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+==========
+Base views
+==========
+
+The following three classes provide much of the functionality needed to create
+Django views. You may think of them as *parent* views, which can be used by
+themselves or inherited from. They may not provide all the capabilities
+required for projects, in which case there are Mixins and Generic class-based
+views.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.base.View
+
+ The master class-based base view. All other class-based views inherit from
+ this base class.
+
+ **Method Flowchart**
+
+ 1. :meth:`dispatch()`
+ 2. :meth:`http_method_not_allowed()`
+
+ **Example views.py**::
+
+ from django.http import HttpResponse
+ from django.views.generic import View
+
+ class MyView(View):
+
+ def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+ return HttpResponse('Hello, World!')
+
+ **Example urls.py**::
+
+ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+
+ from myapp.views import MyView
+
+ urlpatterns = patterns('',
+ url(r'^mine/$', MyView.as_view(), name='my-view'),
+ )
+
+ **Methods**
+
+ .. method:: dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+ The ``view`` part of the view -- the method that accepts a ``request``
+ argument plus arguments, and returns a HTTP response.
+
+ The default implementation will inspect the HTTP method and attempt to
+ delegate to a method that matches the HTTP method; a ``GET`` will be
+ delegated to :meth:`~View.get()`, a ``POST`` to :meth:`~View.post()`,
+ and so on.
+
+ The default implementation also sets ``request``, ``args`` and
+ ``kwargs`` as instance variables, so any method on the view can know
+ the full details of the request that was made to invoke the view.
+
+ .. method:: http_method_not_allowed(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+ If the view was called with a HTTP method it doesn't support, this
+ method is called instead.
+
+ The default implementation returns ``HttpResponseNotAllowed`` with list
+ of allowed methods in plain text.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Documentation on class-based views is a work in progress. As yet, only the
+ methods defined directly on the class are documented here, not methods
+ defined on superclasses.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.base.TemplateView
+
+ Renders a given template, passing it a ``{{ params }}`` template variable,
+ which is a dictionary of the parameters captured in the URL.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Method Flowchart**
+
+ 1. :meth:`dispatch()`
+ 2. :meth:`http_method_not_allowed()`
+ 3. :meth:`get_context_data()`
+
+ **Example views.py**::
+
+ from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
+
+ from articles.models import Article
+
+ class HomePageView(TemplateView):
+
+ template_name = "home.html"
+
+ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+ context = super(HomePageView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+ context['latest_articles'] = Article.objects.all()[:5]
+ return context
+
+ **Example urls.py**::
+
+ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+
+ from myapp.views import HomePageView
+
+ urlpatterns = patterns('',
+ url(r'^$', HomePageView.as_view(), name='home'),
+ )
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: template_name
+
+ The full name of a template to use.
+
+ .. method:: get_context_data(**kwargs)
+
+ Return a context data dictionary consisting of the contents of
+ ``kwargs`` stored in the context variable ``params``.
+
+ **Context**
+
+ * ``params``: The dictionary of keyword arguments captured from the URL
+ pattern that served the view.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Documentation on class-based views is a work in progress. As yet, only the
+ methods defined directly on the class are documented here, not methods
+ defined on superclasses.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.base.RedirectView
+
+ Redirects to a given URL.
+
+ The given URL may contain dictionary-style string formatting, which will be
+ interpolated against the parameters captured in the URL. Because keyword
+ interpolation is *always* done (even if no arguments are passed in), any
+ ``"%"`` characters in the URL must be written as ``"%%"`` so that Python
+ will convert them to a single percent sign on output.
+
+ If the given URL is ``None``, Django will return an ``HttpResponseGone``
+ (410).
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Method Flowchart**
+
+ 1. :meth:`dispatch()`
+ 2. :meth:`http_method_not_allowed()`
+ 3. :meth:`get_redirect_url()`
+
+ **Example views.py**::
+
+ from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+ from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
+
+ from articles.models import Article
+
+ class ArticleCounterRedirectView(RedirectView):
+
+ permanent = False
+ query_string = True
+
+ def get_redirect_url(self, pk):
+ article = get_object_or_404(Article, pk=pk)
+ article.update_counter()
+ return reverse('product_detail', args=(pk,))
+
+ **Example urls.py**::
+
+ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+ from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
+
+ from article.views import ArticleCounterRedirectView
+
+ urlpatterns = patterns('',
+
+ url(r'r^(?P<pk>\d+)/$', ArticleCounterRedirectView.as_view(), name='article-counter'),
+ url(r'^go-to-django/$', RedirectView.as_view(url='http://djangoproject.com'), name='go-to-django'),
+ )
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: url
+
+ The URL to redirect to, as a string. Or ``None`` to raise a 410 (Gone)
+ HTTP error.
+
+ .. attribute:: permanent
+
+ Whether the redirect should be permanent. The only difference here is
+ the HTTP status code returned. If ``True``, then the redirect will use
+ status code 301. If ``False``, then the redirect will use status code
+ 302. By default, ``permanent`` is ``True``.
+
+ .. attribute:: query_string
+
+ Whether to pass along the GET query string to the new location. If
+ ``True``, then the query string is appended to the URL. If ``False``,
+ then the query string is discarded. By default, ``query_string`` is
+ ``False``.
+
+ .. method:: get_redirect_url(**kwargs)
+
+ Constructs the target URL for redirection.
+
+ The default implementation uses :attr:`~RedirectView.url` as a starting
+ string, performs expansion of ``%`` parameters in that string, as well
+ as the appending of query string if requested by
+ :attr:`~RedirectView.query_string`. Subclasses may implement any
+ behavior they wish, as long as the method returns a redirect-ready URL
+ string.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Documentation on class-based views is a work in progress. As yet, only the
+ methods defined directly on the class are documented here, not methods
+ defined on superclasses.
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+==================
+Generic date views
+==================
+
+Date-based generic views (in the module :mod:`django.views.generic.dates`)
+are views for displaying drilldown pages for date-based data.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.ArchiveIndexView
+
+ A top-level index page showing the "latest" objects, by date. Objects with
+ a date in the *future* are not included unless you set ``allow_future`` to
+ ``True``.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.ArchiveIndexView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseArchiveIndexView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Notes**
+
+ * Uses a default ``context_object_name`` of ``latest``.
+ * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive``.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.YearArchiveView
+
+ A yearly archive page showing all available months in a given year. Objects
+ with a date in the *future* are not displayed unless you set
+ ``allow_future`` to ``True``.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseYearArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ .. attribute:: make_object_list
+
+ A boolean specifying whether to retrieve the full list of objects for
+ this year and pass those to the template. If ``True``, the list of
+ objects will be made available to the context. By default, this is
+ ``False``.
+
+ .. method:: get_make_object_list()
+
+ Determine if an object list will be returned as part of the context. If
+ ``False``, the ``None`` queryset will be used as the object list.
+
+ **Context**
+
+ In addition to the context provided by
+ :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
+ :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
+ context will be:
+
+ * ``date_list``: A
+ :meth:`DateQuerySet<django.db.models.query.QuerySet.dates>` object object
+ containing all months that have objects available according to
+ ``queryset``, represented as
+ :class:`datetime.datetime<python:datetime.datetime>` objects, in
+ ascending order.
+
+ * ``year``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the given year.
+
+ * ``next_year``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the next year. If the next year is in the
+ future, this will be ``None``.
+
+ * ``previous_year``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the previous year. Unlike ``next_year``,
+ this will never be ``None``.
+
+ **Notes**
+
+ * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_year``.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.MonthArchiveView
+
+ A monthly archive page showing all objects in a given month. Objects with a
+ date in the *future* are not displayed unless you set ``allow_future`` to
+ ``True``.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseMonthArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Context**
+
+ In addition to the context provided by
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
+ context will be:
+
+ * ``date_list``: A
+ :meth:`DateQuerySet<django.db.models.query.QuerySet.dates>` object
+ containing all days that have objects available in the given month,
+ according to ``queryset``, represented as
+ :class:`datetime.datetime<python:datetime.datetime>` objects, in
+ ascending order.
+
+ * ``month``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the given month.
+
+ * ``next_month``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the next month. If the next month is in the
+ future, this will be ``None``.
+
+ * ``previous_month``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the previous month. Unlike ``next_month``,
+ this will never be ``None``.
+
+ **Notes**
+
+ * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_month``.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.WeekArchiveView
+
+ A weekly archive page showing all objects in a given week. Objects with a
+ date in the *future* are not displayed unless you set ``allow_future`` to
+ ``True``.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.WeekArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseWeekArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.WeekMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Context**
+
+ In addition to the context provided by
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
+ context will be:
+
+ * ``week``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the given week.
+
+ * ``next_week``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the next week. If the next week is in the
+ future, this will be ``None``.
+
+ * ``previous_week``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the previous week. Unlike ``next_week``,
+ this will never be ``None``.
+
+ **Notes**
+
+ * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_week``.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.DayArchiveView
+
+ A day archive page showing all objects in a given day. Days in the future
+ throw a 404 error, regardless of whether any objects exist for future days,
+ unless you set ``allow_future`` to ``True``.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDayArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Context**
+
+ In addition to the context provided by
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin` (via
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`), the template's
+ context will be:
+
+ * ``day``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the given day.
+
+ * ``next_day``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the next day. If the next day is in the future, this will be
+ ``None``.
+
+ * ``previous_day``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the previous day. Unlike ``next_day``, this will never be
+ ``None``.
+
+ * ``next_month``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the next month. If the next month is in the
+ future, this will be ``None``.
+
+ * ``previous_month``: A :class:`datetime.date<python:datetime.date>` object
+ representing the first day of the previous month. Unlike ``next_month``,
+ this will never be ``None``.
+
+ **Notes**
+
+ * Uses a default ``template_name_suffix`` of ``_archive_day``.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.TodayArchiveView
+
+ A day archive page showing all objects for *today*. This is exactly the
+ same as :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayArchiveView`, except today's
+ date is used instead of the ``year``/``month``/``day`` arguments.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.TodayArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseTodayArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDayArchiveView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.DateDetailView
+
+ A page representing an individual object. If the object has a date value in
+ the future, the view will throw a 404 error by default, unless you set
+ ``allow_future`` to ``True``.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateDetailView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateDetailView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DayMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.BaseDetailView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+.. note::
+
+ All of the generic views listed above have matching Base* views that only
+ differ in that the they do not include the
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.
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+=====================
+Generic display views
+=====================
+
+The two following generic class-based views are designed to display data. On
+many projects they are typically the most commonly used views.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.detail.DetailView
+
+ While this view is executing, ``self.object`` will contain the object that
+ the view is operating upon.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.BaseDetailView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Method Flowchart**
+
+ 1. :meth:`dispatch()`
+ 2. :meth:`http_method_not_allowed()`
+ 3. :meth:`get_template_names()`
+ 4. :meth:`get_slug_field()`
+ 5. :meth:`get_queryset()`
+ 6. :meth:`get_object()`
+ 7. :meth:`get_context_object_name()`
+ 8. :meth:`get_context_data()`
+ 9. :meth:`get()`
+ 10. :meth:`render_to_response()`
+
+ **Example views.py**::
+
+ from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
+ from django.utils import timezone
+
+ from articles.models import Article
+
+ class ArticleDetailView(DetailView):
+
+ model = Article
+
+ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+ context = super(ArticleDetailView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+ context['now'] = timezone.now()
+ return context
+
+ **Example urls.py**::
+
+ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+
+ from article.views import ArticleDetailView
+
+ urlpatterns = patterns('',
+ url(r'^(?P<slug>[-_\w]+)/$', ArticleDetailView.as_view(), 'article-detail'),
+ )
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.list.ListView
+
+ A page representing a list of objects.
+
+ While this view is executing, ``self.object_list`` will contain the list of
+ objects (usually, but not necessarily a queryset) that the view is
+ operating upon.
+
+ **Mixins**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.ListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.BaseListView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Method Flowchart**
+
+ 1. :meth:`dispatch():`
+ 2. :meth:`http_method_not_allowed():`
+ 3. :meth:`get_template_names():`
+ 4. :meth:`get_queryset():`
+ 5. :meth:`get_objects():`
+ 6. :meth:`get_context_data():`
+ 7. :meth:`get():`
+ 8. :meth:`render_to_response():`
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+=====================
+Generic editing views
+=====================
+
+The views described here provide a foundation for editing content.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.FormView
+
+ A view that displays a form. On error, redisplays the form with validation
+ errors; on success, redirects to a new URL.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.BaseFormView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.CreateView
+
+ A view that displays a form for creating an object, redisplaying the form
+ with validation errors (if there are any) and saving the object.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.CreateView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.BaseCreateView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.UpdateView
+
+ A view that displays a form for editing an existing object, redisplaying
+ the form with validation errors (if there are any) and saving changes to
+ the object. This uses a form automatically generated from the object's
+ model class (unless a form class is manually specified).
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.UpdateView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.BaseUpdateView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.DeleteView
+
+ A view that displays a confirmation page and deletes an existing object.
+ The given object will only be deleted if the request method is ``POST``. If
+ this view is fetched via ``GET``, it will display a confirmation page that
+ should contain a form that POSTs to the same URL.
+
+ **Ancestors (MRO)**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.DeleteView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.BaseDeleteView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.BaseDetailView`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Notes**
+
+ * The delete confirmation page displayed to a GET request uses a
+ ``template_name_suffix`` of ``'_confirm_delete'``.
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+=================
+Class-based views
+=================
+
+Class-based views API reference. For introductory material, see
+:doc:`/topics/class-based-views/index`.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ base
+ generic-display
+ generic-editing
+ generic-date-based
+ mixins
+
+Specification
+-------------
+
+Each request served by a class-based view has an independent state; therefore,
+it is safe to store state variables on the instance (i.e., ``self.foo = 3`` is
+a thread-safe operation).
+
+A class-based view is deployed into a URL pattern using the
+:meth:`~View.as_view()` classmethod::
+
+ urlpatterns = patterns('',
+ (r'^view/$', MyView.as_view(size=42)),
+ )
+
+.. admonition:: Thread safety with view arguments
+
+ Arguments passed to a view are shared between every instance of a view.
+ This means that you shoudn't use a list, dictionary, or any other
+ variable object as an argument to a view. If you did, the actions of
+ one user visiting your view could have an effect on subsequent users
+ visiting the same view.
+
+Any argument passed into :meth:`~View.as_view()` will be assigned onto the
+instance that is used to service a request. Using the previous example,
+this means that every request on ``MyView`` is able to use ``self.size``.
+
+Base vs Generic views
+---------------------
+
+Base class-based views can be thought of as *parent* views, which can be
+used by themselves or inherited from. They may not provide all the
+capabilities required for projects, in which case there are Mixins which
+extend what base views can do.
+
+Django’s generic views are built off of those base views, and were developed
+as a shortcut for common usage patterns such as displaying the details of an
+object. They take certain common idioms and patterns found in view
+development and abstract them so that you can quickly write common views of
+data without having to repeat yourself.
+
+Most generic views require the ``queryset`` key, which is a ``QuerySet``
+instance; see :doc:`/topics/db/queries` for more information about ``QuerySet``
+objects.
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+=================
+Date-based mixins
+=================
+
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.YearMixin
+
+ A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information for a
+ year component of a date.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: year_format
+
+ The :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the year.
+ By default, this is ``'%Y'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: year
+
+ **Optional** The value for the year (as a string). By default, set to
+ ``None``, which means the year will be determined using other means.
+
+ .. method:: get_year_format()
+
+ Returns the :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the year. Returns
+ :attr:`YearMixin.year_format` by default.
+
+ .. method:: get_year()
+
+ Returns the year for which this view will display data. Tries the
+ following sources, in order:
+
+ * The value of the :attr:`YearMixin.year` attribute.
+ * The value of the `year` argument captured in the URL pattern
+ * The value of the `year` GET query argument.
+
+ Raises a 404 if no valid year specification can be found.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.MonthMixin
+
+ A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information for a
+ month component of a date.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: month_format
+
+ The :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the month. By default, this is
+ ``'%b'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: month
+
+ **Optional** The value for the month (as a string). By default, set to
+ ``None``, which means the month will be determined using other means.
+
+ .. method:: get_month_format()
+
+ Returns the :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the month. Returns
+ :attr:`MonthMixin.month_format` by default.
+
+ .. method:: get_month()
+
+ Returns the month for which this view will display data. Tries the
+ following sources, in order:
+
+ * The value of the :attr:`MonthMixin.month` attribute.
+ * The value of the `month` argument captured in the URL pattern
+ * The value of the `month` GET query argument.
+
+ Raises a 404 if no valid month specification can be found.
+
+ .. method:: get_next_month(date)
+
+ Returns a date object containing the first day of the month after the
+ date provided. Returns ``None`` if mixed with a view that sets
+ ``allow_future = False``, and the next month is in the future. If
+ ``allow_empty = False``, returns the next month that contains data.
+
+ .. method:: get_prev_month(date)
+
+ Returns a date object containing the first day of the month before the
+ date provided. If ``allow_empty = False``, returns the previous month
+ that contained data.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.DayMixin
+
+ A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information for a
+ day component of a date.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: day_format
+
+ The :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the day. By default, this is
+ ``'%d'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: day
+
+ **Optional** The value for the day (as a string). By default, set to
+ ``None``, which means the day will be determined using other means.
+
+ .. method:: get_day_format()
+
+ Returns the :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the day. Returns
+ :attr:`DayMixin.day_format` by default.
+
+ .. method:: get_day()
+
+ Returns the day for which this view will display data. Tries the
+ following sources, in order:
+
+ * The value of the :attr:`DayMixin.day` attribute.
+ * The value of the `day` argument captured in the URL pattern
+ * The value of the `day` GET query argument.
+
+ Raises a 404 if no valid day specification can be found.
+
+ .. method:: get_next_day(date)
+
+ Returns a date object containing the next day after the date provided.
+ Returns ``None`` if mixed with a view that sets ``allow_future = False``,
+ and the next day is in the future. If ``allow_empty = False``, returns
+ the next day that contains data.
+
+ .. method:: get_prev_day(date)
+
+ Returns a date object containing the previous day. If
+ ``allow_empty = False``, returns the previous day that contained data.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.WeekMixin
+
+ A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information for a
+ week component of a date.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: week_format
+
+ The :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the week. By default, this is
+ ``'%U'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: week
+
+ **Optional** The value for the week (as a string). By default, set to
+ ``None``, which means the week will be determined using other means.
+
+ .. method:: get_week_format()
+
+ Returns the :func:`~time.strftime` format to use when parsing the week. Returns
+ :attr:`WeekMixin.week_format` by default.
+
+ .. method:: get_week()
+
+ Returns the week for which this view will display data. Tries the
+ following sources, in order:
+
+ * The value of the :attr:`WeekMixin.week` attribute.
+ * The value of the `week` argument captured in the URL pattern
+ * The value of the `week` GET query argument.
+
+ Raises a 404 if no valid week specification can be found.
+
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin
+
+ A mixin class providing common behavior for all date-based views.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: date_field
+
+ The name of the ``DateField`` or ``DateTimeField`` in the
+ ``QuerySet``'s model that the date-based archive should use to
+ determine the objects on the page.
+
+ When :doc:`time zone support </topics/i18n/timezones>` is enabled and
+ ``date_field`` is a ``DateTimeField``, dates are assumed to be in the
+ current time zone. Otherwise, the queryset could include objects from
+ the previous or the next day in the end user's time zone.
+
+ .. warning::
+
+ In this situation, if you have implemented per-user time zone
+ selection, the same URL may show a different set of objects,
+ depending on the end user's time zone. To avoid this, you should
+ use a ``DateField`` as the ``date_field`` attribute.
+
+ .. attribute:: allow_future
+
+ A boolean specifying whether to include "future" objects on this page,
+ where "future" means objects in which the field specified in
+ ``date_field`` is greater than the current date/time. By default, this
+ is ``False``.
+
+ .. method:: get_date_field()
+
+ Returns the name of the field that contains the date data that this
+ view will operate on. Returns :attr:`DateMixin.date_field` by default.
+
+ .. method:: get_allow_future()
+
+ Determine whether to include "future" objects on this page, where
+ "future" means objects in which the field specified in ``date_field``
+ is greater than the current date/time. Returns
+ :attr:`DateMixin.allow_future` by default.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView
+
+ A base class that provides common behavior for all date-based views. There
+ won't normally be a reason to instantiate
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.BaseDateListView`; instantiate one of
+ the subclasses instead.
+
+ While this view (and it's subclasses) are executing, ``self.object_list``
+ will contain the list of objects that the view is operating upon, and
+ ``self.date_list`` will contain the list of dates for which data is
+ available.
+
+ **Mixins**
+
+ * :class:`~django.views.generic.dates.DateMixin`
+ * :class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: allow_empty
+
+ A boolean specifying whether to display the page if no objects are
+ available. If this is ``True`` and no objects are available, the view
+ will display an empty page instead of raising a 404. By default, this
+ is ``False``.
+
+ .. method:: get_dated_items():
+
+ Returns a 3-tuple containing (``date_list``, ``object_list``,
+ ``extra_context``).
+
+ ``date_list`` is the list of dates for which data is available.
+ ``object_list`` is the list of objects. ``extra_context`` is a
+ dictionary of context data that will be added to any context data
+ provided by the
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin`.
+
+ .. method:: get_dated_queryset(**lookup)
+
+ Returns a queryset, filtered using the query arguments defined by
+ ``lookup``. Enforces any restrictions on the queryset, such as
+ ``allow_empty`` and ``allow_future``.
+
+ .. method:: get_date_list(queryset, date_type)
+
+ Returns the list of dates of type ``date_type`` for which
+ ``queryset`` contains entries. For example, ``get_date_list(qs,
+ 'year')`` will return the list of years for which ``qs`` has entries.
+ See :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.dates()` for the
+ ways that the ``date_type`` argument can be used.
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+==============
+Editing mixins
+==============
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin
+
+ A mixin class that provides facilities for creating and displaying forms.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: initial
+
+ A dictionary containing initial data for the form.
+
+ .. attribute:: form_class
+
+ The form class to instantiate.
+
+ .. attribute:: success_url
+
+ The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.
+
+ .. method:: get_initial()
+
+ Retrieve initial data for the form. By default, returns a copy of
+ :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 1.4
+ In Django 1.3, this method was returning the
+ :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial` class variable
+ itself.
+
+ .. method:: get_form_class()
+
+ Retrieve the form class to instantiate. By default
+ :attr:`.form_class`.
+
+ .. method:: get_form(form_class)
+
+ Instantiate an instance of ``form_class`` using
+ :meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_form_kwargs`.
+
+ .. method:: get_form_kwargs()
+
+ Build the keyword arguments required to instantiate the form.
+
+ The ``initial`` argument is set to :meth:`.get_initial`. If the
+ request is a ``POST`` or ``PUT``, the request data (``request.POST``
+ and ``request.FILES``) will also be provided.
+
+ .. method:: get_success_url()
+
+ Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully
+ validated. Returns
+ :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.success_url` by default.
+
+ .. method:: form_valid(form)
+
+ Redirects to
+ :meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url`.
+
+ .. method:: form_invalid(form)
+
+ Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.
+
+ .. method:: get_context_data(**kwargs)
+
+ Populates a context containing the contents of ``kwargs``.
+
+ **Context**
+
+ * ``form``: The form instance that was generated for the view.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Views mixing :class:`FormMixin` must provide an implementation of
+ :meth:`~django.views.generic.FormMixin.form_valid` and
+ :meth:`~django.views.generic.FormMixin.form_invalid`.
+
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.ModelFormMixin
+
+ A form mixin that works on ModelForms, rather than a standalone form.
+
+ Since this is a subclass of
+ :class:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`, instances of this
+ mixin have access to the :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.model` and
+ :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.queryset` attributes, describing the type of
+ object that the ModelForm is manipulating. The view also provides
+ ``self.object``, the instance being manipulated. If the instance is being
+ created, ``self.object`` will be ``None``.
+
+ **Mixins**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin`
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin`
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: success_url
+
+ The URL to redirect to when the form is successfully processed.
+
+ ``success_url`` may contain dictionary string formatting, which
+ will be interpolated against the object's field attributes. For
+ example, you could use ``success_url="/polls/%(slug)s/"`` to
+ redirect to a URL composed out of the ``slug`` field on a model.
+
+ .. method:: get_form_class()
+
+ Retrieve the form class to instantiate. If
+ :attr:`FormMixin.form_class` is provided, that class will be used.
+ Otherwise, a ModelForm will be instantiated using the model associated
+ with the :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.queryset`, or with the
+ :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.model`, depending on which attribute is
+ provided.
+
+ .. method:: get_form_kwargs()
+
+ Add the current instance (``self.object``) to the standard
+ :meth:`FormMixin.get_form_kwargs`.
+
+ .. method:: get_success_url()
+
+ Determine the URL to redirect to when the form is successfully
+ validated. Returns :attr:`ModelFormMixin.success_url` if it is provided;
+ otherwise, attempts to use the ``get_absolute_url()`` of the object.
+
+ .. method:: form_valid(form)
+
+ Saves the form instance, sets the current object for the view, and
+ redirects to
+ :meth:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.get_success_url`.
+
+ .. method:: form_invalid()
+
+ Renders a response, providing the invalid form as context.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.ProcessFormView
+
+ A mixin that provides basic HTTP GET and POST workflow.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ This is named 'ProcessFormView' and inherits directly from
+ :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`, but breaks if used
+ independently, so it is more of a mixin.
+
+ **Extends**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.View`
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. method:: get(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+ Constructs a form, then renders a response using a context that
+ contains that form.
+
+ .. method:: post(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+ Constructs a form, checks the form for validity, and handles it
+ accordingly.
+
+ The PUT action is also handled, as an analog of POST.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin
+
+ Enables handling of the ``DELETE`` http action.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: success_url
+
+ The url to redirect to when the nominated object has been
+ successfully deleted.
+
+ .. method:: get_success_url(obj)
+
+ Returns the url to redirect to when the nominated object has been
+ successfully deleted. Returns
+ :attr:`~django.views.generic.edit.DeletionMixin.success_url` by
+ default.
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+======================
+Multiple object mixins
+======================
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectMixin
+
+ A mixin that can be used to display a list of objects.
+
+ If ``paginate_by`` is specified, Django will paginate the results returned
+ by this. You can specify the page number in the URL in one of two ways:
+
+ * Use the ``page`` parameter in the URLconf. For example, this is what
+ your URLconf might look like::
+
+ (r'^objects/page(?P<page>[0-9]+)/$', PaginatedView.as_view())
+
+ * Pass the page number via the ``page`` query-string parameter. For
+ example, a URL would look like this::
+
+ /objects/?page=3
+
+ These values and lists are 1-based, not 0-based, so the first page would be
+ represented as page ``1``.
+
+ For more on pagination, read the :doc:`pagination documentation
+ </topics/pagination>`.
+
+ As a special case, you are also permitted to use ``last`` as a value for
+ ``page``::
+
+ /objects/?page=last
+
+ This allows you to access the final page of results without first having to
+ determine how many pages there are.
+
+ Note that ``page`` *must* be either a valid page number or the value
+ ``last``; any other value for ``page`` will result in a 404 error.
+
+ **Extends**
+
+ * :class:`django.views.generic.base.ContextMixin`
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: allow_empty
+
+ A boolean specifying whether to display the page if no objects are
+ available. If this is ``False`` and no objects are available, the view
+ will raise a 404 instead of displaying an empty page. By default, this
+ is ``True``.
+
+ .. attribute:: model
+
+ The model that this view will display data for. Specifying ``model
+ = Foo`` is effectively the same as specifying ``queryset =
+ Foo.objects.all()``.
+
+ .. attribute:: queryset
+
+ A ``QuerySet`` that represents the objects. If provided, the value of
+ :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.queryset` supersedes the value provided for
+ :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.model`.
+
+ .. attribute:: paginate_by
+
+ An integer specifying how many objects should be displayed per page. If
+ this is given, the view will paginate objects with
+ :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_by` objects per page. The view will
+ expect either a ``page`` query string parameter (via ``GET``) or a
+ ``page`` variable specified in the URLconf.
+
+ .. attribute:: paginator_class
+
+ The paginator class to be used for pagination. By default,
+ :class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator` is used. If the custom paginator
+ class doesn't have the same constructor interface as
+ :class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator`, you will also need to
+ provide an implementation for :meth:`MultipleObjectMixin.get_paginator`.
+
+ .. attribute:: context_object_name
+
+ Designates the name of the variable to use in the context.
+
+ .. method:: get_queryset()
+
+ Returns the queryset that represents the data this view will display.
+
+ .. method:: paginate_queryset(queryset, page_size)
+
+ Returns a 4-tuple containing (``paginator``, ``page``, ``object_list``,
+ ``is_paginated``).
+
+ Constructed by paginating ``queryset`` into pages of size ``page_size``.
+ If the request contains a ``page`` argument, either as a captured URL
+ argument or as a GET argument, ``object_list`` will correspond to the
+ objects from that page.
+
+ .. method:: get_paginate_by(queryset)
+
+ Returns the number of items to paginate by, or ``None`` for no
+ pagination. By default this simply returns the value of
+ :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_by`.
+
+ .. method:: get_paginator(queryset, per_page, orphans=0, allow_empty_first_page=True)
+
+ Returns an instance of the paginator to use for this view. By default,
+ instantiates an instance of :attr:`paginator_class`.
+
+ .. method:: get_allow_empty()
+
+ Return a boolean specifying whether to display the page if no objects
+ are available. If this method returns ``False`` and no objects are
+ available, the view will raise a 404 instead of displaying an empty
+ page. By default, this is ``True``.
+
+ .. method:: get_context_object_name(object_list)
+
+ Return the context variable name that will be used to contain
+ the list of data that this view is manipulating. If
+ ``object_list`` is a queryset of Django objects and
+ :attr:`~MultipleObjectMixin.context_object_name` is not set,
+ the context name will be the ``object_name`` of the model that
+ the queryset is composed from, with postfix ``'_list'``
+ appended. For example, the model ``Article`` would have a
+ context object named ``article_list``.
+
+ .. method:: get_context_data(**kwargs)
+
+ Returns context data for displaying the list of objects.
+
+ **Context**
+
+ * ``object_list``: The list of objects that this view is displaying. If
+ ``context_object_name`` is specified, that variable will also be set
+ in the context, with the same value as ``object_list``.
+
+ * ``is_paginated``: A boolean representing whether the results are
+ paginated. Specifically, this is set to ``False`` if no page size has
+ been specified, or if the available objects do not span multiple
+ pages.
+
+ * ``paginator``: An instance of
+ :class:`django.core.paginator.Paginator`. If the page is not
+ paginated, this context variable will be ``None``.
+
+ * ``page_obj``: An instance of
+ :class:`django.core.paginator.Page`. If the page is not paginated,
+ this context variable will be ``None``.
+
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.list.MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin
+
+ A mixin class that performs template-based response rendering for views
+ that operate upon a list of object instances. Requires that the view it is
+ mixed with provides ``self.object_list``, the list of object instances that
+ the view is operating on. ``self.object_list`` may be, but is not required
+ to be, a :class:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet`.
+
+ **Extends**
+
+ * :class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: template_name_suffix
+
+ The suffix to append to the auto-generated candidate template name.
+ Default suffix is ``_list``.
+
+ .. method:: get_template_names()
+
+ Returns a list of candidate template names. Returns the following list:
+
+ * the value of ``template_name`` on the view (if provided)
+ * ``<app_label>/<object_name><template_name_suffix>.html``
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+=============
+Simple mixins
+=============
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.base.ContextMixin
+
+ .. versionadded:: 1.5
+
+ **classpath**
+
+ ``django.views.generic.base.ContextMixin``
+
+ **Methods**
+
+ .. method:: get_context_data(**kwargs)
+
+ Returns a dictionary representing the template context. The
+ keyword arguments provided will make up the returned context.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin
+
+ Provides a mechanism to construct a
+ :class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse`, given
+ suitable context. The template to use is configurable and can be
+ further customized by subclasses.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: response_class
+
+ The response class to be returned by ``render_to_response`` method.
+ Default is
+ :class:`TemplateResponse <django.template.response.TemplateResponse>`.
+ The template and context of ``TemplateResponse`` instances can be
+ altered later (e.g. in
+ :ref:`template response middleware <template-response-middleware>`).
+
+ If you need custom template loading or custom context object
+ instantiation, create a ``TemplateResponse`` subclass and assign it to
+ ``response_class``.
+
+ .. method:: render_to_response(context, **response_kwargs)
+
+ Returns a ``self.response_class`` instance.
+
+ If any keyword arguments are provided, they will be
+ passed to the constructor of the response class.
+
+ Calls :meth:`~TemplateResponseMixin.get_template_names()` to obtain the
+ list of template names that will be searched looking for an existent
+ template.
+
+ .. method:: get_template_names()
+
+ Returns a list of template names to search for when rendering the
+ template.
+
+ If :attr:`TemplateResponseMixin.template_name` is specified, the
+ default implementation will return a list containing
+ :attr:`TemplateResponseMixin.template_name` (if it is specified).
diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-single-object.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-single-object.txt
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+====================
+Single object mixins
+====================
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectMixin
+
+ Provides a mechanism for looking up an object associated with the
+ current HTTP request.
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: model
+
+ The model that this view will display data for. Specifying ``model
+ = Foo`` is effectively the same as specifying ``queryset =
+ Foo.objects.all()``.
+
+ .. attribute:: queryset
+
+ A ``QuerySet`` that represents the objects. If provided, the value of
+ :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.queryset` supersedes the value provided for
+ :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.model`.
+
+ .. attribute:: slug_field
+
+ The name of the field on the model that contains the slug. By default,
+ ``slug_field`` is ``'slug'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: slug_url_kwarg
+
+ .. versionadded:: 1.4
+
+ The name of the URLConf keyword argument that contains the slug. By
+ default, ``slug_url_kwarg`` is ``'slug'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: pk_url_kwarg
+
+ .. versionadded:: 1.4
+
+ The name of the URLConf keyword argument that contains the primary key.
+ By default, ``pk_url_kwarg`` is ``'pk'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: context_object_name
+
+ Designates the name of the variable to use in the context.
+
+ .. method:: get_object(queryset=None)
+
+ Returns the single object that this view will display. If
+ ``queryset`` is provided, that queryset will be used as the
+ source of objects; otherwise,
+ :meth:`~SingleObjectMixin.get_queryset` will be used.
+ ``get_object()`` looks for a
+ :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.pk_url_kwarg` argument in the arguments
+ to the view; if this argument is found, this method performs a
+ primary-key based lookup using that value. If this argument is not
+ found, it looks for a :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.slug_url_kwarg`
+ argument, and performs a slug lookup using the
+ :attr:`SingleObjectMixin.slug_field`.
+
+ .. method:: get_queryset()
+
+ Returns the queryset that will be used to retrieve the object that
+ this view will display. By default,
+ :meth:`~SingleObjectMixin.get_queryset` returns the value of the
+ :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.queryset` attribute if it is set, otherwise
+ it constructs a :class:`QuerySet` by calling the `all()` method on the
+ :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.model` attribute's default manager.
+
+ .. method:: get_context_object_name(obj)
+
+ Return the context variable name that will be used to contain the
+ data that this view is manipulating. If
+ :attr:`~SingleObjectMixin.context_object_name` is not set, the context
+ name will be constructed from the ``object_name`` of the model that
+ the queryset is composed from. For example, the model ``Article``
+ would have context object named ``'article'``.
+
+ .. method:: get_context_data(**kwargs)
+
+ Returns context data for displaying the list of objects.
+
+ **Context**
+
+ * ``object``: The object that this view is displaying. If
+ ``context_object_name`` is specified, that variable will also be
+ set in the context, with the same value as ``object``.
+
+.. class:: django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin
+
+ A mixin class that performs template-based response rendering for views
+ that operate upon a single object instance. Requires that the view it is
+ mixed with provides ``self.object``, the object instance that the view is
+ operating on. ``self.object`` will usually be, but is not required to be,
+ an instance of a Django model. It may be ``None`` if the view is in the
+ process of constructing a new instance.
+
+ **Extends**
+
+ * :class:`~django.views.generic.base.TemplateResponseMixin`
+
+ **Methods and Attributes**
+
+ .. attribute:: template_name_field
+
+ The field on the current object instance that can be used to determine
+ the name of a candidate template. If either ``template_name_field``
+ itself or the value of the ``template_name_field`` on the current
+ object instance is ``None``, the object will not be used for a
+ candidate template name.
+
+ .. attribute:: template_name_suffix
+
+ The suffix to append to the auto-generated candidate template name.
+ Default suffix is ``_detail``.
+
+ .. method:: get_template_names()
+
+ Returns a list of candidate template names. Returns the following list:
+
+ * the value of ``template_name`` on the view (if provided)
+ * the contents of the ``template_name_field`` field on the
+ object instance that the view is operating upon (if available)
+ * ``<app_label>/<object_name><template_name_suffix>.html``
diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins.txt
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+========================
+Class-based views mixins
+========================
+
+Class-based views API reference. For introductory material, see :doc:`/topics/class-based-views/mixins`.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ mixins-simple
+ mixins-single-object
+ mixins-multiple-object
+ mixins-editing
+ mixins-date-based