loops/expert/interfaces.py
helmutm 8660f12f5e added options attribute to query, e.g. for controlling autoassignment; work in progress: loops.expert - starting to implement filters
git-svn-id: svn://svn.cy55.de/Zope3/src/loops/trunk@2422 fd906abe-77d9-0310-91a1-e0d9ade77398
2008-02-29 09:57:41 +00:00

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#
# Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
#
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"""
Filtering query result sets.
$Id$
"""
from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
class IQuery(Interface):
""" A query or
"""
def apply():
""" Return the result set for this query.
"""
class IQueryInstance(Interface):
""" A top-level query instance that allows caching of intermediate
results when the underlying queries and filters are applied.
"""
query = Attribute('The top-level query (query term).')
filters = Attribute('A collection of filters that will be applied '
'to the result of the query.')
def apply(uidsOnly=False):
""" Execute the query and apply the filters; return a mapping
of UIDs to objects or a set of UIDs only if the ``uidsOnly``
argument is set to True.
"""
class IFilter(Interface):
""" A filter is a query that will be ``and``-connected to a query.
"""
def query():
""" Return the query that corresponds to this filter; that will then
typically be ``and``-joined to another query.
May return None; in this case the ``apply()`` method must be used.
"""
def apply(objects, queryInstance=None):
""" Apply the filter to the set of objects specified as a mapping
of UIDs to objects.
If a query instance is given it may be used for caching
intermediate results.
"""
def check(obj, queryInstance=None):
""" Return True if the object given should be included in the
filter's result set, False otherwise.
If a query instance is given it may be used for caching.
"""