"""
Example
========

::

  class InboxMessageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):                                                                                                                                          
      list_display = (
          '__unicode__', "_link_inbox", "_link_message", 'read', 'read_date', "ctime", "utime", )
      list_filter = ("ctime", "utime", "read", )
      list_editable = ("read",)
      date_hierarchy = 'ctime'
      list_per_page = 50
  link_generator(InboxMessageAdmin, "_link_inbox", ["inbox"])
  link_generator(InboxMessageAdmin, "_link_message", ["message"])

"""
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse                                                                                                                                        


def link_generator(klass, method_name, attr):
    """ link generator """
    def method(self, obj):
        app_name = obj.__module__.split(".")[0]
        rel_obj = obj
        for a in attr:
            rel_obj = getattr(obj, a)
        model_name = rel_obj.__class__.__name__.lower()
        primary_id = rel_obj.id

        url = reverse('admin:{0}_{1}_changelist'.format(app_name, model_name))
        try:
            return u"<a href='{0}?id__exact={1}'/>{2}.{3}</a>".format(
                url, primary_id, app_name, model_name)
        except KeyError:
            return
    method.allow_tags = True
    method.short_description = method_name
    setattr(klass, method_name, method)