- Author:
- andybak
- Posted:
- June 29, 2014
- Language:
- Python
- Version:
- Not specified
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See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/927729/how-to-override-the-verbose-name-of-a-superclass-model-field-in-django/24475838#24475838
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | def modify_fields(**kwargs):
"""
Allows you to modify certain properties on fields inherited from an abstract superclass
Usage:
@modify_fields(timestamp={
'verbose_name': 'Available From',
'help_text': 'Earliest date you can book this'})
class Purchase(BaseOrderItem):
pass
"""
def wrap(cls):
for field, prop_dict in kwargs.items():
for prop, val in prop_dict.items():
setattr(cls._meta.get_field(field), prop, val)
return cls
return wrap
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Comments
Neat approach, but this doesn't appear to work on django 1.7+ anymore - attrs on initialized fields seem to have been made readonly and you end up with
AttributeError: can't set attribute
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ffsffd, was the super class abstract? It just worked perfectly for me on 1.8
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