Django snippets

from django import forms
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe

class SpanWidget(forms.Widget):
    '''Renders a value wrapped in a <span> tag.
    
    Requires use of specific form support. (see ReadonlyForm 
    or ReadonlyModelForm)
    '''

    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
        final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, name=name)
        return mark_safe(u'<span%s >%s</span>' % (
            forms.util.flatatt(final_attrs), self.original_value))

    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
        return self.original_value

class SpanField(forms.Field):
    '''A field which renders a value wrapped in a <span> tag.
    
    Requires use of specific form support. (see ReadonlyForm 
    or ReadonlyModelForm)
    '''
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        kwargs['widget'] = kwargs.get('widget', SpanWidget)
        super(SpanField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

class Readonly(object):
    '''Base class for ReadonlyForm and ReadonlyModelForm which provides
    the meat of the features described in the docstings for those classes.
    '''

    class NewMeta:
        readonly = tuple()

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Readonly, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        readonly = self.NewMeta.readonly
        if not readonly:
            return
        for name, field in self.fields.items():
            if name in readonly:
                field.widget = SpanWidget()
            elif not isinstance(field, SpanField):
                continue
            field.widget.original_value = str(getattr(self.instance, name))

class ReadonlyForm(Readonly, forms.Form):
    '''A form which provides the ability to specify certain fields as
    readonly, meaning that they will display their value as text wrapped
    with a <span> tag. The user is unable to edit them, and they are
    protected from POST data insertion attacks.
    
    The recommended usage is to place a NewMeta inner class on the
    form, with a readonly attribute which is a list or tuple of fields,
    similar to the fields and exclude attributes on the Meta inner class.
    
        class MyForm(ReadonlyForm):
            foo = forms.TextField()
            class NewMeta:
                readonly = ('foo',)
    '''
    pass

class ReadonlyModelForm(Readonly, forms.ModelForm):
    '''A ModelForm which provides the ability to specify certain fields as
    readonly, meaning that they will display their value as text wrapped
    with a <span> tag. The user is unable to edit them, and they are
    protected from POST data insertion attacks.
    
    The recommended usage is to place a NewMeta inner class on the
    form, with a readonly attribute which is a list or tuple of fields,
    similar to the fields and exclude attributes on the Meta inner class.
    
        class Foo(models.Model):
            bar = models.CharField(max_length=24)

        class MyForm(ReadonlyModelForm):
            class Meta:
                model = Foo
            class NewMeta:
                readonly = ('bar',)
    '''
    pass