Fixed #16000 -- reference natural keys in contenttypes documentation. Thanks jsdalton.
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@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ The ``ContentTypeManager``
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:class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType` instance
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representing that model.
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.. method:: get_by_natural_key(app_label, model)
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Returns the :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType`
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instance uniquely identified by the given application label and model
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name. The primary purpose of this method is to allow
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:class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType` objects to be
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referenced via a :ref:`natural key<topics-serialization-natural-keys>`
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during deserialization.
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The :meth:`~ContentTypeManager.get_for_model()` method is especially
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useful when you know you need to work with a
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:class:`ContentType <django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType>` but don't
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@ -285,6 +294,15 @@ model:
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should evaluate the models you expect to be pointing to and determine
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which solution will be most effective for your use case.
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.. admonition:: Serializing references to ``ContentType`` objects
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If you're serializing data (for example, when generating
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:class:`~django.test.TestCase.fixtures`) from a model that implements
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generic relations, you should probably be using a natural key to uniquely
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identify related :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType`
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objects. See :ref:`natural keys<topics-serialization-natural-keys>` and
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:djadminopt:`dumpdata --natural <--natural>` for more information.
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This will enable an API similar to the one used for a normal
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:class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey`;
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each ``TaggedItem`` will have a ``content_object`` field that returns the
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