Include support for custom result row types, fixes #41.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 *The changelog has only been started with version 0.3.12, previous
 changes must be reconstructed from revision history.*
 
+* 0.5.7: dataset Databases can now have customized row types. This allows,
+  for example, information to be retrieved in attribute-accessible dict
+  subclasses, such as stuf.
 * 0.5.4: Context manager for transactions, thanks to @victorkashirin.
 * 0.5.1: Fix a regression where empty queries would raise an exception.
 * 0.5: Improve overall code quality and testing, including Travis CI.

dataset/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import warnings
 from dataset.persistence.database import Database
 from dataset.persistence.table import Table
+from dataset.persistence.util import row_type
 from dataset.freeze.app import freeze
 
 # shut up useless SA warning:
@@ -14,20 +15,20 @@ __all__ = ['Database', 'Table', 'freeze', 'connect']
 
 
 def connect(url=None, schema=None, reflect_metadata=True, engine_kwargs=None,
-            reflect_views=True):
+            reflect_views=True, row_type=row_type):
     """
     Opens a new connection to a database.
 
     *url* can be any valid `SQLAlchemy engine URL`_.  If *url* is not defined
     it will try to use *DATABASE_URL* from environment variable.  Returns an
-    instance of :py:class:`Database <dataset.Database>`. Set *reflectMetadata*
+    instance of :py:class:`Database <dataset.Database>`. Set *reflect_metadata*
     to False if you don't want the entire database schema to be pre-loaded.
     This significantly speeds up connecting to large databases with lots of
     tables. *reflect_views* can be set to False if you don't want views to be
     loaded.  Additionally, *engine_kwargs* will be directly passed to
     SQLAlchemy, e.g.  set *engine_kwargs={'pool_recycle': 3600}* will avoid `DB
-    connection timeout`_.
+    connection timeout`_. Set *row_type* to an alternate dict-like class to
-
+    change the type of container rows are stored in.
     ::
         db = dataset.connect('sqlite:///factbook.db')
 
@@ -38,4 +39,5 @@ def connect(url=None, schema=None, reflect_metadata=True, engine_kwargs=None,
         url = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL', 'sqlite://')
 
     return Database(url, schema=schema, reflect_metadata=reflect_metadata,
-                    engine_kwargs=engine_kwargs, reflect_views=reflect_views)
+                    engine_kwargs=engine_kwargs, reflect_views=reflect_views,
+                    row_type=row_type)

dataset/persistence/database.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from alembic.migration import MigrationContext
 from alembic.operations import Operations
 
 from dataset.persistence.table import Table
-from dataset.persistence.util import ResultIter
+from dataset.persistence.util import ResultIter, row_type
 from dataset.util import DatasetException
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class Database(object):
     def __init__(self, url, schema=None, reflect_metadata=True,
-                 engine_kwargs=None, reflect_views=True):
+                 engine_kwargs=None, reflect_views=True,
+                 row_type=row_type):
         if engine_kwargs is None:
             engine_kwargs = {}
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class Database(object):
         self.metadata.bind = self.engine
         if reflect_metadata:
             self.metadata.reflect(self.engine, views=reflect_views)
+        self.row_type = row_type
         self._tables = {}
 
     @property
@@ -275,7 +277,8 @@ class Database(object):
         """
         if isinstance(query, six.string_types):
             query = text(query)
-        return ResultIter(self.executable.execute(query, **kw))
+        return ResultIter(self.executable.execute(query, **kw),
+                          row_type=self.row_type)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<Database(%s)>' % self.url

dataset/persistence/table.py

@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ class Table(object):
                 break
             queries.append(self.table.select(whereclause=args, limit=qlimit,
                                              offset=qoffset, order_by=order_by))
-        return ResultIter((self.database.executable.execute(q) for q in queries))
+        return ResultIter((self.database.executable.execute(q) for q in queries),
+                          row_type=self.database.row_type)
 
     def count(self, **_filter):
         """

dataset/persistence/util.py

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
 from sqlalchemy import Integer, UnicodeText, Float, DateTime, Boolean
 from six import string_types
 
+row_type = OrderedDict
+
 
 def guess_type(sample):
     if isinstance(sample, bool):
@@ -22,10 +24,10 @@ def guess_type(sample):
     return UnicodeText
 
 
-def convert_row(row):
+def convert_row(row_type, row):
     if row is None:
         return None
-    return OrderedDict(row.items())
+    return row_type(row.items())
 
 
 def normalize_column_name(name):
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ class ResultIter(object):
     """ SQLAlchemy ResultProxies are not iterable to get a
     list of dictionaries. This is to wrap them. """
 
-    def __init__(self, result_proxies):
+    def __init__(self, result_proxies, row_type=row_type):
+        self.row_type = row_type
         if not isgenerator(result_proxies):
             result_proxies = iter((result_proxies, ))
         self.result_proxies = result_proxies
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ class ResultIter(object):
             if not self._next_rp():
                 raise StopIteration
         try:
-            return convert_row(next(self._iter))
+            return convert_row(self.row_type, next(self._iter))
         except StopIteration:
             self._iter = None
             return self.__next__()

docs/quickstart.rst

@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ with unique values in one or more columns::
    # Get one user per country
    db['user'].distinct('country')
 
+Finally, you can use the ``row_type`` parameter to choose the data type in which
+results will be returned::
+
+    import dataset
+    from stuf import stuf
+
+    db = dataset.connect('sqlite:///mydatabase.db', row_type=stuf)
+
+Now contents will be returned in ``stuf`` objects (basically, ``dict``
+objects whose elements can be acessed as attributes (``item.name``) as well as 
+by index (``item['name']``).
 
 Running custom SQL queries
 --------------------------

test/test_freeze.py

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class FreezeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
 class SerializerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_Serializer(self):
+    def test_serializer(self):
         from dataset.freeze.format.common import Serializer
         from dataset.freeze.config import Export
         from dataset.util import FreezeException

test/test_freeze_app.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from dataset.freeze.app import create_parser, freeze_with_config, freeze_export
 from .sample_data import TEST_DATA
 
 
-class FreezeTestCase(TestCase):
+class FreezeAppTestCase(TestCase):
     """
     Base TestCase class, sets up a CLI parser
     """

test/test_persistence.py

@@ -345,3 +345,62 @@ class TableTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         m = self.tbl.find(place='not in data')
         l = list(m)  # exhaust iterator
         assert len(l) == 0
+
+
+class Constructor(dict):
+    """ Very simple low-functionality extension to ``dict`` to
+    provide attribute access to dictionary contents"""
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return self[name]
+
+
+class RowTypeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.db = connect('sqlite:///:memory:', row_type=Constructor)
+        self.tbl = self.db['weather']
+        for row in TEST_DATA:
+            self.tbl.insert(row)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for table in self.db.tables:
+            self.db[table].drop()
+
+    def test_find_one(self):
+        self.tbl.insert({
+            'date': datetime(2011, 1, 2),
+            'temperature': -10,
+            'place': 'Berlin'}
+        )
+        d = self.tbl.find_one(place='Berlin')
+        assert d['temperature'] == -10, d
+        assert d.temperature == -10, d
+        d = self.tbl.find_one(place='Atlantis')
+        assert d is None, d
+
+    def test_find(self):
+        ds = list(self.tbl.find(place=TEST_CITY_1))
+        assert len(ds) == 3, ds
+        for item in ds:
+            assert isinstance(item, Constructor), item
+        ds = list(self.tbl.find(place=TEST_CITY_1, _limit=2))
+        assert len(ds) == 2, ds
+        for item in ds:
+            assert isinstance(item, Constructor), item
+
+    def test_distinct(self):
+        x = list(self.tbl.distinct('place'))
+        assert len(x) == 2, x
+        for item in x:
+            assert isinstance(item, Constructor), item
+        x = list(self.tbl.distinct('place', 'date'))
+        assert len(x) == 6, x
+        for item in x:
+            assert isinstance(item, Constructor), item
+
+    def test_iter(self):
+        c = 0
+        for row in self.tbl:
+            c += 1
+            assert isinstance(row, Constructor), row
+        assert c == len(self.tbl)