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edx-platform/lms/lib/xblock/runtime.py
Calen Pennington 864d831ce3 Use XBlock handlers for handle_ajax in XModules
Adds xblock handler_url support to the LMS, and makes handle_ajax use
that code.

[LMS-230] [LMS-229]
2013-11-08 11:08:48 -05:00

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"""
Module implementing `xblock.runtime.Runtime` functionality for the LMS
"""
import re
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from xmodule.x_module import ModuleSystem
def _quote_slashes(match):
"""
Helper function for `quote_slashes`
"""
matched = match.group(0)
# We have to escape ';', because that is our
# escape sequence identifier (otherwise, the escaping)
# couldn't distinguish between us adding ';_' to the string
# and ';_' appearing naturally in the string
if matched == ';':
return ';;'
elif matched == '/':
return ';_'
else:
return matched
def quote_slashes(text):
"""
Quote '/' characters so that they aren't visible to
django's url quoting, unquoting, or url regex matching.
Escapes '/'' to the sequence ';_', and ';' to the sequence
';;'. By making the escape sequence fixed length, and escaping
identifier character ';', we are able to reverse the escaping.
"""
return re.sub(r'[;/]', _quote_slashes, text)
def _unquote_slashes(match):
"""
Helper function for `unquote_slashes`
"""
matched = match.group(0)
if matched == ';;':
return ';'
elif matched == ';_':
return '/'
else:
return matched
def unquote_slashes(text):
"""
Unquote slashes quoted by `quote_slashes`
"""
return re.sub(r'(;;|;_)', _unquote_slashes, text)
def handler_url(course_id, block, handler, suffix='', query=''):
"""
Return an xblock handler url for the specified course, block and handler
"""
return reverse('xblock_handler', kwargs={
'course_id': course_id,
'usage_id': quote_slashes(str(block.scope_ids.usage_id)),
'handler': handler,
'suffix': suffix,
}) + '?' + query
def handler_prefix(course_id, block):
"""
Returns a prefix for use by the javascript handler_url function.
The prefix is a valid handler url the handler name is appended to it.
"""
return handler_url(course_id, block, '').rstrip('/')
class LmsHandlerUrls(object):
"""
A runtime mixin that provides a handler_url function that routes
to the LMS' xblock handler view.
This must be mixed in to a runtime that already accepts and stores
a course_id
"""
def handler_url(self, block, handler_name, suffix='', query=''): # pylint: disable=unused-argument
"""See :method:`xblock.runtime:Runtime.handler_url`"""
return handler_url(self.course_id, block, handler_name, suffix='', query='') # pylint: disable=no-member
class LmsModuleSystem(LmsHandlerUrls, ModuleSystem): # pylint: disable=abstract-method
"""
ModuleSystem specialized to the LMS
"""
pass