view gpp/weblinks/signals.py @ 429:d0f0800eef0c

Making the jquery tabbed version of the messages app the current version and removing the old. Also figured out how to dynamically update the base template's count of unread messages when messages are read.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Tue, 03 May 2011 02:56:58 +0000
parents 3a4bbf9c2cce
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"""Signals for the weblinks application.
We use signals to compute the denormalized category counts whenever a weblink
is saved."""
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.db.models.signals import post_delete

from weblinks.models import Category, Link


def on_link_save(sender, **kwargs):
    """This function updates the count field for all categories.
    It is called whenever a link is saved via a signal.
    """
    if kwargs['created']:
        # we only have to update the parent category
        link = kwargs['instance']
        cat = link.category
        cat.count = Link.public_objects.filter(category=cat).count()
        cat.save()
    else:
        # update all categories just to be safe (an existing link could
        # have been moved from one category to another
        cats = Category.objects.all()
        for cat in cats:
            cat.count = Link.public_objects.filter(category=cat).count()
            cat.save()


def on_link_delete(sender, **kwargs):
    """This function updates the count field for the link's parent
    category. It is called when a link is deleted via a signal.
    """
    # update the parent category
    link = kwargs['instance']
    cat = link.category
    cat.count = Link.public_objects.filter(category=cat).count()
    cat.save()


post_save.connect(on_link_save, sender=Link, dispatch_uid='weblinks.signals')
post_delete.connect(on_link_delete, sender=Link, dispatch_uid='weblinks.signals')