All,
I am at my wit's end trying to come up with a structure to do the
following. I have a "MasterModel" that acts as a template for an
"InstanceModel." The MasterModel defines a set of name/value pairs.
Each InstanceModel must have a name that corresponds to one of the
names of the MasterModel and a value chosen from the set of values of
that same MasterModel. So far I have the following code:
class MasterModel(models.Model):
name = models.CharField()
values = MasterValueField()
(MasterValueField is a custom field class that overloads "to_python"
and "value_to_string" such that it stores a string in the database but
returns a list of tuples in Python - of the sort that can be passed to
the "choices" attribute of a field.)
class InstanceModel(models.Model):
name = models.CharField()
values = models.CharField()
def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
# not sure if this is a good way to do things
master = kwargs.pop("master",None)
super(InstanceModel,self).__init__(*args,*kwargs)
if master:
self._meta.get_field_by_name("name")[0].default = master.name
self._meta.get_field_by_name("value")[0]._choices = master.values
Now I have a class with a relationship to InstanceModel:
class MyClass(models.Model):
myField = models.CharField()
myOtherField = models.CharField()
instances = models.ManyToManyField("InstanceModel")
There is a form based on MyClass, and a formset based on
InstanceModel. These both get rendered properly in the view. What I
am struggling with is figuring out how to initialize the instances.
When I add a new InstanceModel form in the formset, how can I ensure
that its name/value fields are constrained by the name/value fields of
an appropriate MasterModel?
I hope this is clear.
Many thanks for your help.
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