Deprecated the app argument of apps.get_models.

Use app_config.get_models() instead.

django/apps/registry.py

@@ -187,40 +187,35 @@ class Apps(object):
     def get_models(self, app_mod=None, include_auto_created=False,
                    include_deferred=False, include_swapped=False):
         """
-        Given a module containing models, returns a list of the models.
+        Returns a list of all installed models.
-        Otherwise returns a list of all installed models.
 
-        By default, auto-created models (i.e., m2m models without an
+        By default, the following models aren't included:
-        explicit intermediate table) are not included. However, if you
-        specify include_auto_created=True, they will be.
 
-        By default, models created to satisfy deferred attribute
+        - auto-created models for many-to-many relations without
-        queries are *not* included in the list of models. However, if
+          an explicit intermediate table,
-        you specify include_deferred, they will be.
+        - models created to satisfy deferred attribute queries,
+        - models that have been swapped out.
 
-        By default, models that have been swapped out will *not* be
+        Set the corresponding keyword argument to True to include such models.
-        included in the list of models. However, if you specify
-        include_swapped, they will be.
         """
-        model_list = None
         self.populate_models()
+
         if app_mod:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "The app_mod argument of get_models is deprecated.",
+                PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
             app_label = app_mod.__name__.split('.')[-2]
             try:
-                model_dicts = [self.app_configs[app_label].models]
+                return list(self.get_app_config(app_label).get_models(
-            except KeyError:
+                    include_auto_created, include_deferred, include_swapped))
-                model_dicts = []
+            except LookupError:
-        else:
+                return []
-            model_dicts = [app_config.models for app_config in self.app_configs.values()]
+
-        model_list = []
+        result = []
-        for model_dict in model_dicts:
+        for app_config in self.app_configs.values():
-            model_list.extend(
+            result.extend(list(app_config.get_models(
-                model for model in model_dict.values()
+                include_auto_created, include_deferred, include_swapped)))
-                if ((not model._deferred or include_deferred) and
+        return result
-                    (not model._meta.auto_created or include_auto_created) and
-                    (not model._meta.swapped or include_swapped))
-            )
-        return model_list
 
     def get_model(self, app_label, model_name):
         """

docs/releases/1.7.txt

@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@ setting directly and use the app registry (:attr:`django.apps.apps`) instead.
 
 The "app registry" that manages the list of installed applications doesn't
 have the same features as the old "app cache". Even though the "app cache" was
-a private API, obsolete methods will be removed after a standard deprecation
+a private API, obsolete methods and arguments will be removed after a standard
-period. In addition, the following changes take effect immediately:
+deprecation period. In addition, the following changes take effect
+immediately:
 
 * ``get_model`` raises :exc:`~exceptions.LookupError` instead of returning
   ``None`` when no model is found.

tests/app_loading/tests.py

@@ -79,6 +79,3 @@ class GetModelsTest(TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn(
             "NotInstalledModel",
             [m.__name__ for m in apps.get_models()])
-
-    def test_get_models_with_app_label_only_returns_installed_models(self):
-        self.assertEqual(apps.get_models(self.not_installed_module), [])

tests/apps/tests.py

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class AppsTests(TestCase):
         """
         Makes a new model at runtime and ensures it goes into the right place.
         """
-        old_models = apps.get_models(apps.get_app_config("apps").models_module)
+        old_models = list(apps.get_app_config("apps").get_models())
         # Construct a new model in a new app registry
         body = {}
         new_apps = Apps()
@@ -172,10 +172,7 @@ class AppsTests(TestCase):
         body['__module__'] = TotallyNormal.__module__
         temp_model = type(str("SouthPonies"), (models.Model,), body)
         # Make sure it appeared in the right place!
-        self.assertEqual(
+        self.assertListEqual(list(apps.get_app_config("apps").get_models()), old_models)
-            old_models,
-            apps.get_models(apps.get_app_config("apps").models_module),
-        )
         with self.assertRaises(LookupError):
             apps.get_model("apps", "SouthPonies")
         self.assertEqual(new_apps.get_model("apps", "SouthPonies"), temp_model)

tests/defer_regress/tests.py

@@ -92,42 +92,26 @@ class DeferRegressionTest(TestCase):
             list)
 
     def test_ticket_11936(self):
-        # Regression for #11936 - loading.get_models should not return deferred
+        app_config = apps.get_app_config("defer_regress")
-        # models by default.
+        # Regression for #11936 - get_models should not return deferred models
-        # Run a couple of defer queries so that app-cache must contain some
+        # by default. Run a couple of defer queries so that app registry must
-        # deferred classes. It might contain a lot more classes depending on
+        # contain some deferred classes. It might contain a lot more classes
-        # the order the tests are ran.
+        # depending on the order the tests are ran.
         list(Item.objects.defer("name"))
         list(Child.objects.defer("value"))
-        klasses = set(
+        klasses = {model.__name__ for model in app_config.get_models()}
-            map(
-                attrgetter("__name__"),
-                apps.get_models(apps.get_app_config("defer_regress").models_module)
-            )
-        )
         self.assertIn("Child", klasses)
         self.assertIn("Item", klasses)
         self.assertNotIn("Child_Deferred_value", klasses)
         self.assertNotIn("Item_Deferred_name", klasses)
-        self.assertFalse(any(
+        self.assertFalse(any(k._deferred for k in app_config.get_models()))
-            k._deferred for k in apps.get_models(apps.get_app_config("defer_regress").models_module)))
 
-        klasses_with_deferred = set(
+        klasses_with_deferred = {model.__name__ for model in app_config.get_models(include_deferred=True)}
-            map(
-                attrgetter("__name__"),
-                apps.get_models(
-                    apps.get_app_config("defer_regress").models_module, include_deferred=True
-                ),
-            )
-        )
         self.assertIn("Child", klasses_with_deferred)
         self.assertIn("Item", klasses_with_deferred)
         self.assertIn("Child_Deferred_value", klasses_with_deferred)
         self.assertIn("Item_Deferred_name", klasses_with_deferred)
-        self.assertTrue(any(
+        self.assertTrue(any(k._deferred for k in app_config.get_models(include_deferred=True)))
-            k._deferred for k in apps.get_models(
-                apps.get_app_config("defer_regress").models_module, include_deferred=True))
-        )
 
     @override_settings(SESSION_SERIALIZER='django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer')
     def test_ticket_12163(self):