from django.db import models from datetime import datetime from django.contrib.auth.models import User # Forward declared intermediate model class Membership(models.Model): person = models.ForeignKey('Person') group = models.ForeignKey('Group') date_joined = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now) def __unicode__(self): return "%s is a member of %s" % (self.person.name, self.group.name) class UserMembership(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User) group = models.ForeignKey('Group') date_joined = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now) def __unicode__(self): return "%s is a user and member of %s" % (self.user.username, self.group.name) class Person(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=128) def __unicode__(self): return self.name class Group(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=128) # Membership object defined as a class members = models.ManyToManyField(Person, through=Membership) user_members = models.ManyToManyField(User, through='UserMembership') def __unicode__(self): return self.name __test__ = {'API_TESTS':""" # Create some dummy data >>> bob = Person.objects.create(name='Bob') >>> jim = Person.objects.create(name='Jim') >>> rock = Group.objects.create(name='Rock') >>> roll = Group.objects.create(name='Roll') >>> frank = User.objects.create_user('frank','frank@example.com','password') >>> jane = User.objects.create_user('jane','jane@example.com','password') # Now test that the forward declared Membership works >>> Membership.objects.create(person=bob, group=rock) >>> Membership.objects.create(person=bob, group=roll) >>> Membership.objects.create(person=jim, group=rock) >>> bob.group_set.all() [, ] >>> roll.members.all() [] # Error messages use the model name, not repr of the class name >>> bob.group_set = [] Traceback (most recent call last): ... AttributeError: Cannot set values on a ManyToManyField which specifies an intermediary model. Use Membership's Manager instead. >>> roll.members = [] Traceback (most recent call last): ... AttributeError: Cannot set values on a ManyToManyField which specifies an intermediary model. Use Membership's Manager instead. >>> rock.members.create(name='Anne') Traceback (most recent call last): ... AttributeError: Cannot use create() on a ManyToManyField which specifies an intermediary model. Use Membership's Manager instead. >>> bob.group_set.create(name='Funk') Traceback (most recent call last): ... AttributeError: Cannot use create() on a ManyToManyField which specifies an intermediary model. Use Membership's Manager instead. # Now test that the intermediate with a relationship outside # the current app (i.e., UserMembership) workds >>> UserMembership.objects.create(user=frank, group=rock) >>> UserMembership.objects.create(user=frank, group=roll) >>> UserMembership.objects.create(user=jane, group=rock) >>> frank.group_set.all() [, ] >>> roll.user_members.all() [] """}