From 976fa5e945381e6e96b28866d2b088d92b89611e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Helmut Merz <helmutm@cy55.de>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:29:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] reporting: introduce 'limits' parameter as basis for batching
 and other kinds of reducing report output after selection and sorting

---
 composer/report/base.py   | 1 +
 composer/report/result.py | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/composer/report/base.py b/composer/report/base.py
index fddcdb0..eb171f7 100644
--- a/composer/report/base.py
+++ b/composer/report/base.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class Report(Template):
     queryCriteria = None
     outputFields = ()
     sortCriteria = ()
+    limits = None
 
 
     def __init__(self, name):
diff --git a/composer/report/result.py b/composer/report/result.py
index 2d3943f..637f17f 100644
--- a/composer/report/result.py
+++ b/composer/report/result.py
@@ -80,12 +80,14 @@ class GroupHeaderRow(BaseRow):
 class ResultSet(object):
 
     def __init__(self, context, data, rowFactory=Row,
-                 sortCriteria=None, queryCriteria=BaseQueryCriteria()):
+                 sortCriteria=None, queryCriteria=BaseQueryCriteria(),
+                 limits=None):
         self.context = context  # the report or report instance
         self.data = data
         self.rowFactory = rowFactory
         self.sortCriteria = sortCriteria
         self.queryCriteria = queryCriteria
+        self.limits = limits
         self.totals = BaseRow(None, self)
 
     def getResult(self):
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ class ResultSet(object):
         result = [row for row in result if self.queryCriteria.check(row)]
         if self.sortCriteria:
             result.sort(key=lambda x: [f.getSortValue(x) for f in self.sortCriteria])
+        if self.limits:
+            start, stop = self.limits
+            result = result[start:stop]
         for idx, row in enumerate(result):
             row.sequenceNumber = idx + 1
         return result