mongoengine/mongomap/base.py

class ValidationError(Exception):
    pass


class BaseField(object):
    """A base class for fields in a MongoDB document. Instances of this class
    may be added to subclasses of `Document` to define a document's schema.
    """
    
    def __init__(self, name=None, required=False, default=None):
        self.name = name
        self.required = required
        self.default = default

    def __get__(self, instance, owner):
        """Descriptor for retrieving a value from a field in a document. Do 
        any necessary conversion between Python and MongoDB types.
        """
        if instance is None:
            # Document class being used rather than a document object
            return self

        # Get value from document instance if available, if not use default
        value = instance._data.get(self.name)
        if value is not None:
            value = self._to_python(value)
        elif self.default is not None:
            value = self.default
            if callable(value):
                value = value()
        return value

    def __set__(self, instance, value):
        """Descriptor for assigning a value to a field in a document. Do any 
        necessary conversion between Python and MongoDB types.
        """
        if value is not None:
            try:
                value = self._to_python(value)
                self._validate(value)
                value = self._to_mongo(value)
            except ValueError:
                raise ValidationError('Invalid value for field of type "' +
                                      self.__class__.__name__ + '"')
        elif self.required:
            raise ValidationError('Field "%s" is required' % self.name)
        instance._data[self.name] = value

    def _to_python(self, value):
        """Convert a MongoDB-compatible type to a Python type.
        """
        return unicode(value)

    def _to_mongo(self, value):
        """Convert a Python type to a MongoDB-compatible type.
        """
        return self._to_python(value)

    def _validate(self, value):
        """Perform validation on a value.
        """
        return value


class DocumentMetaclass(type):
    """Metaclass for all documents.
    """

    def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
        metaclass = attrs.get('__metaclass__')
        super_new =  super(DocumentMetaclass, cls).__new__
        if metaclass and issubclass(metaclass, DocumentMetaclass):
            return super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)

        doc_fields = {}

        # Include all fields present in superclasses
        for base in bases:
            if hasattr(base, '_fields'):
                doc_fields.update(base._fields)

        # Add the document's fields to the _fields attribute
        for attr_name, attr_value in attrs.items():
            if issubclass(attr_value.__class__, BaseField):
                #print attr_value.name
                if not attr_value.name:
                    attr_value.name = attr_name
                doc_fields[attr_name] = attr_value
        attrs['_fields'] = doc_fields

        return super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)


class TopLevelDocumentMetaclass(DocumentMetaclass):
    """Metaclass for top-level documents (i.e. documents that have their own
    collection in the database.
    """

    def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
        # Classes defined in this package are abstract and should not have 
        # their own metadata with DB collection, etc.
        super_new =  super(TopLevelDocumentMetaclass, cls).__new__
        if attrs.get('__metaclass__') == TopLevelDocumentMetaclass:
            return super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)

        collection = name.lower()
        # Subclassed documents inherit collection from superclass
        for base in bases:
            if hasattr(base, '_meta') and 'collection' in base._meta:
                collection = base._meta['collection']
        
        # Get primary key field
        object_id_field = None
        for attr_name, attr_value in attrs.items():
            if issubclass(attr_value.__class__, BaseField):
                if hasattr(attr_value, 'object_id') and attr_value.object_id:
                    object_id_field = attr_name
                    attr_value.required = True

        meta = {
            'collection': collection,
            'object_id_field': object_id_field,
        }
        meta.update(attrs.get('meta', {}))
        attrs['_meta'] = meta
        return super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)


class BaseDocument(object):

    def __init__(self, **values):
        self._data = {}
        # Assign initial values to instance
        for attr_name, attr_value in self._fields.items():
            if attr_name in values:
                setattr(self, attr_name, values.pop(attr_name))
            else:
                if attr_value.required:
                    raise ValidationError('Field "%s" is required' % self.name)
                # Use default value
                setattr(self, attr_name, getattr(self, attr_name))

    def __iter__(self):
        # Use _data rather than _fields as iterator only looks at names so
        # values don't need to be converted to Python types
        return iter(self._data)

    def __getitem__(self, name):
        """Dictionary-style field access, return a field's value if present.
        """
        try:
            return getattr(self, name)
        except AttributeError:
            raise KeyError(name)

    def __setitem__(self, name, value):
        """Dictionary-style field access, set a field's value.
        """
            # Ensure that the field exists before settings its value
        if name not in self._fields:
            raise KeyError(name)
        return setattr(self, name, value)