First pass at mixins & generic views

djangorestframework/mixins.py

+from djangorestframework import status
+from djangorestframework.response import Response
+
+
+class CreateModelMixin(object):
+    """
+    Create a model instance.
+    Should be mixed in with any `APIView`
+    """
+    def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.DATA)
+        if serializer.is_valid():
+            self.object = serializer.object
+            self.object.save()
+            return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+        return Response(serializer.error_data, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+
+class ListModelMixin(object):
+    """
+    List a queryset.
+    Should be mixed in with `MultipleObjectBaseView`.
+    """
+    def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.object_list = self.get_queryset()
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(instance=self.object_list)
+        return Response(serializer.data)
+
+
+class RetrieveModelMixin(object):
+    """
+    Retrieve a model instance.
+    Should be mixed in with `SingleObjectBaseView`.
+    """
+    def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.object = self.get_object()
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(instance=self.object)
+        return Response(serializer.data)
+
+
+class UpdateModelMixin(object):
+    """
+    Update a model instance.
+    Should be mixed in with `SingleObjectBaseView`.
+    """
+    def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.object = self.get_object()
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.DATA, instance=self.object)
+        if serializer.is_valid():
+            self.object = serializer.deserialized
+            self.object.save()
+            return Response(serializer.data)
+        return Response(serializer.error_data, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+
+class DestroyModelMixin(object):
+    """
+    Destroy a model instance.
+    Should be mixed in with `SingleObjectBaseView`.
+    """
+    def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.object = self.get_object()
+        self.object.delete()
+        return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)

djangorestframework/views.py

@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
+from django.views.generic.detail import SingleObjectMixin
+from django.views.generic.list import MultipleObjectMixin
 
 from djangorestframework.compat import View as _View, apply_markdown
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
 from djangorestframework.request import Request
 from djangorestframework.settings import api_settings
-from djangorestframework import parsers, authentication, permissions, status, exceptions
+from djangorestframework import parsers, authentication, permissions, status, exceptions, mixins
 
 
 __all__ = (
@@ -281,3 +283,71 @@ class APIView(_View):
                 field_name_types[name] = field.__class__.__name__
             content['fields'] = field_name_types
         raise Response(content, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+# TODO: .get_serializer()
+
+
+### Abstract view classes, that do not provide any method handlers ###
+
+class MultipleObjectBaseView(MultipleObjectMixin, APIView):
+    """
+    Base class for views onto a queryset.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class SingleObjectBaseView(SingleObjectMixin, APIView):
+    """
+    Base class for views onto a model instance.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+### Concrete view classes, that provide existing method handlers ###
+
+class ListAPIView(mixins.ListModelMixin,
+                  MultipleObjectBaseView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for listing a queryset.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class RootAPIView(mixins.ListModelMixin,
+                  mixins.CreateModelMixin,
+                  MultipleObjectBaseView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for listing a queryset or creating a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class DetailAPIView(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
+                      SingleObjectBaseView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for retrieving a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class InstanceAPIView(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
+                      mixins.UpdateModelMixin,
+                      mixins.DestroyModelMixin,
+                      SingleObjectBaseView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for retrieving, updating or deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)

docs/tutorial/3-class-based-views.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ So far, so good.  It looks pretty similar to the previous case, but we've got be
                 comment = serializer.deserialized
                 comment.save()
                 return Response(serializer.data)
-            return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+            return Response(serializer.error_data, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
         def delete(self, request, pk, format=None):
             comment = self.get_object(pk)
@@ -79,27 +79,38 @@ We can compose those mixin classes, to recreate our existing API behaviour with
 
     from blog.models import Comment
     from blog.serializers import CommentSerializer
-    from djangorestframework import mixins, views
+    from djangorestframework import mixins
+    from djangorestframework import views
+
 
-    class CommentRoot(mixins.ListModelQuerysetMixin,
-                      mixins.CreateModelInstanceMixin,
-                      views.BaseRootAPIView):
+    class CommentRoot(mixins.ListModelMixin,
+                      mixins.CreateModelMixin,
+                      views.MultipleObjectBaseView):
         model = Comment
         serializer_class = CommentSerializer
 
-        get = list
-        post = create
+        def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+            return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+            return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    class CommentInstance(mixins.RetrieveModelInstanceMixin,
-                          mixins.UpdateModelInstanceMixin,
-                          mixins.DestroyModelInstanceMixin,
-                          views.BaseInstanceAPIView):
+
+    class CommentInstance(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
+                          mixins.UpdateModelMixin,
+                          mixins.DestroyModelMixin,
+                          views.SingleObjectBaseView):
         model = Comment
         serializer_class = CommentSerializer
 
-        get = retrieve
-        put = update
-        delete = destroy
+        def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+            return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+            return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+            return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 ## Reusing generic class based views
 
@@ -109,11 +120,11 @@ That's a lot less code than before, but we can go one step further still.  REST
     from blog.serializers import CommentSerializer
     from djangorestframework import views
 
-    class CommentRoot(views.RootAPIView):
+    class CommentRoot(views.RootModelView):
         model = Comment
         serializer_class = CommentSerializer
 
-    class CommentInstance(views.InstanceAPIView):
+    class CommentInstance(views.InstanceModelView):
         model = Comment
         serializer_class = CommentSerializer