from sqlalchemy import * import testbase class ConcreteTest1(testbase.ORMTest): def define_tables(self, metadata): global managers_table, engineers_table managers_table = Table('managers', metadata, Column('employee_id', Integer, primary_key=True), Column('name', String(50)), Column('manager_data', String(50)), ) engineers_table = Table('engineers', metadata, Column('employee_id', Integer, primary_key=True), Column('name', String(50)), Column('engineer_info', String(50)), ) def testbasic(self): class Employee(object): def __init__(self, name): self.name = name def __repr__(self): return self.__class__.__name__ + " " + self.name class Manager(Employee): def __init__(self, name, manager_data): self.name = name self.manager_data = manager_data def __repr__(self): return self.__class__.__name__ + " " + self.name + " " + self.manager_data class Engineer(Employee): def __init__(self, name, engineer_info): self.name = name self.engineer_info = engineer_info def __repr__(self): return self.__class__.__name__ + " " + self.name + " " + self.engineer_info pjoin = polymorphic_union({ 'manager':managers_table, 'engineer':engineers_table }, 'type', 'pjoin') employee_mapper = mapper(Employee, pjoin, polymorphic_on=pjoin.c.type) manager_mapper = mapper(Manager, managers_table, inherits=employee_mapper, concrete=True, polymorphic_identity='manager') engineer_mapper = mapper(Engineer, engineers_table, inherits=employee_mapper, concrete=True, polymorphic_identity='engineer') session = create_session() session.save(Manager('Tom', 'knows how to manage things')) session.save(Engineer('Kurt', 'knows how to hack')) session.flush() session.clear() assert set([repr(x) for x in session.query(Employee).select()]) == set(["Engineer Kurt knows how to hack", "Manager Tom knows how to manage things"]) assert set([repr(x) for x in session.query(Manager).select()]) == set(["Manager Tom knows how to manage things"]) assert set([repr(x) for x in session.query(Engineer).select()]) == set(["Engineer Kurt knows how to hack"]) def testwithrelation(self): pass # TODO: test a self-referential relationship on a concrete polymorphic mapping if __name__ == '__main__': testbase.main()