cybertools/reporter/interfaces.py
helmutm 66faec4a38 extend/adapt result set to use client instance objects for rows, using the applyTemplate() method for retrieving and formatting cell data
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#
# Copyright (c) 2006 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
#
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"""
interface definitions for the reporter package.
$Id$
"""
import zope
from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
# result sets, rows, cells...
class IResultSet(Interface):
"""A sequence of rows provided by a data source, report or
similar object, together with a schema that describes the columns
(fields, cells).
"""
schema = Attribute(u'Collection of field specifications from zope.schema.')
rows = Attribute(u'Sequence of row objects.')
view = Attribute(u'The view the result set was created for.')
class IRow(Interface):
""" A sequence of cells containing the real data objects.
"""
cells = Attribute(u'Mapping of data elements addressed by field names.')
context = Attribute(u'The object that is the base of this row.')
resultSet = Attribute('The result set this row belongs to.')
schema = Attribute(u'The schema of the result set this row belongs to')
class ICell(Interface):
""" A single cell of a listing or table.
"""
# TODO: replace Cell by FieldInstance
field = Attribute(u'The schema field the cell belongs to.')
text = Attribute(u'Text to be displayed.')
value = Attribute(u'The real object, often identical to text.')
token = Attribute(u'May be used to identify a cell within '
'the result set, e.g. in forms.')
url = Attribute(u'An optional URL for a link to place on the cell.')
# string:${view/url}/.target${row/uniqueId}
urlTitle = Attribute(u'Optional title for this link.')
row = Attribute('The row this cell belongs to.')
def sortKey():
""" Returns a value (typically a string or a sequence) that will
be used for comparing cells in order to sort rows on the
corresponding column.
"""
# data source
class IDataSource(Interface):
""" An iterable that may be used as a data source.
"""
def __iter__():
""" Return an iterable that provides the data to be evaluated.
"""
# iterable stuff for batching, sorting, filtering of results
class IBatch(Interface):
""" Represents a part (sort of a slice) of an iterable.
"""
iterable = Attribute(u'The iterable this batch belongs to')
start = Attribute(u'The current start index of the batch in the parent iterable')
def __getitem__(idx):
""" Return the item at index idx on the current page.
"""
def next():
""" Return the next item on the current page. Raise StopIteration if
the end of the batch is reached.
"""
def __len__():
""" Return the number of items on the current page.
"""
def getIndexRelative(relativePageNumber):
""" Return the absolute page index based on the current page of
the batch object.
Using +1 or -1 retrieves the next or previous batch.
If a page before the first one is addressed return 0,
if a page after the last one is addressed return the index
of the last page.
"""
def getIndexAbsolute(pageNumber):
""" Return the absolute page index.
0 addresses the first batch page, -1 the last.
Return None if the corresponding page does not exist.
"""