def create_authority(name, description, url): """Instantiates, initialises & returns a term authority. """ # Validate inputs. v.validate_authority_name(name) v.validate_authority_description(description) v.validate_authority_url(url) # Format inputs. name = unicode(name).strip() description = unicode(description).strip() url = unicode(url).strip() # Instantiate. i = Authority() i.description = description i.label = name i.name = name.lower() i.url = url # Raise validation exception (if appropriate). if not i.is_valid: raise ValidationError(i.errors) return i
def _decode_authority(obj):
"""Decodes a termset from a dictionary.
"""
instance = Authority()
instance.description = obj['description']
instance.label = obj['label']
instance.name = obj['name']
instance.scopes = [_decode_scope(i) if isinstance(i, dict) else i
for i in obj['scopes']]
instance.url = obj['url']
# Wire hierarchy.
for scope in instance:
if isinstance(scope, Scope):
scope.authority = instance
return instance
