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Choices helper

Author:
jacobian
Posted:
August 2, 2009
Language:
Python
Version:
1.1
Score:
2 (after 2 ratings)

A quick and dirty helper for model field choices. It's not perfect, but this is what I use.

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from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
        
class Choices(object):
    """
    Easy declarative "choices" tool::
    
        >>> STATUSES = Choices("Live", "Draft")
        
        # Acts like a choices list:
        >>> list(STATUSES)
        [(1, 'Live'), (2, 'Draft')]
        
        # Easily convert from code to verbose:
        >>> STATUSES.verbose(1)
        'Live'
        
        # ... and vice versa:
        >>> STATUSES.code("Draft")
        2
        
    """
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.code_map = SortedDict()
        self.verbose_map = {}
        for code, verbose in enumerate(args):
            # Enumerate starts from 0, but for convention's sake we'd prefer to
            # start choices from 1.
            self.code_map[code+1] = verbose
            self.verbose_map[verbose] = code+1
            
        for code, verbose in kwargs.items():
            self.code_map[code] = verbose
            self.verbose_map[verbose] = code
            
    def __iter__(self):
        return self.code_map.iteritems()
                
    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.code_map)
        
    def code(self, verbose):
        """
        Return the code version of the verbose name.
        """
        return self.verbose_map[verbose]
        
    def verbose(self, code):
        """
        Return the verbose name given the code.
        """
        return self.code_map[code]

#
# Tests
#

import unittest

class ChoicesTests(unittest.TestCase):
    
    def test_positional_choices(self):
        ch = Choices("Live", "Draft")
        self.assertEqual(list(ch), [(1, 'Live'), (2, 'Draft')])
        self.assertEqual(ch.verbose(1), 'Live')
        self.assertEqual(ch.verbose(2), 'Draft')
        self.assertEqual(ch.code('Live'), 1)
        self.assertEqual(ch.code('Draft'), 2)
        
    def test_keyword_choices(self):
        ch = Choices(l="Live", d="Draft")
        self.assertEqual(sorted(list(ch)), [('d', 'Draft'), ('l', 'Live')])
        self.assertEqual(ch.verbose('l'), 'Live')
        self.assertEqual(ch.verbose('d'), 'Draft')
        self.assertEqual(ch.code('Live'), 'l')
        self.assertEqual(ch.code('Draft'), 'd')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

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