django/tests/modeltests/serializers/models.py

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"""
XXX. Serialization
``django.core.serializers`` provides interfaces to converting Django querysets
to and from "flat" data (i.e. strings).
"""
from django.db import models
class Category(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(maxlength=20)
class Meta:
ordering = ('name',)
def __str__(self):
return self.name
class Author(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(maxlength=20)
class Meta:
ordering = ('name',)
def __str__(self):
return self.name
class Article(models.Model):
author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
headline = models.CharField(maxlength=50)
pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
categories = models.ManyToManyField(Category)
class Meta:
ordering = ('pub_date',)
def __str__(self):
return self.headline
API_TESTS = """
# Create some data:
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> sports = Category(name="Sports")
>>> music = Category(name="Music")
>>> op_ed = Category(name="Op-Ed")
>>> sports.save(); music.save(); op_ed.save()
>>> joe = Author(name="Joe")
>>> jane = Author(name="Jane")
>>> joe.save(); jane.save()
>>> a1 = Article(
... author = jane,
... headline = "Poker has no place on ESPN",
... pub_date = datetime(2006, 6, 16, 11, 00))
>>> a2 = Article(
... author = joe,
... headline = "Time to reform copyright",
... pub_date = datetime(2006, 6, 16, 13, 00))
>>> a1.save(); a2.save()
>>> a1.categories = [sports, op_ed]
>>> a2.categories = [music, op_ed]
# Serialize a queryset to XML
>>> from django.core import serializers
>>> xml = serializers.serialize("xml", Article.objects.all())
# The output is valid XML
>>> from xml.dom import minidom
>>> dom = minidom.parseString(xml)
# Deserializing has a similar interface, except that special DeserializedObject
# instances are returned. This is because data might have changed in the
# database since the data was serialized (we'll simulate that below).
>>> for obj in serializers.deserialize("xml", xml):
... print obj
<DeserializedObject: Poker has no place on ESPN>
<DeserializedObject: Time to reform copyright>
# Deserializing data with different field values doesn't change anything in the
# database until we call save():
>>> xml = xml.replace("Poker has no place on ESPN", "Poker has no place on television")
>>> objs = list(serializers.deserialize("xml", xml))
# Even those I deserialized, the database hasn't been touched
>>> Article.objects.all()
[<Article: Poker has no place on ESPN>, <Article: Time to reform copyright>]
# But when I save, the data changes as you might except.
>>> objs[0].save()
>>> Article.objects.all()
[<Article: Poker has no place on television>, <Article: Time to reform copyright>]
"""