def create_scope(authority, name, description, url): """Instantiates, initialises & returns a term scope. """ # Validate inputs. v.validate(authority) v.validate_scope_name(name) v.validate_scope_description(description) v.validate_scope_url(url) # Format inputs. name = unicode(name).strip() description = unicode(description).strip() url = unicode(url).strip() # Instantiate. i = Scope() i.authority = authority i.description = description i.label = name i.name = name.lower() i.uid = uuid.uuid4() i.url = url # Append to parent & set idx. authority.scopes.append(i) i.idx = len(authority.scopes) # Raise validation exception (if appropriate). if not i.is_valid: raise ValidationError(i.errors) return i
def _decode_scope(obj):
"""Decodes a termset from a dictionary.
"""
instance = Scope()
instance.collections = [_decode_collection(i) if isinstance(i, dict) else i
for i in obj['collections']]
instance.description = obj['description']
instance.idx = obj['idx']
instance.label = obj['label']
instance.name = obj['name']
instance.uid = uuid.UUID(unicode(obj['uid']))
instance.url = obj['url']
# Wire hierarchy.
for collection in instance:
if isinstance(collection, Collection):
collection.scope = instance
return instance
