def newArticle(self):
""" Create a skeleton for a new Article.
Return a VirtualRow acting as an AlineaArticle
"""
date = datetime.datetime.now()
userID = self.getLoggedUser().id
article = VirtualRow(AlineaArticle)
article.date = date
article.lastModified = date
article.alineaUserID = userID
article.id = self.articleID
article.publicID = self.articleID
article.published = False
article.alineaComments = []
article.title = 'New Article'
article.alineaSection = None
article.alineaSectionID = None
article.hits = 0
if self.sectionID is not None:
article.alineaSectionID = int(self.sectionID)
return article
