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Extrinsic reference registries

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Extrinsic Key References

See src/zc/extrinsicreference/README.txt for details.

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Extrinsic References

Extrinsic reference registries record a key and one or more values to which they refer. The key and all values must be adaptable to zope.app.keyreference.interfaces.IKeyReference.

>>> import zc.extrinsicreference
>>> references = zc.extrinsicreference.ExtrinsicReferences()
>>> references.add(1, 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: ('Could not adapt', 1...
>>> from zope import interface, component
>>> from zope.app.keyreference.interfaces import IKeyReference
>>> class IMyObject(interface.Interface):
...     "An interface for which we register an IKeyReference adapter"
...     id = interface.Attribute("An id unique to IMyObject instances")
...
>>> class MyObject(object):
...     interface.implements(IMyObject)
...     _id_counter  = 0
...     @classmethod
...     def _getId(cls):
...         val = cls._id_counter
...         cls._id_counter += 1
...         return val
...     def __init__(self):
...         self.id = self._getId()
...
>>> class DummyKeyReference(object):
...     interface.implements(IKeyReference)
...     component.adapts(IMyObject)
...     key_type_id = 'zc.extrinsicreference.doctest'
...     def __init__(self, obj):
...         self.object = obj
...     def __call__(self):
...         """Get the object this reference is linking to.
...         """
...         return self.object
...     def __hash__(self):
...         """Get a unique identifier of the referenced object.
...         """
...         return hash(self.object.id)
...     def __cmp__(self, other):
...         """Compare the reference to another reference.
...         """
...         if self.key_type_id == other.key_type_id:
...             return cmp(self.object.id, other.object.id)
...         return cmp(self.key_type_id, other.key_type_id)
...
>>> component.provideAdapter(DummyKeyReference)
>>> object1 = MyObject()
>>> references.add(object1, 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: ('Could not adapt', 2...
>>> value1 = MyObject()
>>> value2 = MyObject()
>>> references.add(object1, value1)
>>> references.add(object1, value2)

Values can be retrieved by their key:

>>> set(references.get(object1)) == set((value1, value2))
True

References can be removed:

>>> references.remove(object1, value1)
>>> list(references.get(object1)) == [value2]
True

But if the reference is not registered, removing it raises a KeyError.

>>> references.remove(object1, value1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError:...
>>> object2 = MyObject()
>>> references.remove(object2, value2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
KeyError:...

If you prefer to silently ignore these errors, use discard.

>>> references.discard(object1, value1)
>>> references.discard(object2, value2)

Otherwise, you can use contains to determine if the reference exists:

>>> references.contains(object1, value1)
False
>>> references.contains(object2, value2)
False
>>> references.contains(object1, value2)
True

If a key has no associated values, an empty iterable is returned:

>>> references.discard(object1, value2)
>>> list(references.get(object1))
[]

Adding a value more than once does not cause the value to be included in the result sequence more than once:

>>> references.add(object1, value1)
>>> references.add(object1, value1)
>>> list(references.get(object1)) == [value1]
True

The set method destructively sets the given values for the object. Repeated objects are collapsed to a single instance.

>>> references.set(object1, (value2, object2, value2, value2, object2))
>>> references.contains(object1, value1)
False
>>> len(list(references.get(object1)))
2
>>> set(references.get(object1)) == set((value2, object2))
True
>>> references.set(object1, ())
>>> len(list(references.get(object1)))
0

The update method adds values to the previous values, non-destructively.

>>> references.add(object1, value1)
>>> references.update(object1, (value2, object2, value2))
>>> len(list(references.get(object1)))
3
>>> set(references.get(object1)) == set((value1, value2, object2))
True

CHANGES

0.3.0 (2009-08-27)

  • Fix errors introduced in 0.2.0 refactoring:

    1. Stop referring to extrinsicreference module from ZCML. The code is now in __init__.py.

    2. Revert registerShortcut and unregisterShortcut changes. These two functions are handlers in track_shortcuts.zcml.

    3. Add more package infrastructure, such as this file.

0.2.0 (2009-08-26)

  • Refactored an existing stable code.

  • Initial release as an egg.

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