rhodecode/model/__init__.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
    rhodecode.model.__init__
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    The application's model objects

    :created_on: Nov 25, 2010
    :author: marcink
    :copyright: (C) 2009-2011 Marcin Kuzminski <[e-mail]>
    :license: GPLv3, see COPYING for more details.


    :example:

        .. code-block:: python

           from paste.deploy import appconfig
           from pylons import config
           from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
           from rhodecode.config.environment import load_environment

           conf = appconfig('config:development.ini', relative_to = './../../')
           load_environment(conf.global_conf, conf.local_conf)

           engine = engine_from_config(config, 'sqlalchemy.')
           init_model(engine)
           # RUN YOUR CODE HERE

"""
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import logging

from rhodecode.model import meta

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def init_model(engine):
    """
    Initializes db session, bind the engine with the metadata,
    Call this before using any of the tables or classes in the model,
    preferably once in application start

    :param engine: engine to bind to
    """
    log.info("initializing db for %s", engine)
    meta.Base.metadata.bind = engine


class BaseModel(object):
    """
    Base Model for all RhodeCode models, it adds sql alchemy session
    into instance of model

    :param sa: If passed it reuses this session instead of creating a new one
    """

    def __init__(self, sa=None):
        if sa is not None:
            self.sa = sa
        else:
            self.sa = meta.Session

    def _get_instance(self, cls, instance):
        """
        Get's instance of given cls using some simple lookup mechanism
        
        :param cls: class to fetch
        :param instance: int or Instance
        """

        if isinstance(instance, cls):
            return instance
        elif isinstance(instance, int) or str(instance).isdigit():
            return cls.get(instance)
        else:
            if instance:
                raise Exception('given object must be int or Instance'
                                ' of %s got %s' % (type(cls), type(instance)))