Modified the implementation of get_object() to be consistent with the approach used elsewhere in the API. Also added documentation for get_object() which seems to have been accidentally omitted.

This is a BACKWARDS-INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE for anyone depending on the API for get_object() that was introduced (but not documented) in r14254.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@14292 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

docs/ref/class-based-views.txt

@@ -158,6 +158,19 @@ SingleObjectMixin
 
         Designates the name of the variable to use in the context.
 
+    .. method:: get_object(queryset=None)
+
+        Returns the single object that this view will display. If
+        ``queryset`` is provided, that queryset will be used as the
+        source of objects; otherwise,
+        :meth:`~SingleObjectMixin.get_queryset` will be used.
+        :meth:`~SingleObjectMixin.get_object` looks for a ``pk``
+        argument in the arguments to the view; if ``pk`` is found,
+        this method performs a primary-key based lookup using that
+        value. If no ``pk`` argument is found, it looks for a ``slug``
+        argument, and performs a slug lookup using the
+        :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.slug_field`.
+
     .. method:: get_queryset()
 
         Returns the queryset that will be used to retrieve the object that
@@ -311,7 +324,7 @@ MultipleObjectMixin
         objects from that page.
 
     .. method:: get_paginate_by(queryset)
-    
+
         Returns the number of items to paginate by, or ``None`` for no
         pagination. By default this simply returns the value of
         :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_by`.
@@ -506,7 +519,7 @@ ProcessFormView
     A mixin that provides basic HTTP GET and POST workflow.
 
     .. method:: get(request, *args, **kwargs)
-    
+
         Constructs a form, then renders a response using a context that
         contains that form.
 

docs/topics/class-based-views.txt

@@ -440,9 +440,9 @@ object, so we simply override it and wrap the call::
 
         queryset = Author.objects.all()
 
-        def get_object(self, **kwargs):
+        def get_object(self):
             # Call the superclass
-            object = super(AuthorDetailView, self).get_object(**kwargs)
+            object = super(AuthorDetailView, self).get_object()
             # Record the lass accessed date
             object.last_accessed = datetime.datetime.now()
             object.save()