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mcv
mcv

Reputation: 45

How django add objects attribute to model classes?

As in the Django documentation

By default, Django adds a Manager with the name objects to every Django model class

How does Django add an attribute to model classes? Whether it is inherited from the models.Model or Django add objects=models.Manager() dynamically to each model?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1014

Answers (1)

Kos
Kos

Reputation: 72279

It's added dynamically to each model class unless you add one yourself.

Have a look at ModelBase._prepare:

def _prepare(cls):
    """Create some methods once self._meta has been populated."""
    opts = cls._meta
    opts._prepare(cls)

    ...

    if not opts.managers:
        if any(f.name == 'objects' for f in opts.fields):
            raise ValueError(
                "Model %s must specify a custom Manager, because it has a "
                "field named 'objects'." % cls.__name__
            )
        manager = Manager()
        manager.auto_created = True
        cls.add_to_class('objects', manager)

Upvotes: 1

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