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authorRaphaël Barrois <raphael.barrois@polytechnique.org>2014-05-18 15:10:56 +0200
committerRaphaël Barrois <raphael.barrois@polytechnique.org>2014-05-18 15:10:56 +0200
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Rename 'target' to 'model'.
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@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
class MyFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = MyObject
+ model = MyObject
abstract = False
- .. attribute:: target
+ .. attribute:: model
This optional attribute describes the class of objects to generate.
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
be used to generate objects, but instead provides some extra defaults.
It will be automatically set to ``True`` if neither the :class:`Factory`
- subclass nor its parents define the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.target` attribute.
+ subclass nor its parents define the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.model` attribute.
.. warning:: This flag is reset to ``False`` When a :class:`Factory` subclasses
- another one if a :attr:`~FactoryOptions.target` is set.
+ another one if a :attr:`~FactoryOptions.model` is set.
.. versionadded:: 2.4.0
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
arg_parameters = ('login', 'email')
login = 'john'
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
While writing a :class:`Factory` for some object, it may be useful to
have general fields helping defining others, but that should not be
- passed to the target class; for instance, a field named 'now' that would
+ passed to the model class; for instance, a field named 'now' that would
hold a reference time used by other objects.
Factory fields whose name are listed in :attr:`hidden_args` will
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
class OrderFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Order
+ model = Order
hidden_args = ('now',)
now = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: datetime.datetime.utcnow())
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
.. attribute:: FACTORY_FOR
.. deprecated:: 2.4.0
- See :attr:`FactoryOptions.target`.
+ See :attr:`FactoryOptions.model`.
.. attribute:: ABSTRACT_FACTORY
@@ -258,19 +258,19 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
Subclasses may fetch the next free ID from the database, for instance.
- .. classmethod:: _build(cls, target_class, *args, **kwargs)
+ .. classmethod:: _build(cls, model_class, *args, **kwargs)
.. OHAI_VIM*
This class method is called whenever a new instance needs to be built.
- It receives the target class (provided to :attr:`~FactoryOptions.target`), and
+ It receives the model class (provided to :attr:`~FactoryOptions.model`), and
the positional and keyword arguments to use for the class once all has
been computed.
Subclasses may override this for custom APIs.
- .. classmethod:: _create(cls, target_class, *args, **kwargs)
+ .. classmethod:: _create(cls, model_class, *args, **kwargs)
.. OHAI_VIM*
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ The :class:`Factory` class
class Meta:
abstract = True # Optional
- def _create(cls, target_class, *args, **kwargs):
- obj = target_class(*args, **kwargs)
+ def _create(cls, model_class, *args, **kwargs):
+ obj = model_class(*args, **kwargs)
obj.save()
return obj
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ factory_boy supports two main strategies for generating instances, plus stubs.
but not persisted to any datastore.
It is usually a simple call to the :meth:`~object.__init__` method of the
- :attr:`~FactoryOptions.target` class.
+ :attr:`~FactoryOptions.model` class.
.. data:: CREATE_STRATEGY
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ factory_boy supports two main strategies for generating instances, plus stubs.
when using the ``create`` strategy.
That policy will be used if the
- :attr:`associated class <FactoryOptions.target>` has an ``objects``
+ :attr:`associated class <FactoryOptions.model` has an ``objects``
attribute *and* the :meth:`~Factory._create` classmethod of the
:class:`Factory` wasn't overridden.
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ factory_boy supports two main strategies for generating instances, plus stubs.
.. data:: STUB_STRATEGY
The 'stub' strategy is an exception in the factory_boy world: it doesn't return
- an instance of the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.target` class, and actually doesn't
+ an instance of the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.model` class, and actually doesn't
require one to be present.
Instead, it returns an instance of :class:`StubObject` whose attributes have been
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ accept the object being built as sole argument, and return a value.
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
username = 'john'
email = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: '%s@example.com' % o.username)
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ return value of the method:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory)
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
name = u"Jean"
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ This declaration takes a single argument, a function accepting a single paramete
class UserFactory(factory.Factory)
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
phone = factory.Sequence(lambda n: '123-555-%04d' % n)
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ be the sequence counter - this might be confusing:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory)
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
@factory.sequence
def phone(n):
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ The sequence counter is shared across all :class:`Sequence` attributes of the
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
phone = factory.Sequence(lambda n: '%04d' % n)
office = factory.Sequence(lambda n: 'A23-B%03d' % n)
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ sequence counter is shared:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
phone = factory.Sequence(lambda n: '123-555-%04d' % n)
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ class-level value.
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
uid = factory.Sequence(int)
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ It takes a single argument, a function whose two parameters are, in order:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
login = 'john'
email = factory.LazyAttributeSequence(lambda o, n: '%s@s%d.example.com' % (o.login, n))
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ handles more complex cases:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
login = 'john'
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ The :class:`SubFactory` attribute should be called with:
class FooFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Foo
+ model = Foo
bar = factory.SubFactory(BarFactory) # Not BarFactory()
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ Definition
# A standard factory
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
# Various fields
first_name = 'John'
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ Definition
# A factory for an object with a 'User' field
class CompanyFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Company
+ model = Company
name = factory.Sequence(lambda n: 'FactoryBoyz' + 'z' * n)
@@ -877,14 +877,14 @@ This issue can be handled by passing the absolute import path to the target
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
username = 'john'
main_group = factory.SubFactory('users.factories.GroupFactory')
class GroupFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Group
+ model = Group
name = "MyGroup"
owner = factory.SubFactory(UserFactory)
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ That declaration takes a single argument, a dot-delimited path to the attribute
class UserFactory(factory.Factory)
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
birthdate = factory.Sequence(lambda n: datetime.date(2000, 1, 1) + datetime.timedelta(days=n))
birthmonth = factory.SelfAttribute('birthdate.month')
@@ -940,14 +940,14 @@ gains an "upward" semantic through the double-dot notation, as used in Python im
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
language = 'en'
class CompanyFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Company
+ model = Company
country = factory.SubFactory(CountryFactory)
owner = factory.SubFactory(UserFactory, language=factory.SelfAttribute('..country.language'))
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ through the :attr:`~containers.LazyStub.factory_parent` attribute of the passed-
class CompanyFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Company
+ model = Company
country = factory.SubFactory(CountryFactory)
owner = factory.SubFactory(UserFactory,
language=factory.LazyAttribute(lambda user: user.factory_parent.country.language),
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ adequate value.
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
# CATEGORY_CHOICES is a list of (key, title) tuples
category = factory.Iterator(User.CATEGORY_CHOICES, getter=lambda c: c[0])
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ use the :func:`iterator` decorator:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
@factory.iterator
def name():
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ with the :class:`Dict` and :class:`List` attributes:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
is_superuser = False
roles = factory.Dict({
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ with the :class:`Dict` and :class:`List` attributes:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
flags = factory.List([
'user',
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ For instance, a :class:`PostGeneration` hook is declared as ``post``:
class SomeFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = SomeObject
+ model = SomeObject
@post_generation
def post(self, create, extracted, **kwargs):
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ When calling the factory, some arguments will be extracted for this method:
- Any argument starting with ``post__XYZ`` will be extracted, its ``post__`` prefix
removed, and added to the kwargs passed to the post-generation hook.
-Extracted arguments won't be passed to the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.target` class.
+Extracted arguments won't be passed to the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.model` class.
Thus, in the following call:
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ Thus, in the following call:
)
The ``post`` hook will receive ``1`` as ``extracted`` and ``{'y': 3, 'z__t': 42}``
-as keyword arguments; ``{'post_x': 2}`` will be passed to ``SomeFactory._meta.target``.
+as keyword arguments; ``{'post_x': 2}`` will be passed to ``SomeFactory._meta.model``.
RelatedFactory
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ RelatedFactory
class FooFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Foo
+ model = Foo
bar = factory.RelatedFactory(BarFactory) # Not BarFactory()
@@ -1287,14 +1287,14 @@ RelatedFactory
class CityFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = City
+ model = City
capital_of = None
name = "Toronto"
class CountryFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = Country
+ model = Country
lang = 'fr'
capital_city = factory.RelatedFactory(CityFactory, 'capital_of', name="Paris")
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ PostGeneration
.. class:: PostGeneration(callable)
-The :class:`PostGeneration` declaration performs actions once the target object
+The :class:`PostGeneration` declaration performs actions once the model object
has been generated.
Its sole argument is a callable, that will be called once the base object has
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ as ``callable(obj, create, extracted, **kwargs)``, where:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
login = 'john'
make_mbox = factory.PostGeneration(
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ A decorator is also provided, decorating a single method accepting the same
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
login = 'john'
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ PostGenerationMethodCall
.. attribute:: method_name
- The name of the method to call on the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.target` object
+ The name of the method to call on the :attr:`~FactoryOptions.model` object
.. attribute:: args
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ attribute like below:
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
username = 'user'
password = factory.PostGenerationMethodCall('set_password',
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ factory during instantiation.
class UserFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
username = 'user'
password = factory.PostGenerationMethodCall('set_password',
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ example, if we declared the ``password`` attribute like the following,
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
username = 'user'
password = factory.PostGenerationMethodCall('set_password', '', 'sha1')
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ Lightweight factory declaration
class UserFactory(factory.Factory):
class Meta:
- target = User
+ model = User
login = 'john'
email = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda u: '%s@example.com' % u.login)
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ Lightweight factory declaration
class UserFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
class Meta:
- target = models.User
+ model = models.User
login = 'john'
email = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda u: '%s@example.com' % u.login)