Re: [Forms] Avoiding Repetition

Andre, you're right.

But a subclass would probably save me one line:
    model = OrderItem

The rest follows a pattern but is otherwise unique. I'm going to look into dynamic forms as suggested by Derek

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Andre Terra <andreterra@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm reading this on my phone, so I apologize in advice if I missed
something crucial, but what's stopping you from subclassing and
overriding just the relevant parts?

Sincerely,
Andre Terra

On 6/17/11, Nikhil Somaru <nsomaru@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to reduce the repetition in the following form classes:
>
> class ItemsStep2(ModelForm): #approval
>     class Meta:
>         model = OrderItem
>         fields = ('item', 'quantity_requested', 'quantity_approved')
>         widgets = {
>             'quantity_requested': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'})
>          }
>
>
> class ItemsStep3(ModelForm): #ship
>     class Meta:
>         model = OrderItem
>         fields = ('item', 'quantity_requested', 'quantity_approved')
>         widgets = {
>             'quantity_requested': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}),
>             'quantity_approved': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'})
>          }
>
>
> class ItemsStep4(ModelForm): #confirm receipt
>     class Meta:
>         model = OrderItem
>         fields = ('item', 'quantity_requested', 'quantity_approved',
> 'quantity_received')
>         widgets = {
>             'quantity_requested': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}),
>             'quantity_approved': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'})
>          }
>
>
> class ItemsStep5(ModelForm): #order summary
>     class Meta:
>         model = OrderItem
>         fields = ('item', 'quantity_requested', 'quantity_approved',
> 'quantity_received')
>         widgets = {
>             'quantity_requested': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}),
>             'quantity_approved': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}),
>             'quantity_received': TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}),
>          }
>
> The model that uses these forms has a ForeignKey (Order hasMany OrderItems)
> to an associated model that has a attribute "step" (order_instance.step)
> which determines the class above to use (this code is in views)
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Yours,
> Nikhil Somaru
>

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