Package twisted :: Package web :: Module resource :: Class Resource
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Class Resource

Collection --+        
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   Constrained --+    
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  ConfigCollection --+
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                    Resource

Known Subclasses:
_HostResource, ASISProcessor, BlankPage, CGIDirectory, CGIScript, Controller, Data, DeferredResource, DOMController, DOMTemplate, ErrorPage, File, FormProcessor, Gadget, ModelLoader, NameVirtualHost, Page, ParentRedirect, PerspectiveWrapper, PythonScript, Redirect, Redirect, Resource, ResourceGuard, ResourceScriptDirectory, ResourceScriptWrapper, ResourceSubscription, ReverseProxyResource, RewriterResource, SessionWrapper, SOAPPublisher, Tapestry, UsernamePasswordWrapper, VHostMonsterResource, WidgetResource, XMLRPC

I define a web-accessible resource.

I serve 2 main purposes; one is to provide a standard representation for what HTTP specification calls an 'entity', and the other is to provide an abstract directory structure for URL retrieval.
Method Summary
  __init__(self)
Initialize.
  delEntity(self, name)
Remove a static reference for 'name'.
  getChild(self, path, request)
Retrieve a 'child' resource from me.
  getChildForRequest(self, request)
(internal) Get a child of mine dependant on a particular request.
  getChildWithDefault(self, path, request)
Retrieve a static or dynamically generated child resource from me.
  getDynamicEntity(self, name, request)
Subclass this to generate an entity on demand.
  getStaticEntity(self, name)
Get an entity that was added to me using putEntity.
  listDynamicEntities(self, request)
A list of all name, entity that I can generate on demand.
  listDynamicNames(self)
Retrieve a list of the names of entities that I store references to.
  listEntities(self)
  listNames(self)
  listStaticEntities(self)
Retrieve a list of all name, entity pairs that I store references to.
  listStaticNames(self)
Retrieve a list of the names of entities that I store references to.
  putChild(self, path, child)
Register a static child.
  reallyPutEntity(self, name, entity)
  render(self, request)
Render a given resource.
    Inherited from ConfigCollection
  entityConstraint(self, entity)
A method that determines whether an entity may be added to me.
  getEntityType(self)
  getNameType(self)
    Inherited from Constrained
  nameConstraint(self, name)
A method that determines whether an entity may be added to me with a given name.
  putEntity(self, name, entity)
Store an entity if it meets both constraints.
    Inherited from Collection
  getEntity(self, name, request)
Retrieve an entity from me.
  removeEntity(self, name, request)
Remove an entity for 'name', based on the content of 'request'.
  storeEntity(self, name, request)
Store an entity for 'name', based on the content of 'request'.

Class Variable Summary
tuple __implements__ = (<class twisted.web.resource.IResource ...
class entityType = twisted.web.resource.IResource
int isLeaf = 0                                                                     
NoneType server = None                                                                  

Method Details

__init__(self)
(Constructor)

Initialize.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.__init__

delEntity(self, name)

Remove a static reference for 'name'.

Raises a KeyError if the operation fails.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.delEntity (inherited documentation)

getChild(self, path, request)

Retrieve a 'child' resource from me.

Implement this to create dynamic resource generation -- resources which are always available may be registered with self.putChild().

This will not be called if the class-level variable 'isLeaf' is set in your subclass; instead, the 'postpath' attribute of the request will be left as a list of the remaining path elements.

For example, the URL /foo/bar/baz will normally be:
 | site.resource.getChild('foo').getChild('bar').getChild('baz').
However, if the resource returned by 'bar' has isLeaf set to true, then the getChild call will never be made on it.
Parameters:
path - a string, describing the child
request - a twisted.web.server.Request specifying meta-information about the request that is being made for this child.

getChildForRequest(self, request)

(internal) Get a child of mine dependant on a particular request.

This will be called on me as a top-level resource of a site in order to retrieve my appropriate child or grandchild to display.

getChildWithDefault(self, path, request)

Retrieve a static or dynamically generated child resource from me.

First checks if a resource was added manually by putChild, and then call getChild to check for dynamic resources. Only override if you want to affect behaviour of all child lookups, rather than just dynamic ones.

This will check to see if I have a pre-registered child resource of the given name, and call getChild if I do not.

getDynamicEntity(self, name, request)

Subclass this to generate an entity on demand.

This method should return 'None' if it fails.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.getDynamicEntity (inherited documentation)

getStaticEntity(self, name)

Get an entity that was added to me using putEntity.

This method will return 'None' if it fails.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.getStaticEntity (inherited documentation)

listDynamicEntities(self, request=None)

A list of all name, entity that I can generate on demand.

See getDynamicEntity.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.listDynamicEntities (inherited documentation)

listDynamicNames(self)

Retrieve a list of the names of entities that I store references to.

See getDynamicEntity.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.listDynamicNames (inherited documentation)

listStaticEntities(self)

Retrieve a list of all name, entity pairs that I store references to.

See getStaticEntity.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.listStaticEntities (inherited documentation)

listStaticNames(self)

Retrieve a list of the names of entities that I store references to.

See getStaticEntity.
Overrides:
twisted.python.roots.Collection.listStaticNames (inherited documentation)

putChild(self, path, child)

Register a static child.

render(self, request)

Render a given resource.

This must be implemented in all subclasses of Resource.

The return value of this method will be the rendered page, unless the return value is twisted.web.server.NOT_DONE_YET, in which case it is this class's responsibility to write the results to request.write(data), then call request.finish().

Class Variable Details

__implements__

Type:
tuple
Value:
(<class twisted.web.resource.IResource at 0x847850c>,
 <class twisted.coil.coil.IConfigCollection at 0x8378a74>)             

isLeaf

Type:
int
Value:
0                                                                     

server

Type:
NoneType
Value:
None                                                                  

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