Django/Python Circular model reference
Ok So I'm TRYING to write nice organized code and actually making seperate django apps instead of lumping everything together into 1. My problem is that I have 3 apps that each reference 1 other model from the next app. So basically I have an endless loop, App A needs to know about B.models.something1 , App B needs to know about C.models.Somthing2, and App C needs to know about A.models.something3 . This of course will not run, for those wondering if this is actually a problem :) .Is there anything resembling a predeclaration of classes so python will know that the classes actually exist?
Thanks.
EDIT: More Code: Unfortunatly the nature and models of my project are confidential so I'll have to change the names to reflect something completely different , but the code will remain the same.
teacher/models.py
from django.db import models
from myapp.student.models import *
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class Teacher(models.Model):
"""(description)"""
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
phone = models.CharField(max_length=13)
phone_ext = models.CharField(blank=True, max开发者_运维知识库_length=5)
fax = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=13)
fax_ext = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)
url = models.URLField(blank=True, verify_exists=True)
complaint = models.ManyToManyField(Complaint)
city = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)
state = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)
postal_code = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=15)
location = models.ManyToManyField(Location)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name
class Location(models.Model):
"""(description)"""
city = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)
state = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)
country = models.CharField(blank=False, max_length=100)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.city + ", " + self.state +", "+self.country
student/models.py
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from myapp.school.models import School
class Student(models.Model):
"""(Student description)"""
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
country = models.CharField(max_length=100)
state = models.CharField(max_length=100)
city = models.CharField(max_length=100)
locale = models.CharField(blank=False, max_length=5)
learningtype = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)
sites = models.TextField(blank=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return str(self.user)
class Complaint(models.Model):
"""(Complaint description)"""
student = models.ForeignKey(Student)
site = models.ForeignKey(School)
complaint = models.TextField(blank=False)
def __unicode__(self):
return str(self.site)
school/models.py
from django.db import models
from myapp.teacher.models import Location
class School(models.Model):
"""(School description)"""
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
url = models.URLField(verify_exists=True)
img = models.ImageField(upload_to="casion_img/")
rating = models.FloatField()
description = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=300)
goodstanding = models.BooleanField(default=True)
location = models.ForeignKey(Location)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name
So here's what I'm getting:
File "/Users/userzero/django/myapp/school/models.py", line 2, in from teacher.models import Location File "/Users/userzero/django/myapp/teacher/models.py", line 2, in from student.models import Complaint File "/Users/userzero/django/myapp/student/models.py", line 3, in from school.models import School File "/Users/userzero/django/myapp/casino/models.py", line 2, in from teacher.models import Location ImportError: cannot import name Location
From the docs:
To refer to models defined in another application, you can explicitly specify a model with the full application label. For example, if the Manufacturer model above is defined in another application called production, you'd need to use:
class Car(models.Model):
manufacturer = models.ForeignKey('production.Manufacturer')
This sort of reference can be useful when resolving circular import dependencies between two applications.
So for your apps, try changing e.g.
location = models.ForeignKey(Location)
to
location = models.ForeignKey('Location')
Note that if this model is in a different app then you need to specify that too (thanks @Bran for pointing this out), e.g.
location = models.ForeignKey('teacher.Location')
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