Source code for examples.dynamic_dict.dynamic_dict

from sqlalchemy import Column
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey
from sqlalchemy import Integer
from sqlalchemy import String
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker


class ProxyDict(object):
    def __init__(self, parent, collection_name, childclass, keyname):
        self.parent = parent
        self.collection_name = collection_name
        self.childclass = childclass
        self.keyname = keyname

    @property
    def collection(self):
        return getattr(self.parent, self.collection_name)

    def keys(self):
        descriptor = getattr(self.childclass, self.keyname)
        return [x[0] for x in self.collection.values(descriptor)]

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        x = self.collection.filter_by(**{self.keyname: key}).first()
        if x:
            return x
        else:
            raise KeyError(key)

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        try:
            existing = self[key]
            self.collection.remove(existing)
        except KeyError:
            pass
        self.collection.append(value)


engine = create_engine("sqlite://", echo=True)
Base = declarative_base(engine)


class Parent(Base):
    __tablename__ = "parent"
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = Column(String(50))
    _collection = relationship(
        "Child", lazy="dynamic", cascade="all, delete-orphan"
    )

    @property
    def child_map(self):
        return ProxyDict(self, "_collection", Child, "key")


class Child(Base):
    __tablename__ = "child"
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    key = Column(String(50))
    parent_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("parent.id"))

    def __repr__(self):
        return "Child(key=%r)" % self.key


Base.metadata.create_all()

sess = sessionmaker()()

p1 = Parent(name="p1")
sess.add(p1)

print("\n---------begin setting nodes, autoflush occurs\n")
p1.child_map["k1"] = Child(key="k1")
p1.child_map["k2"] = Child(key="k2")

# this will autoflush the current map.
# ['k1', 'k2']
print("\n---------print keys - flushes first\n")
print(list(p1.child_map.keys()))

# k1
print("\n---------print 'k1' node\n")
print(p1.child_map["k1"])

print("\n---------update 'k2' node - must find existing, and replace\n")
p1.child_map["k2"] = Child(key="k2")

print("\n---------print 'k2' key - flushes first\n")
# k2
print(p1.child_map["k2"])

print("\n---------print all child nodes\n")
# [k1, k2b]
print(sess.query(Child).all())