I found an answer to my own question : I split my model (plugin_name.py) into multiple files (0_settings.py, 1_user.py, etc.) and put them all in a folder ./models/plugin_name/
Web2py does detect that all my model files belong to the same plugin and packs them together. *Another problem happens if I do things that way tho :* I use a database_uri as plugin parameter to define models (tables, fields, callbacks, etc.) in my plugin. When I access this database from appadmin, the tables work fine (validators, callback, everything). When I access this database from my main application (the one onto which my plugin is installed), my database isn't recognized at all. >From lurking on this fine forum, I established that I have 3 options here : 1. Work around database cooperation ( http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04#Cooperation) 2. Use the auto_import=true argument in the DAL 3. Rename the model files that came with my plugin, so all model features are available in the global namespace So far, I am unsatisfied with all 3 options, which a good reason for each of those : 1. Because I have dependencies between tables which makes it very difficult to cleanly manage all those imports 2. Because auto_import doesn't manage to retrieve callbacks & validators, which leaves me with half the work left to do 3. Because it would defeat the purpose of making a plugin in the first place I'm a mere padawan on this fine community, so if a web2py guru happens to read this thread I would appreciate any tip he could provide to face this issue ! On Friday, May 23, 2014 2:06:42 PM UTC+2, Louis Amon wrote: > > I am trying to build a big 'plugin component', with a plugin manager and > therefore using the full naming conventions specified in the doc. > > My model is starting to be huge (1000+ lines) and I'm trying to split it > into multiple files. > > > Is there a way to name these files so that web2py still understands that > they're part of my plugin ? > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
