferenceField(Member, dbref=True)
+
+        Member.drop_collection()
+        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
+        m1 = Member(user_num=1)
+        m1.save()
+        m2 = Member(user_num=2)
+        m2.save()
+
+        post1 = BlogPost(title='post 1', author=m1)
+        post1.save()
+
+        post2 = BlogPost(title='post 2', author=m2)
+        post2.save()
+
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=m1).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post1.id)
+
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=m2).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post2.id)
+
+        # Same thing by passing a LazyReference instance
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=LazyReference(Member, m2.pk)).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post2.id)
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_passthrough(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            animal = LazyReferenceField(Animal, passthrough=False)
+            animal_passthrough = LazyReferenceField(Animal, passthrough=True)
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        Ocurrence(animal=animal, animal_passthrough=animal).save()
+        p = Ocurrence.objects.get()
+        self.assertIsInstance(p.animal, LazyReference)
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            p.animal['name']
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            p.animal.name
+        self.assertEqual(p.animal.pk, animal.pk)
+
+        self.assertEqual(p.animal_passthrough.name, "Leopard")
+        self.assertEqual(p.animal_passthrough['name'], "Leopard")
+
+        # Should not be able to access referenced document's methods
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            p.animal.save
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            p.animal['save']
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_not_set(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = LazyReferenceField(Animal)
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        Ocurrence(person='foo').save()
+        p = Ocurrence.objects.get()
+        self.assertIs(p.animal, None)
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_equality(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        animalref = LazyReference(Animal, animal.pk)
+        self.assertEqual(animal, animalref)
+        self.assertEqual(animalref, animal)
+
+        other_animalref = LazyReference(Animal, ObjectId("54495ad94c934721ede76f90"))
+        self.assertNotEqual(animal, other_animalref)
+        self.assertNotEqual(other_animalref, animal)
+
+    def test_lazy_reference_embedded(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class EmbeddedOcurrence(EmbeddedDocument):
+            in_list = ListField(LazyReferenceField(Animal))
+            direct = LazyReferenceField(Animal)
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            in_list = ListField(LazyReferenceField(Animal))
+            in_embedded = EmbeddedDocumentField(EmbeddedOcurrence)
+            direct = LazyReferenceField(Animal)
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        animal1 = Animal('doggo').save()
+        animal2 = Animal('cheeta').save()
+
+        def check_fields_type(occ):
+            self.assertIsInstance(occ.direct, LazyReference)
+            for elem in occ.in_list:
+                self.assertIsInstance(elem, LazyReference)
+            self.assertIsInstance(occ.in_embedded.direct, LazyReference)
+            for elem in occ.in_embedded.in_list:
+                self.assertIsInstance(elem, LazyReference)
+
+        occ = Ocurrence(
+            in_list=[animal1, animal2],
+            in_embedded={'in_list': [animal1, animal2], 'direct': animal1},
+            direct=animal1
+        ).save()
+        check_fields_type(occ)
+        occ.reload()
+        check_fields_type(occ)
+        occ.direct = animal1.id
+        occ.in_list = [animal1.id, animal2.id]
+        occ.in_embedded.direct = animal1.id
+        occ.in_embedded.in_list = [animal1.id, animal2.id]
+        check_fields_type(occ)
+
+
+class GenericLazyReferenceFieldTest(MongoDBTestCase):
+    def test_generic_lazy_reference_simple(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = GenericLazyReferenceField()
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        Ocurrence(person="test", animal=animal).save()
+        p = Ocurrence.objects.get()
+        self.assertIsInstance(p.animal, LazyReference)
+        fetched_animal = p.animal.fetch()
+        self.assertEqual(fetched_animal, animal)
+        # `fetch` keep cache on referenced document by default...
+        animal.tag = "not so heavy"
+        animal.save()
+        double_fetch = p.animal.fetch()
+        self.assertIs(fetched_animal, double_fetch)
+        self.assertEqual(double_fetch.tag, "heavy")
+        # ...unless specified otherwise
+        fetch_force = p.animal.fetch(force=True)
+        self.assertIsNot(fetch_force, fetched_animal)
+        self.assertEqual(fetch_force.tag, "not so heavy")
+
+    def test_generic_lazy_reference_choices(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        class Vegetal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        class Mineral(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            living_thing = GenericLazyReferenceField(choices=[Animal, Vegetal])
+            thing = GenericLazyReferenceField()
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Vegetal.drop_collection()
+        Mineral.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard").save()
+        vegetal = Vegetal(name="Oak").save()
+        mineral = Mineral(name="Granite").save()
+
+        occ_animal = Ocurrence(living_thing=animal, thing=animal).save()
+        occ_vegetal = Ocurrence(living_thing=vegetal, thing=vegetal).save()
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+            Ocurrence(living_thing=mineral).save()
+
+        occ = Ocurrence.objects.get(living_thing=animal)
+        self.assertEqual(occ, occ_animal)
+        self.assertIsInstance(occ.thing, LazyReference)
+        self.assertIsInstance(occ.living_thing, LazyReference)
+
+        occ.thing = vegetal
+        occ.living_thing = vegetal
+        occ.save()
+
+        occ.thing = mineral
+        occ.living_thing = mineral
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+            occ.save()
+
+    def test_generic_lazy_reference_set(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            meta = {'allow_inheritance': True}
+
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = GenericLazyReferenceField()
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        class SubAnimal(Animal):
+            nick = StringField()
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        sub_animal = SubAnimal(nick='doggo', name='dog').save()
+        for ref in (
+                animal,
+                LazyReference(Animal, animal.pk),
+                {'_cls': 'Animal', '_ref': DBRef(animal._get_collection_name(), animal.pk)},
+
+                sub_animal,
+                LazyReference(SubAnimal, sub_animal.pk),
+                {'_cls': 'SubAnimal', '_ref': DBRef(sub_animal._get_collection_name(), sub_animal.pk)},
+                ):
+            p = Ocurrence(person="test", animal=ref).save()
+            p.reload()
+            self.assertIsInstance(p.animal, (LazyReference, Document))
+            p.animal.fetch()
+
+    def test_generic_lazy_reference_bad_set(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = GenericLazyReferenceField(choices=['Animal'])
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        class BadDoc(Document):
+            pass
+
+        animal = Animal(name="Leopard", tag="heavy").save()
+        baddoc = BadDoc().save()
+        for bad in (
+                42,
+                'foo',
+                baddoc,
+                LazyReference(BadDoc, animal.pk)
+                ):
+            with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+                p = Ocurrence(person="test", animal=bad).save()
+
+    def test_generic_lazy_reference_query_conversion(self):
+        class Member(Document):
+            user_num = IntField(primary_key=True)
+
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            title = StringField()
+            author = GenericLazyReferenceField()
+
+        Member.drop_collection()
+        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
+        m1 = Member(user_num=1)
+        m1.save()
+        m2 = Member(user_num=2)
+        m2.save()
+
+        post1 = BlogPost(title='post 1', author=m1)
+        post1.save()
+
+        post2 = BlogPost(title='post 2', author=m2)
+        post2.save()
+
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=m1).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post1.id)
+
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=m2).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post2.id)
+
+        # Same thing by passing a LazyReference instance
+        post = BlogPost.objects(author=LazyReference(Member, m2.pk)).first()
+        self.assertEqual(post.id, post2.id)
+
+    def test_generic_lazy_reference_not_set(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            person = StringField()
+            animal = GenericLazyReferenceField()
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        Ocurrence(person='foo').save()
+        p = Ocurrence.objects.get()
+        self.assertIs(p.animal, None)
+
+    def test_generic_lazy_reference_embedded(self):
+        class Animal(Document):
+            name = StringField()
+            tag = StringField()
+
+        class EmbeddedOcurrence(EmbeddedDocument):
+            in_list = ListField(GenericLazyReferenceField())
+            direct = GenericLazyReferenceField()
+
+        class Ocurrence(Document):
+            in_list = ListField(GenericLazyReferenceField())
+            in_embedded = EmbeddedDocumentField(EmbeddedOcurrence)
+            direct = GenericLazyReferenceField()
+
+        Animal.drop_collection()
+        Ocurrence.drop_collection()
+
+        animal1 = Animal('doggo').save()
+        animal2 = Animal('cheeta').save()
+
+        def check_fields_type(occ):
+            self.assertIsInstance(occ.direct, LazyReference)
+            for elem in occ.in_list:
+                self.assertIsInstance(elem, LazyReference)
+            self.assertIsInstance(occ.in_embedded.direct, LazyReference)
+            for elem in occ.in_embedded.in_list:
+                self.assertIsInstance(elem, LazyReference)
+
+        occ = Ocurrence(
+            in_list=[animal1, animal2],
+            in_embedded={'in_list': [animal1, animal2], 'direct': animal1},
+            direct=animal1
+        ).save()
+        check_fields_type(occ)
+        occ.reload()
+        check_fields_type(occ)
+        animal1_ref = {'_cls': 'Animal', '_ref': DBRef(animal1._get_collection_name(), animal1.pk)}
+        animal2_ref = {'_cls': 'Animal', '_ref': DBRef(animal2._get_collection_name(), animal2.pk)}
+        occ.direct = animal1_ref
+        occ.in_list = [animal1_ref, animal2_ref]
+        occ.in_embedded.direct = animal1_ref
+        occ.in_embedded.in_list = [animal1_ref, animal2_ref]
+        check_fields_type(occ)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

tests/queryset/queryset.py

@@ -1929,6 +1929,21 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         post.reload()
         self.assertEqual(post.tags, ['scala', 'mongodb', 'python', 'java'])
 
+    def test_update_push_list_of_list(self):
+        """Ensure that the 'push' update operation works in the list of list
+        """
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            slug = StringField()
+            tags = ListField()
+
+        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
+        post = BlogPost(slug="test").save()
+
+        BlogPost.objects.filter(slug="test").update(push__tags=["value1", 123])
+        post.reload()
+        self.assertEqual(post.tags, [["value1", 123]])
+
     def test_update_push_and_pull_add_to_set(self):
         """Ensure that the 'pull' update operation works correctly.
         """
@@ -2071,6 +2086,23 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
             Site.objects(id=s.id).update_one(
                 pull_all__collaborators__helpful__user=['Ross'])
 
+    def test_pull_in_genericembedded_field(self):
+
+        class Foo(EmbeddedDocument):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        class Bar(Document):
+            foos = ListField(GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(
+                choices=[Foo, ]))
+
+        Bar.drop_collection()
+
+        foo = Foo(name="bar")
+        bar = Bar(foos=[foo]).save()
+        Bar.objects(id=bar.id).update(pull__foos=foo)
+        bar.reload()
+        self.assertEqual(len(bar.foos), 0)
+
     def test_update_one_pop_generic_reference(self):
 
         class BlogTag(Document):
@@ -2164,6 +2196,24 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(message.authors[1].name, "Ross")
         self.assertEqual(message.authors[2].name, "Adam")
 
+    def test_set_generic_embedded_documents(self):
+
+        class Bar(EmbeddedDocument):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        class User(Document):
+            username = StringField()
+            bar = GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(choices=[Bar,])
+
+        User.drop_collection()
+
+        User(username='abc').save()
+        User.objects(username='abc').update(
+            set__bar=Bar(name='test'), upsert=True)
+
+        user = User.objects(username='abc').first()
+        self.assertEqual(user.bar.name, "test")
+
     def test_reload_embedded_docs_instance(self):
 
         class SubDoc(EmbeddedDocument):
@@ -4790,6 +4840,30 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         for obj in C.objects.no_sub_classes():
             self.assertEqual(obj.__class__, C)
 
+    def test_query_generic_embedded_document(self):
+        """Ensure that querying sub field on generic_embedded_field works
+        """
+        class A(EmbeddedDocument):
+            a_name = StringField()
+
+        class B(EmbeddedDocument):
+            b_name = StringField()
+
+        class Doc(Document):
+            document = GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(choices=(A, B))
+
+        Doc.drop_collection()
+        Doc(document=A(a_name='A doc')).save()
+        Doc(document=B(b_name='B doc')).save()
+
+        # Using raw in filter working fine
+        self.assertEqual(Doc.objects(
+            __raw__={'document.a_name': 'A doc'}).count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(Doc.objects(
+            __raw__={'document.b_name': 'B doc'}).count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(Doc.objects(document__a_name='A doc').count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(Doc.objects(document__b_name='B doc').count(), 1)
+
     def test_query_reference_to_custom_pk_doc(self):
 
         class A(Document):

tests/queryset/transform.py

@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ class TransformTest(unittest.TestCase):
                          {'name': {'$exists': True}})
 
     def test_transform_update(self):
+        class LisDoc(Document):
+            foo = ListField(StringField())
+
         class DicDoc(Document):
             dictField = DictField()
 
         class Doc(Document):
             pass
 
+        LisDoc.drop_collection()
         DicDoc.drop_collection()
         Doc.drop_collection()
 
@@ -50,6 +54,20 @@ class TransformTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         update = transform.update(DicDoc, pull__dictField__test=doc)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(update["$pull"]["dictField"]["test"], dict))
+        
+        update = transform.update(LisDoc, pull__foo__in=['a'])
+        self.assertEqual(update, {'$pull': {'foo': {'$in': ['a']}}})
+
+    def test_transform_update_push(self):
+        """Ensure the differences in behvaior between 'push' and 'push_all'"""
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            tags = ListField(StringField())
+
+        update = transform.update(BlogPost, push__tags=['mongo', 'db'])
+        self.assertEqual(update, {'$push': {'tags': ['mongo', 'db']}})
+
+        update = transform.update(BlogPost, push_all__tags=['mongo', 'db'])
+        self.assertEqual(update, {'$push': {'tags': {'$each': ['mongo', 'db']}}})
 
     def test_query_field_name(self):
         """Ensure that the correct field name is used when querying.

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = {py27,py35,pypy,pypy3}-{mg27,mg28,mg30}
+envlist = {py27,py35,pypy,pypy3}-{mg27,mg28,mg35,mg3x}
 
 [testenv]
 commands =
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ deps =
     nose
     mg27: PyMongo<2.8
     mg28: PyMongo>=2.8,<2.9
-    mg30: PyMongo>=3.0
+    mg35: PyMongo==3.5
+    mg3x: PyMongo>=3.0
 setenv =
     PYTHON_EGG_CACHE = {envdir}/python-eggs