Great answer. Thanks a lot!
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Andre Terra <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All you have to do is create a MyFormMixin class and add all those methods
> you want to override. Usually you will want to call super() on the class so
> that the normal behavior is also present in your final class.
>
> The difference between a Mixin and a full-fledged Class can be nearly
> non-existent in some cases, so don't worry about the terminology. If you
> want, you can even subclass 'object' to make it as generic as it gets.
>
>
> # example.py
>
> class MyFormMixin(object):
> def get_form_kwargs(self, *args, **kwargs):
> kw = super(MyFormMixin, self).get_form_kwargs(*args, **kwargs)
> kw.update({'some': 'extra', 'permantent': 'kwargs'})
> return kw
>
> class MyViewWithMixin(MyFormMixin, FormView):
> pass
>
> # end example.py
>
> Hope that helps! Let us know if you have any other questions.
>
>
> Cheers,
> AT
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Kurtis <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I have a couple of FormViews that override quite a few methods. I want
>> to write an "Abstract View" that I can subclass for these. I'm
>> guessing what I actually need is a custom Mixin but I'm really not
>> sure.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to go about doing this?
>>
>> Some methods I'm overriding:
>>
>> get_form_kwargs
>> form_valid
>> form_invalid
>> get_context_data
>>
>> Other than the form_class, the code in each is the same line for line
>> (except of course when referencing the Class name)
>>
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