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Note this is different from theĪs a custom field author, you don’t need to care about the first two values
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The full import path of the field class, the positional arguments (as a list),Īnd the keyword arguments (as a dict). HandField), you’ll need to supplement the values being passed.ĭeconstruct() returns a tuple of four items: the field’s attribute name, You’re changing the arguments passed in _init_() (like we are in Then there’s no need to write a new deconstruct() method. If you haven’t added any extra options on top of the field you inherited from,
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It’s used during model migrations to tell Django how to take an instance of your new fieldĪnd reduce it to a serialized form - in particular, what arguments to pass to The counterpoint to writing your _init_() method is writing theĭeconstruct() method. See the field documentation for examples and details. Meaning they do for normal Django fields. For advanced use only.Īll of the options without an explanation in the above list have the same You can usuallyĪutomatically created, as for the OneToOneField db_tablespace: Only for index creation, if theīackend supports tablespaces.serialize: If False, the field will not be serialized when the model.rel: Used for related fields (like ForeignKey).The Field._init_() method takes the following parameters: Use the more permissive behavior of the current fields.

You want your fields to be more strict about the options they select, or to The parent class and then don’t use them later on. This behavior simplifies the field classes, because they don’t need toĬheck for options that aren’t necessary. Many of Django’s model fields accept options that they don’t do anythingĭjango.db.models.DateField and it will ignore theĮditable=False). How to convert your first class back and forth between its permanent


That everything descends from Field and then customizes key pieces of the Precise details of what Field can do later on for now, suffice it to say Storing all that information is handled by Field. Most of the information that Django recordsĪbout a field is common to all fields – name, help text, uniqueness and soįorth. Mean model fields and not form fields) are subclasses Hand objects can be saved to text or character columns in the database.Īll of Django’s fields (and when we say fields in this document, we always Say, all the north cards first, then the east, south and west cards. Normally, you’re either writing a Django field to match a particular databaseĬolumn type, or you will need a way to convert your data to, say, a string.įor our Hand example, we could convert the card data to a string of 104Ĭharacters by concatenating all the cards together in a predetermined order – Anything you want to store in the database must fit into one of Different databases provide different sets of valid column types,īut the rule is still the same: those are the only types you have to work (Such a format is also usefulįor serialization, but as we’ll see later, that is easier once you have theįields in a model must somehow be converted to fit into an existing databaseĬolumn type. That is useful when dealing with the database. Something more complex like Hand – and convert it to and from a format Way to take a normal Python object – string, boolean, datetime, or If you break it down, a model field provides a
