On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Joseph (Driftwood Cove Designs) < powderfl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to integrate two existing apps, both of which provide a > django Model - call them ModelA and ModelB - my app's model needs to > inherit from both of these. > I know django models support multiple inheritance, but both ModelA and > ModelB define a Meta class, override the save() method, etc., so that > won't work. > > What will work very nicely is for ModelB to simply inherit from > ModelA, but since both are 3rd party apps, I don't want to hack their > code. > > So, I need a clever idea for how I can take this inheritance > hierarchy: > > django.Model > / \ > ModelA ModelB > \ / > MyModel > > and **logically** convert it, without touching code in ModelA or > ModelB, to this: > > django.Model > | > ModelA > | > ModelB > | > MyModel > > One idea I had was this: > class MyModel(ModelA, ModelB): > ... > Meta: > # copy of ModelB's Meta code > > def foo(self, *args, **kwargs): > ModelA.foo(self, *args, **kwargs) > ModelB.foo(self, *args, **kwargs) > > But this approach fails on the save() - both Models do some processing > before and after the call to super.save(). > Hi, How ModelA and ModelB save method looks like? -- Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
