"Django Extension View utilities" class ClassView(): """ this acts as a 'buffer' to make class based views thread safe usage: urlpatterns = patterns('accounts', url(r'^new/$', ClassView(views.NewBuild), name="new"), ) """ def __init__(self, class_name): "store the class name in an instance variable" self.class_name = class_name def __call__(self, request, *args, **kwargs): """each time the class_view is invoked - for each request new-up a class_name and call it""" view = self.class_name() return view(request, *args, **kwargs)