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Release: 0.9.3 | Release Date: February 19, 2014

# Source code for examples.custom_attributes.custom_management

    """Illustrates customized class instrumentation, using
    the :mod:`sqlalchemy.ext.instrumentation` extension package.

    In this example, mapped classes are modified to
    store their state in a dictionary attached to an attribute
    named "_goofy_dict", instead of using __dict__.
    this example illustrates how to replace SQLAlchemy's class
    descriptors with a user-defined system.

    """
    from sqlalchemy import create_engine, MetaData, Table, Column, Integer, Text,\
        ForeignKey
    from sqlalchemy.orm import mapper, relationship, Session

    from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import set_attribute, get_attribute, \
        del_attribute
    from sqlalchemy.orm.instrumentation import is_instrumented

    from sqlalchemy.ext.instrumentation import InstrumentationManager

    class MyClassState(InstrumentationManager):
        def get_instance_dict(self, class_, instance):
            return instance._goofy_dict

        def initialize_instance_dict(self, class_, instance):
            instance.__dict__['_goofy_dict'] = {}

        def install_state(self, class_, instance, state):
            instance.__dict__['_goofy_dict']['state'] = state

        def state_getter(self, class_):
            def find(instance):
                return instance.__dict__['_goofy_dict']['state']
            return find

    class MyClass(object):
        __sa_instrumentation_manager__ = MyClassState

        def __init__(self, **kwargs):
            for k in kwargs:
                setattr(self, k, kwargs[k])

        def __getattr__(self, key):
            if is_instrumented(self, key):
                return get_attribute(self, key)
            else:
                try:
                    return self._goofy_dict[key]
                except KeyError:
                    raise AttributeError(key)

        def __setattr__(self, key, value):
            if is_instrumented(self, key):
                set_attribute(self, key, value)
            else:
                self._goofy_dict[key] = value

        def __delattr__(self, key):
            if is_instrumented(self, key):
                del_attribute(self, key)
            else:
                del self._goofy_dict[key]

    if __name__ == '__main__':
        engine = create_engine('sqlite://')
        meta = MetaData()

        table1 = Table('table1', meta,
                        Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True),
                        Column('name', Text))
        table2 = Table('table2', meta,
                        Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True),
                        Column('name', Text),
                        Column('t1id', Integer, ForeignKey('table1.id')))
        meta.create_all(engine)

        class A(MyClass):
            pass

        class B(MyClass):
            pass

        mapper(A, table1, properties={
            'bs': relationship(B)
        })

        mapper(B, table2)

        a1 = A(name='a1', bs=[B(name='b1'), B(name='b2')])

        assert a1.name == 'a1'
        assert a1.bs[0].name == 'b1'

        sess = Session(engine)
        sess.add(a1)

        sess.commit()

        a1 = sess.query(A).get(a1.id)

        assert a1.name == 'a1'
        assert a1.bs[0].name == 'b1'

        a1.bs.remove(a1.bs[0])

        sess.commit()

        a1 = sess.query(A).get(a1.id)
        assert len(a1.bs) == 1