in Contact, the root class:
def save(self):
""" on create, save the content type (leaf class) of
this object """
if(not self.content_type): # does this do a db lookup to
instantiate ? should try to avoid that
self.content_type =
ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.__class__)
self.save_base()
def as_leaf_class(self):
"""if this object is a subclass then refetch it with
the extra fields/table joins"""
content_type = self.content_type
model = content_type.model_class()
if(model == Contact):
#actually we could also check if self is not
Contact that throw a shit-out-of-wack error
return self
return model.objects.get(id=self.id)
On Jun 29, 4:09 pm, felix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Or you can manually include a type_code attribute in your
> > parent model (since it's something you have created yourself).
>
> yes, I'll try this.
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