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@@ -327,7 +327,21 @@ Here, we want:
country = factory.SubFactory(CountryFactory)
owner = factory.SubFactory(UserFactory, country=factory.SelfAttribute('..country'))
+If the value of a field on the child factory is indirectly derived from a field on the parent factory, you will need to use LazyAttribute and poke the "factory_parent" attribute.
+This time, we want the company owner to live in a country neighboring the country of the company:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ class CompanyFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+ class Meta:
+ model = models.Company
+
+ name = "ACME, Inc."
+ country = factory.SubFactory(CountryFactory)
+ owner = factory.SubFactory(UserFactory,
+ country=factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: get_random_neighbor(o.factory_parent.country)))
+
Custom manager methods
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