class Field(object):
widget = TextInput # Default widget to use when rendering this type of Field.
hidden_widget = HiddenInput # Default widget to use when rendering this as "hidden".
default_validators = [] # Default set of validators
# Add an 'invalid' entry to default_error_message if you want a specific
# field error message not raised by the field validators.
default_error_messages = {
'required': _('This field is required.'),
}
empty_values = list(validators.EMPTY_VALUES)
# Tracks each time a Field instance is created. Used to retain order.
creation_counter = 0
def __init__(self, required=True, widget=None, label=None, initial=None,
help_text='', error_messages=None, show_hidden_initial=False,
validators=(), localize=False, disabled=False, label_suffix=None):
# required -- Boolean that specifies whether the field is required.
# True by default.
# widget -- A Widget class, or instance of a Widget class, that should
# be used for this Field when displaying it. Each Field has a
# default Widget that it'll use if you don't specify this. In
# most cases, the default widget is TextInput.
# label -- A verbose name for this field, for use in displaying this
# field in a form. By default, Django will use a "pretty"
# version of the form field name, if the Field is part of a
# Form.
# initial -- A value to use in this Field's initial display. This value
# is *not* used as a fallback if data isn't given.
# help_text -- An optional string to use as "help text" for this Field.
# error_messages -- An optional dictionary to override the default
# messages that the field will raise.
# show_hidden_initial -- Boolean that specifies if it is needed to render a
# hidden widget with initial value after widget.
# validators -- List of additional validators to use
# localize -- Boolean that specifies if the field should be localized.
# disabled -- Boolean that specifies whether the field is disabled, that
# is its widget is shown in the form but not editable.
# label_suffix -- Suffix to be added to the label. Overrides
# form's label_suffix.
self.required, self.label, self.initial = required, label, initial
self.show_hidden_initial = show_hidden_initial
self.help_text = help_text
self.disabled = disabled
self.label_suffix = label_suffix
widget = widget or self.widget
if isinstance(widget, type):
widget = widget()
else:
widget = copy.deepcopy(widget)
# Trigger the localization machinery if needed.
self.localize = localize
if self.localize:
widget.is_localized = True
# Let the widget know whether it should display as required.
widget.is_required = self.required
# Hook into self.widget_attrs() for any Field-specific HTML attributes.
extra_attrs = self.widget_attrs(widget)
if extra_attrs:
widget.attrs.update(extra_attrs)
self.widget = widget
# Increase the creation counter, and save our local copy.
self.creation_counter = Field.creation_counter
Field.creation_counter += 1
messages = {}
for c in reversed(self.__class__.__mro__):
messages.update(getattr(c, 'default_error_messages', {}))
messages.update(error_messages or {})
self.error_messages = messages
self.validators = list(itertools.chain(self.default_validators, validators))
super(Field, self).__init__()