#37023: Make XML serializer put each ManyToManyField object on its own line
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Reporter: Tim | Owner: Tim Graham
Graham |
Type: | Status: assigned
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Core | Version: dev
(Serialization) |
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: | Has patch: 0
Unreviewed |
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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The XML serializer serializes many-to-many relations on a single line:
`<field name="categories" rel="ManyToManyRel"
to="serializers.category"><object pk="1"></object><object
pk="2"></object></field>`
which isn't very readable. I suggest this format instead:
{{{
<field name="categories" rel="ManyToManyRel" to="serializers.category">
<object pk="1"></object>
<object pk="2"></object>
</field>
}}}
Although not strictly required for this ticket, the first commit in my PR
will remove fixed values in the XML serializer's `indent()` calls (e.g.
`self.indent(1)`) which are unfriendly to "nested fields" like Django
MongoDB Backend's EmbeddedModelField which I'd like to serialize like
this:
{{{
<django-objects version="1.0">
<object model="serialization_.book">
<field name="name" type="CharField">Hamlet</field>
<field name="author" type="EmbeddedModelField">
<object model="serialization_.author">
<field name="id" type="ObjectIdAutoField"><None></None></field>
<field name="name" type="CharField">Shakespeare</field>
<field name="age" type="IntegerField">55</field>
<field name="address" type="EmbeddedModelField">
<object model="serialization_.address">
<field name="id"
type="ObjectIdAutoField"><None></None></field>
<field name="city" type="CharField">NYC</field>
<field name="state" type="CharField">NY</field>
<field name="zip_code"
type="IntegerField"><None></None></field>
</object>
</field>
</object>
</field>
</object>
</django-objects>
}}}
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