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django/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing.txt
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Editing mixins
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.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin
A mixin class that provides facilities for creating and displaying forms.
**Methods and Attributes**
.. attribute:: initial
A dictionary containing initial data for the form.
.. attribute:: form_class
The form class to instantiate.
.. attribute:: success_url
The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.
.. method:: get_initial()
Retrieve initial data for the form. By default, returns a copy of
:attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial`.
.. versionchanged:: 1.4
In Django 1.3, this method was returning the
:attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial` class variable
itself.
.. method:: get_form_class()
Retrieve the form class to instantiate. By default
:attr:`.form_class`.
.. method:: get_form(form_class)
Instantiate an instance of ``form_class`` using
:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs`.
.. method:: get_form_kwargs()
Build the keyword arguments required to instantiate the form.
The ``initial`` argument is set to :meth:`.get_initial`. If the
request is a ``POST`` or ``PUT``, the request data (``request.POST``
and ``request.FILES``) will also be provided.
.. method:: get_success_url()
Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully
validated. Returns
:attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.success_url` by default.
.. method:: form_valid(form)
Redirects to
:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url`.
.. method:: form_invalid(form)
Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.
.. method:: get_context_data(**kwargs)
Populates a context containing the contents of ``kwargs``.
**Context**
* ``form``: The form instance that was generated for the view.
.. note::
Views mixing :class:`FormMixin` must provide an implementation of
:meth:`~django.views.generic.FormMixin.form_valid` and
:meth:`~django.views.generic.FormMixin.form_invalid`.
.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin
A form mixin that works on ModelForms, rather than a standalone form.
Since this is a subclass of
:class:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`, instances of this
mixin have access to the :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.model` and
:attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.queryset` attributes, describing the type of
object that the ModelForm is manipulating. The view also provides
``self.object``, the instance being manipulated. If the instance is being
created, ``self.object`` will be ``None``.
**Mixins**
* :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
* :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
**Methods and Attributes**
.. attribute:: success_url
The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.
``success_url`` may contain dictionary string formatting, which
will be interpolated against the object's field attributes. For
example, you could use ``success_url="/polls/%(slug)s/"`` to
redirect to a URL composed out of the ``slug`` field on a model.
.. method:: get_form_class()
Retrieve the form class to instantiate. If
:attr:`FormMixin.form_class` is provided, that class will be used.
Otherwise, a ModelForm will be instantiated using the model associated
with the :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.queryset`, or with the
:attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.model`, depending on which attribute is
provided.
.. method:: get_form_kwargs()
Add the current instance (``self.object``) to the standard
:meth:`FormMixin.get_form_kwargs`.
.. method:: get_success_url()
Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully
validated. Returns :attr:`ModelFormMixin.success_url` if it is provided;
otherwise, attempts to use the ``get_absolute_url()`` of the object.
.. method:: form_valid(form)
Saves the form instance, sets the current object for the view, and
redirects to
:meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url`.
.. method:: form_invalid()
Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.
.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView
A mixin that provides basic HTTP GET and POST workflow.
.. note::
This is named 'ProcessFormView' and inherits directly from
:class:`django.views.generic.base.View`, but breaks if used
independently, so it is more of a mixin.
**Extends**
* :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
**Methods and Attributes**
.. method:: get(request, *args, **kwargs)
Constructs a form, then renders a response using a context that
contains that form.
.. method:: post(request, *args, **kwargs)
Constructs a form, checks the form for validity, and handles it
accordingly.
The PUT action is also handled, as an analog of POST.
.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin
Enables handling of the ``DELETE`` http action.
**Methods and Attributes**
.. attribute:: success_url
The url to redirect to when the nominated object has been
successfully deleted.
.. method:: get_success_url(obj)
Returns the url to redirect to when the nominated object has been
successfully deleted. Returns
:attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.success_url` by
default.