- A ZCML ``view`` directive (and the associated ``bfg_view``

  decorator) can now accept a "wrapper" value.  If a "wrapper" value
  is supplied, it is the value of a separate view's *name* attribute.
  When a view with a ``wrapper`` attribute is rendered, the "inner"
  view is first rendered normally.  Its body is then attached to the
  request as "wrapped_body", and then a wrapper view name is looked up
  and rendered (using ``repoze.bfg.render_view_to_response``), passed
  the request and the context.  The wrapper view is assumed to do
  something sensible with ``request.wrapped_body``, usually inserting
  its structure into some other rendered template.  This feature makes
  it possible to specify (potentially nested) "owrap" relationships
  between views using only ZCML or decorators (as opposed always using
  ZPT METAL and analogues to wrap view renderings in outer wrappers).

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/repoze/bfg/zcml.py b/repoze/bfg/zcml.py
index 3a2a24819..657105e34 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/zcml.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/zcml.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ from repoze.bfg.view import NotFound
 from repoze.bfg.view import MultiView
 from repoze.bfg.view import map_view
 from repoze.bfg.view import decorate_view
-
+from repoze.bfg.view import render_view_to_response
 
 import martian
 
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def view(
     containment=None,
     attr=None,
     template=None,
+    wrapper=None,
     cacheable=True, # not used, here for b/w compat < 0.8
     ):
 
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ def view(
         template = '%s:%s' % (package_name(_context.resolve('.')), template)
 
     def register():
-        derived_view = derive_view(view, permission, predicates, attr, template)
+        derived_view = derive_view(view, permission, predicates, attr, template,
+                                   wrapper)
         r_for_ = for_
         r_request_type = request_type
         if r_for_ is None:
@@ -244,13 +246,25 @@ def forbidden(_context, view):
     view_utility(_context, view, IForbiddenView)
 
 def derive_view(original_view, permission=None, predicates=(), attr=None,
-                template=None):
+                template=None, wrapper_viewname=None):
     mapped_view = map_view(original_view, attr, template)
-    secured_view = secure_view(mapped_view, permission)
+    owrapped_view = owrap_view(mapped_view, wrapper_viewname)
+    secured_view = secure_view(owrapped_view, permission)
     debug_view = authdebug_view(secured_view, permission)
     derived_view = predicate_wrap(debug_view, predicates)
     return derived_view
 
+def owrap_view(view, wrapper_viewname):
+    if not wrapper_viewname:
+        return view
+    def _owrapped_view(context, request):
+        response = view(context, request)
+        request.wrapped_response = response
+        request.wrapped_body = response.body
+        return render_view_to_response(context, request, wrapper_viewname)
+    decorate_view(_owrapped_view, view)
+    return _owrapped_view
+
 def predicate_wrap(view, predicates):
     if not predicates:
         return view
@@ -627,6 +641,11 @@ class IViewDirective(Interface):
         description=u'',
         required=False)
 
+    wrapper = TextLine(
+        title = u'The *name* of the view that acts as a wrapper for this view.',
+        description = u'',
+        required=False)
+
     request_type = TextLine(
         title=u"The request type string or dotted name interface for the view",
         description=(u"The view will be called if the interface represented by "