root/django/trunk/django/core/serializers/python.py

"""
A Python "serializer". Doesn't do much serializing per se -- just converts to
and from basic Python data types (lists, dicts, strings, etc.). Useful as a basis for
other serializers.
"""

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.serializers import base
from django.db import models
from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode

class Serializer(base.Serializer):
    """
    Serializes a QuerySet to basic Python objects.
    """
    
    internal_use_only = True
    
    def start_serialization(self):
        self._current = None
        self.objects = []

    def end_serialization(self):
        pass

    def start_object(self, obj):
        self._current = {}

    def end_object(self, obj):
        self.objects.append({
            "model"  : smart_unicode(obj._meta),
            "pk"     : smart_unicode(obj._get_pk_val(), strings_only=True),
            "fields" : self._current
        })
        self._current = None

    def handle_field(self, obj, field):
        self._current[field.name] = smart_unicode(getattr(obj, field.name), strings_only=True)

    def handle_fk_field(self, obj, field):
        related = getattr(obj, field.name)
        if related is not None:
            if field.rel.field_name == related._meta.pk.name:
                # Related to remote object via primary key
                related = related._get_pk_val()
            else:
                # Related to remote object via other field
                related = getattr(related, field.rel.field_name)
        self._current[field.name] = smart_unicode(related, strings_only=True)

    def handle_m2m_field(self, obj, field):
        if field.creates_table:
            self._current[field.name] = [smart_unicode(related._get_pk_val(), strings_only=True)
                               for related in getattr(obj, field.name).iterator()]

    def getvalue(self):
        return self.objects

def Deserializer(object_list, **options):
    """
    Deserialize simple Python objects back into Django ORM instances.

    It's expected that you pass the Python objects themselves (instead of a
    stream or a string) to the constructor
    """
    models.get_apps()
    for d in object_list:
        # Look up the model and starting build a dict of data for it.
        Model = _get_model(d["model"])
        data = {Model._meta.pk.attname : Model._meta.pk.to_python(d["pk"])}
        m2m_data = {}

        # Handle each field
        for (field_name, field_value) in d["fields"].iteritems():
            if isinstance(field_value, str):
                field_value = smart_unicode(field_value, options.get("encoding", settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET), strings_only=True)

            field = Model._meta.get_field(field_name)

            # Handle M2M relations
            if field.rel and isinstance(field.rel, models.ManyToManyRel):
                m2m_convert = field.rel.to._meta.pk.to_python
                m2m_data[field.name] = [m2m_convert(smart_unicode(pk)) for pk in field_value]

            # Handle FK fields
            elif field.rel and isinstance(field.rel, models.ManyToOneRel):
                if field_value is not None:
                    data[field.attname] = field.rel.to._meta.get_field(field.rel.field_name).to_python(field_value)
                else:
                    data[field.attname] = None

            # Handle all other fields
            else:
                data[field.name] = field.to_python(field_value)

        yield base.DeserializedObject(Model(**data), m2m_data)

def _get_model(model_identifier):
    """
    Helper to look up a model from an "app_label.module_name" string.
    """
    try:
        Model = models.get_model(*model_identifier.split("."))
    except TypeError:
        Model = None
    if Model is None:
        raise base.DeserializationError(u"Invalid model identifier: '%s'" % model_identifier)
    return Model