Initial test implementation

remoteobjects/dataobject.py

@@ -195,9 +195,11 @@ def to_dict(self):
         return data
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_dict(cls, data):
+    def from_dict(cls, data, client=None):
         """Decodes a dictionary into a new `DataObject` instance."""
         self = cls()
+        if client:
+            self._http = client
         self.update_from_dict(data)
         return self
 

remoteobjects/fields.py

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def __get__(self, obj, cls):
                 else:
                     value = self.default
             else:
-                value = self.decode(value)
+                value = self.decode(value, client=getattr(obj, "_http", None))
             # Store the value so we need decode it only once.
             obj.__dict__[self.attrname] = value
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def __delete__(self, obj):
         except KeyError:
             pass
 
-    def decode(self, value):
+    def decode(self, value, client=None):
         """Decodes a dictionary value into a `DataObject` attribute value.
 
         This implementation returns the `value` parameter unchanged. This is
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def __set__(self, obj, value):
             raise ValueError('Value %r is not expected value %r'
                 % (value, self.value))
 
-    def decode(self, value):
+    def decode(self, value, client=None):
         if value != self.value:
             raise ValueError('Value %r is not expected value %r'
                 % (value, self.value))
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ def install(self, attrname, cls):
         # Make sure our content field knows its owner too.
         self.fld.install(attrname, cls)
 
-    def decode(self, value):
+    def decode(self, value, client=None):
         """Decodes the dictionary value (a list of dictionary values) into a
         `DataObject` attribute (a list of `DataObject` attribute values)."""
-        return [self.fld.decode(v) for v in value]
+        return [self.fld.decode(v, client=client) for v in value]
 
     def encode(self, value):
         """Encodes a `DataObject` attribute (a list of `DataObject` attribute
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ class Dict(List):
 
     """
 
-    def decode(self, value):
+    def decode(self, value, client=None):
         """Decodes the dictionary value (a dictionary with dictionary values
         for values) into a `DataObject` attribute (a dictionary with
         `DataObject` attributes for values)."""
-        return dict((k, self.fld.decode(v)) for k, v in value.iteritems())
+        return dict((k, self.fld.decode(v, client=client)) for k, v in value.iteritems())
 
     def encode(self, value):
         """Encodes a `DataObject` attribute (a dictionary with decoded
@@ -341,14 +341,14 @@ def set_cls(self, cls):
 
     cls = property(get_cls, set_cls)
 
-    def decode(self, value):
+    def decode(self, value, client=None):
         """Decodes the dictionary value into an instance of the `DataObject`
         class the field references."""
         if value is None:
             if callable(self.default):
                 return self.default()
             return self.default
-        return self.cls.from_dict(value)
+        return self.cls.from_dict(value, client=client)
 
     def encode(self, value):
         """Encodes an instance of the field's DataObject class into its
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def __init__(self, dateformat=None, **kwargs):
         if dateformat is not None:
             self.dateformat = dateformat
 
-    def decode(self, value):
+    def decode(self, value, client=None):
         """Decodes a timestamp string into a `DataObject` attribute (a Python
         `datetime` instance).