import cherrypy
# here are our "arbitrary" object classes
class Person(object):
def __init__(self, firstName, lastName, nickname):
self.firstName = firstName
self.lastName = lastName
self.nickname = nickname
class Bookmark(object):
def __init__(self, name, url):
self.name = name
self.url = url
# create a generic view
class GenericView(object):
# subclasses should implement tmpl as string<--dict
# substitution template
tmpl = None
def __init__(self, obj):
self.obj = obj
def render(self):
return self.tmpl % self.obj.__dict__
# define our views
class PersonView(GenericView):
"Define a person view"
tmpl = """
<div class="viewPerson">
%(firstName)s %(lastName)s,
<em>aka %(nickname)s</em>
</div>"""
class BookmarkView(GenericView):
"Define a bookmark view"
tmpl = """
<div class="bookmarkView">
<a href="%(url)s">%(name)s</a>
</div>"""
# here is our main application class
class ArbitraryObjects(object):
header = "<html><head></head><body>"
footer = "</body></html>"
def __init__(self, handlers):
self.handlers = handlers
def map_view(self, obj):
obj_class = obj.__class__
return self.handlers[obj_class](obj)
def index(self):
yield self.header
for item in objs:
yield self.map_view(item).render()
yield self.footer
index.exposed = True
# now for some test data
objs = [
Bookmark('TurboGears', 'http://www.turbogears.org'),
Person('Robert', 'Brewer', 'fumanchu'),
Person('Sylvain', 'Hellegouarch', 'Lawouach'),
Bookmark('Subway', 'http://subway.python-hosting.com'),
Bookmark('CherryPy', 'http://www.cherrypy.org'),
Person('Remi', 'Delon', 'Remi'),
]
handlers = {
Person:PersonView,
Bookmark:BookmarkView
}
# setup and start our application
cherrypy.root = ArbitraryObjects(handlers)
cherrypy.server.start()
