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| author | Chris McDonough <chrism@plope.com> | 2013-03-18 16:01:43 -0700 |
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| committer | Chris McDonough <chrism@plope.com> | 2013-03-18 16:01:43 -0700 |
| commit | 881feb9c25b5c16d05e5ae9f3384eded1231fe59 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/docs/narr/views.rst b/docs/narr/views.rst index 860c380f3..5a7be15b0 100644 --- a/docs/narr/views.rst +++ b/docs/narr/views.rst @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ exception` objects. HTTP Exceptions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -All classes documented in the :mod:`pyramid.httpexceptions` module documented +All :mod:`pyramid.httpexceptions` classes which are documented as inheriting from the :class:`pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPException` are :term:`http exception` objects. Instances of an HTTP exception object may either be *returned* or *raised* from within view code. In either case @@ -236,12 +236,11 @@ How Pyramid Uses HTTP Exceptions HTTP exceptions are meant to be used directly by application developers. However, Pyramid itself will raise two HTTP exceptions at various points during normal operations: -:exc:`pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPNotFound` and -:exc:`pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPForbidden`. Pyramid will raise the -:exc:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPNotFound` exception are raised when it -cannot find a view to service a request. Pyramid will raise the -:exc:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.Forbidden` exception or when authorization was -forbidden by a security policy. + +* :exc:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPNotFound` + gets raised when a view to service a request is not found. +* :exc:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPForbidden` + gets raised when authorization was forbidden by a security policy. If :exc:`~pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPNotFound` is raised by Pyramid itself or within view code, the result of the :term:`Not Found View` will be returned @@ -265,9 +264,9 @@ also be used by application developers to convert arbitrary exceptions to responses. To register a view that should be called whenever a particular exception is -raised from with :app:`Pyramid` view code, use the exception class or one of -its superclasses as the ``context`` of a view configuration which points at a -view callable you'd like to generate a response. +raised from within :app:`Pyramid` view code, use the exception class (or one of +its superclasses) as the :term:`context` of a view configuration which points +at a view callable you'd like to generate a response for. For example, given the following exception class in a module named ``helloworld.exceptions``: @@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ Exception views can be configured with any view registration mechanism: .. _http_redirect: -Using a View Callable to Do an HTTP Redirect +Using a View Callable to do an HTTP Redirect -------------------------------------------- You can issue an HTTP redirect by using the @@ -525,7 +524,6 @@ The :term:`context` and :term:`request` arguments passed to a view function defined in this style can be defined as follows: context - The :term:`resource` object found via tree :term:`traversal` or :term:`URL dispatch`. @@ -538,41 +536,41 @@ The following types work as view callables in this style: e.g.: .. code-block:: python - :linenos: + :linenos: - from pyramid.response import Response + from pyramid.response import Response - def view(context, request): - return Response('OK') + def view(context, request): + return Response('OK') #. Classes that have an ``__init__`` method that accepts ``context, request`` and a ``__call__`` method which accepts no arguments, e.g.: .. code-block:: python - :linenos: + :linenos: - from pyramid.response import Response + from pyramid.response import Response - class view(object): - def __init__(self, context, request): - self.context = context - self.request = request + class view(object): + def __init__(self, context, request): + self.context = context + self.request = request - def __call__(self): - return Response('OK') + def __call__(self): + return Response('OK') #. Arbitrary callables that have a ``__call__`` method that accepts ``context, request``, e.g.: .. code-block:: python - :linenos: + :linenos: - from pyramid.response import Response + from pyramid.response import Response - class View(object): - def __call__(self, context, request): - return Response('OK') - view = View() # this is the view callable + class View(object): + def __call__(self, context, request): + return Response('OK') + view = View() # this is the view callable This style of calling convention is most useful for :term:`traversal` based applications, where the context object is frequently used within the view |
