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import inspect
from urlparse import urljoin
from urlparse import urlparse
import urllib

from zope.interface import Interface
from zope.interface import classProvides
from zope.interface import implementedBy
from zope.interface import implements
from zope.interface.interfaces import IInterface

from pyramid.interfaces import IAuthenticationPolicy
from pyramid.interfaces import IAuthorizationPolicy
from pyramid.interfaces import IDebugLogger
from pyramid.interfaces import IDefaultPermission
from pyramid.interfaces import IException
from pyramid.interfaces import IExceptionViewClassifier
from pyramid.interfaces import IMultiView
from pyramid.interfaces import IRendererFactory
from pyramid.interfaces import IRequest
from pyramid.interfaces import IResponse
from pyramid.interfaces import IRouteRequest
from pyramid.interfaces import ISecuredView
from pyramid.interfaces import IStaticURLInfo
from pyramid.interfaces import IView
from pyramid.interfaces import IViewClassifier
from pyramid.interfaces import IViewMapper
from pyramid.interfaces import IViewMapperFactory
from pyramid.interfaces import PHASE1_CONFIG

from pyramid import renderers
from pyramid.exceptions import ConfigurationError
from pyramid.exceptions import PredicateMismatch
from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPForbidden
from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPNotFound
from pyramid.security import NO_PERMISSION_REQUIRED
from pyramid.static import static_view
from pyramid.threadlocal import get_current_registry
from pyramid.view import render_view_to_response

from pyramid.config.util import DEFAULT_PHASH
from pyramid.config.util import MAX_ORDER
from pyramid.config.util import action_method
from pyramid.config.util import as_sorted_tuple
from pyramid.config.util import make_predicates

def wraps_view(wrapper):
    def inner(self, view):
        wrapper_view = wrapper(self, view)
        return preserve_view_attrs(view, wrapper_view)
    return inner

def preserve_view_attrs(view, wrapper):
    if view is None:
        return wrapper

    if wrapper is view:
        return view

    original_view = getattr(view, '__original_view__', None)

    if original_view is None:
        original_view = view

    wrapper.__wraps__ = view
    wrapper.__original_view__ = original_view
    wrapper.__module__ = view.__module__
    wrapper.__doc__ = view.__doc__

    try:
        wrapper.__name__ = view.__name__
    except AttributeError:
        wrapper.__name__ = repr(view)

    # attrs that may not exist on "view", but, if so, must be attached to
    # "wrapped view"
    for attr in ('__permitted__', '__call_permissive__', '__permission__',
                 '__predicated__', '__predicates__', '__accept__',
                 '__order__'):
        try:
            setattr(wrapper, attr, getattr(view, attr))
        except AttributeError:
            pass

    return wrapper

class ViewDeriver(object):
    def __init__(self, **kw):
        self.kw = kw
        self.registry = kw['registry']
        self.authn_policy = self.registry.queryUtility(IAuthenticationPolicy)
        self.authz_policy = self.registry.queryUtility(IAuthorizationPolicy)
        self.logger = self.registry.queryUtility(IDebugLogger)

    def __call__(self, view):
        return self.attr_wrapped_view(
            self.predicated_view(
                self.authdebug_view(
                    self.secured_view(
                        self.owrapped_view(
                            self.http_cached_view(
                                self.decorated_view(
                                    self.rendered_view(
                                        self.mapped_view(view)))))))))

    @wraps_view
    def mapped_view(self, view):
        mapper = self.kw.get('mapper')
        if mapper is None:
            mapper = getattr(view, '__view_mapper__', None)
            if mapper is None:
                mapper = self.registry.queryUtility(IViewMapperFactory)
                if mapper is None:
                    mapper = DefaultViewMapper

        mapped_view = mapper(**self.kw)(view)
        return mapped_view

    @wraps_view
    def owrapped_view(self, view):
        wrapper_viewname = self.kw.get('wrapper_viewname')
        viewname = self.kw.get('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
            request.wrapped_view = view
            wrapped_response = render_view_to_response(context, request,
                                                       wrapper_viewname)
            if wrapped_response is None:
                raise ValueError(
                    'No wrapper view named %r found when executing view '
                    'named %r' % (wrapper_viewname, viewname))
            return wrapped_response
        return _owrapped_view

    @wraps_view
    def http_cached_view(self, view):
        if self.registry.settings.get('prevent_http_cache', False):
            return view

        seconds = self.kw.get('http_cache')

        if seconds is None:
            return view

        options = {}

        if isinstance(seconds, (tuple, list)):
            try:
                seconds, options = seconds
            except ValueError:
                raise ConfigurationError(
                    'If http_cache parameter is a tuple or list, it must be '
                    'in the form (seconds, options); not %s' % (seconds,))

        def wrapper(context, request):
            response = view(context, request)
            prevent_caching = getattr(response.cache_control, 'prevent_auto',
                                      False)
            if not prevent_caching:
                response.cache_expires(seconds, **options)
            return response

        return wrapper

    @wraps_view
    def secured_view(self, view):
        permission = self.kw.get('permission')
        if permission == NO_PERMISSION_REQUIRED:
            # allow views registered within configurations that have a
            # default permission to explicitly override the default
            # permission, replacing it with no permission at all
            permission = None

        wrapped_view = view
        if self.authn_policy and self.authz_policy and (permission is not None):
            def _permitted(context, request):
                principals = self.authn_policy.effective_principals(request)
                return self.authz_policy.permits(context, principals,
                                                 permission)
            def _secured_view(context, request):
                result = _permitted(context, request)
                if result:
                    return view(context, request)
                view_name = getattr(view, '__name__', view)
                msg = getattr(
                    request, 'authdebug_message',
                    'Unauthorized: %s failed permission check' % view_name)
                raise HTTPForbidden(msg, result=result)
            _secured_view.__call_permissive__ = view
            _secured_view.__permitted__ = _permitted
            _secured_view.__permission__ = permission
            wrapped_view = _secured_view

        return wrapped_view

    @wraps_view
    def authdebug_view(self, view):
        wrapped_view = view
        settings = self.registry.settings
        permission = self.kw.get('permission')
        if settings and settings.get('debug_authorization', False):
            def _authdebug_view(context, request):
                view_name = getattr(request, 'view_name', None)

                if self.authn_policy and self.authz_policy:
                    if permission is None:
                        msg = 'Allowed (no permission registered)'
                    else:
                        principals = self.authn_policy.effective_principals(
                            request)
                        msg = str(self.authz_policy.permits(context, principals,
                                                            permission))
                else:
                    msg = 'Allowed (no authorization policy in use)'

                view_name = getattr(request, 'view_name', None)
                url = getattr(request, 'url', None)
                msg = ('debug_authorization of url %s (view name %r against '
                       'context %r): %s' % (url, view_name, context, msg))
                self.logger and self.logger.debug(msg)
                if request is not None:
                    request.authdebug_message = msg
                return view(context, request)

            wrapped_view = _authdebug_view

        return wrapped_view

    @wraps_view
    def predicated_view(self, view):
        predicates = self.kw.get('predicates', ())
        if not predicates:
            return view
        def predicate_wrapper(context, request):
            if all((predicate(context, request) for predicate in predicates)):
                return view(context, request)
            view_name = getattr(view, '__name__', view)
            raise PredicateMismatch(
                'predicate mismatch for view %s' % view_name)
        def checker(context, request):
            return all((predicate(context, request) for predicate in
                        predicates))
        predicate_wrapper.__predicated__ = checker
        predicate_wrapper.__predicates__ = predicates
        return predicate_wrapper

    @wraps_view
    def attr_wrapped_view(self, view):
        kw = self.kw
        accept, order, phash = (kw.get('accept', None),
                                kw.get('order', MAX_ORDER),
                                kw.get('phash', DEFAULT_PHASH))
        # this is a little silly but we don't want to decorate the original
        # function with attributes that indicate accept, order, and phash,
        # so we use a wrapper
        if (
            (accept is None) and
            (order == MAX_ORDER) and
            (phash == DEFAULT_PHASH)
            ):
            return view # defaults
        def attr_view(context, request):
            return view(context, request)
        attr_view.__accept__ = accept
        attr_view.__order__ = order
        attr_view.__phash__ = phash
        attr_view.__view_attr__ = self.kw.get('attr')
        attr_view.__permission__ = self.kw.get('permission')
        return attr_view

    @wraps_view
    def rendered_view(self, view):
        # one way or another this wrapper must produce a Response (unless
        # the renderer is a NullRendererHelper)
        renderer = self.kw.get('renderer')
        if renderer is None:
            # register a default renderer if you want super-dynamic
            # rendering.  registering a default renderer will also allow
            # override_renderer to work if a renderer is left unspecified for
            # a view registration.
            return self._response_resolved_view(view)
        if renderer is renderers.null_renderer:
            return view
        return self._rendered_view(view, renderer)

    def _rendered_view(self, view, view_renderer):
        def rendered_view(context, request):
            renderer = view_renderer
            result = view(context, request)
            registry = self.registry
            # this must adapt, it can't do a simple interface check
            # (avoid trying to render webob responses)
            response = registry.queryAdapterOrSelf(result, IResponse)
            if response is None:
                attrs = getattr(request, '__dict__', {})
                if 'override_renderer' in attrs:
                    # renderer overridden by newrequest event or other
                    renderer_name = attrs.pop('override_renderer')
                    renderer = renderers.RendererHelper(
                        name=renderer_name,
                        package=self.kw.get('package'),
                        registry = registry)
                if '__view__' in attrs:
                    view_inst = attrs.pop('__view__')
                else:
                    view_inst = getattr(view, '__original_view__', view)
                response = renderer.render_view(request, result, view_inst,
                                                context)
            return response

        return rendered_view

    def _response_resolved_view(self, view):
        registry = self.registry
        def viewresult_to_response(context, request):
            result = view(context, request)
            response = registry.queryAdapterOrSelf(result, IResponse)
            if response is None:
                raise ValueError(
                    'Could not convert view return value "%s" into a '
                    'response object' % (result,))
            return response

        return viewresult_to_response

    @wraps_view
    def decorated_view(self, view):
        decorator = self.kw.get('decorator')
        if decorator is None:
            return view
        return decorator(view)

class DefaultViewMapper(object):
    classProvides(IViewMapperFactory)
    implements(IViewMapper)
    def __init__(self, **kw):
        self.attr = kw.get('attr')

    def __call__(self, view):
        if inspect.isclass(view):
            view = self.map_class(view)
        else:
            view = self.map_nonclass(view)
        return view

    def map_class(self, view):
        ronly = requestonly(view, self.attr)
        if ronly:
            mapped_view = self.map_class_requestonly(view)
        else:
            mapped_view = self.map_class_native(view)
        return mapped_view

    def map_nonclass(self, view):
        # We do more work here than appears necessary to avoid wrapping the
        # view unless it actually requires wrapping (to avoid function call
        # overhead).
        mapped_view = view
        ronly = requestonly(view, self.attr)
        if ronly:
            mapped_view = self.map_nonclass_requestonly(view)
        elif self.attr:
            mapped_view = self.map_nonclass_attr(view)
        return mapped_view

    def map_class_requestonly(self, view):
        # its a class that has an __init__ which only accepts request
        attr = self.attr
        def _class_requestonly_view(context, request):
            inst = view(request)
            request.__view__ = inst
            if attr is None:
                response = inst()
            else:
                response = getattr(inst, attr)()
            return response
        return _class_requestonly_view

    def map_class_native(self, view):
        # its a class that has an __init__ which accepts both context and
        # request
        attr = self.attr
        def _class_view(context, request):
            inst = view(context, request)
            request.__view__ = inst
            if attr is None:
                response = inst()
            else:
                response = getattr(inst, attr)()
            return response
        return _class_view

    def map_nonclass_requestonly(self, view):
        # its a function that has a __call__ which accepts only a single
        # request argument
        attr = self.attr
        def _requestonly_view(context, request):
            if attr is None:
                response = view(request)
            else:
                response = getattr(view, attr)(request)
            return response
        return _requestonly_view

    def map_nonclass_attr(self, view):
        # its a function that has a __call__ which accepts both context and
        # request, but still has an attr
        def _attr_view(context, request):
            response = getattr(view, self.attr)(context, request)
            return response
        return _attr_view

def requestonly(view, attr=None):
    if attr is None:
        attr = '__call__'
    if inspect.isroutine(view):
        fn = view
    elif inspect.isclass(view):
        try:
            fn = view.__init__
        except AttributeError:
            return False
    else:
        try:
            fn = getattr(view, attr)
        except AttributeError:
            return False

    try:
        argspec = inspect.getargspec(fn)
    except TypeError:
        return False

    args = argspec[0]

    if inspect.ismethod(fn):
        if not args:
            return False
        args = args[1:]
    if not args:
        return False

    if len(args) == 1:
        return True

    defaults = argspec[3]
    if defaults is None:
        defaults = ()

    if args[0] == 'request':
        if len(args) - len(defaults) == 1:
            return True

    return False

class MultiView(object):
    implements(IMultiView)

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.media_views = {}
        self.views = []
        self.accepts = []

    def add(self, view, order, accept=None, phash=None):
        if phash is not None:
            for i, (s, v, h) in enumerate(list(self.views)):
                if phash == h:
                    self.views[i] = (order, view, phash)
                    return

        if accept is None or '*' in accept:
            self.views.append((order, view, phash))
            self.views.sort()
        else:
            subset = self.media_views.setdefault(accept, [])
            subset.append((order, view, phash))
            subset.sort()
            accepts = set(self.accepts)
            accepts.add(accept)
            self.accepts = list(accepts) # dedupe

    def get_views(self, request):
        if self.accepts and hasattr(request, 'accept'):
            accepts = self.accepts[:]
            views = []
            while accepts:
                match = request.accept.best_match(accepts)
                if match is None:
                    break
                subset = self.media_views[match]
                views.extend(subset)
                accepts.remove(match)
            views.extend(self.views)
            return views
        return self.views

    def match(self, context, request):
        for order, view, phash in self.get_views(request):
            if not hasattr(view, '__predicated__'):
                return view
            if view.__predicated__(context, request):
                return view
        raise PredicateMismatch(self.name)

    def __permitted__(self, context, request):
        view = self.match(context, request)
        if hasattr(view, '__permitted__'):
            return view.__permitted__(context, request)
        return True

    def __call_permissive__(self, context, request):
        view = self.match(context, request)
        view = getattr(view, '__call_permissive__', view)
        return view(context, request)

    def __call__(self, context, request):
        for order, view, phash in self.get_views(request):
            try:
                return view(context, request)
            except PredicateMismatch:
                continue
        raise PredicateMismatch(self.name)

class ViewsConfiguratorMixin(object):
    @action_method
    def add_view(self, view=None, name="", for_=None, permission=None,
                 request_type=None, route_name=None, request_method=None,
                 request_param=None, containment=None, attr=None,
                 renderer=None, wrapper=None, xhr=False, accept=None,
                 header=None, path_info=None, custom_predicates=(),
                 context=None, decorator=None, mapper=None, http_cache=None,
                 match_param=None):
        """ Add a :term:`view configuration` to the current
        configuration state.  Arguments to ``add_view`` are broken
        down below into *predicate* arguments and *non-predicate*
        arguments.  Predicate arguments narrow the circumstances in
        which the view callable will be invoked when a request is
        presented to :app:`Pyramid`; non-predicate arguments are
        informational.

        Non-Predicate Arguments

        view

          A :term:`view callable` or a :term:`dotted Python name`
          which refers to a view callable.  This argument is required
          unless a ``renderer`` argument also exists.  If a
          ``renderer`` argument is passed, and a ``view`` argument is
          not provided, the view callable defaults to a callable that
          returns an empty dictionary (see
          :ref:`views_which_use_a_renderer`).

        permission

          The name of a :term:`permission` that the user must possess
          in order to invoke the :term:`view callable`.  See
          :ref:`view_security_section` for more information about view
          security and permissions.  If ``permission`` is omitted, a
          *default* permission may be used for this view registration
          if one was named as the
          :class:`pyramid.config.Configurator` constructor's
          ``default_permission`` argument, or if
          :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.set_default_permission`
          was used prior to this view registration.  Pass the string
          :data:`pyramid.security.NO_PERMISSION_REQUIRED` as the
          permission argument to explicitly indicate that the view should
          always be executable by entirely anonymous users, regardless of
          the default permission, bypassing any :term:`authorization
          policy` that may be in effect.

        attr

          The view machinery defaults to using the ``__call__`` method
          of the :term:`view callable` (or the function itself, if the
          view callable is a function) to obtain a response.  The
          ``attr`` value allows you to vary the method attribute used
          to obtain the response.  For example, if your view was a
          class, and the class has a method named ``index`` and you
          wanted to use this method instead of the class' ``__call__``
          method to return the response, you'd say ``attr="index"`` in the
          view configuration for the view.  This is
          most useful when the view definition is a class.

        renderer

          This is either a single string term (e.g. ``json``) or a
          string implying a path or :term:`asset specification`
          (e.g. ``templates/views.pt``) naming a :term:`renderer`
          implementation.  If the ``renderer`` value does not contain
          a dot ``.``, the specified string will be used to look up a
          renderer implementation, and that renderer implementation
          will be used to construct a response from the view return
          value.  If the ``renderer`` value contains a dot (``.``),
          the specified term will be treated as a path, and the
          filename extension of the last element in the path will be
          used to look up the renderer implementation, which will be
          passed the full path.  The renderer implementation will be
          used to construct a :term:`response` from the view return
          value.

          Note that if the view itself returns a :term:`response` (see
          :ref:`the_response`), the specified renderer implementation
          is never called.

          When the renderer is a path, although a path is usually just
          a simple relative pathname (e.g. ``templates/foo.pt``,
          implying that a template named "foo.pt" is in the
          "templates" directory relative to the directory of the
          current :term:`package` of the Configurator), a path can be
          absolute, starting with a slash on UNIX or a drive letter
          prefix on Windows.  The path can alternately be a
          :term:`asset specification` in the form
          ``some.dotted.package_name:relative/path``, making it
          possible to address template assets which live in a
          separate package.

          The ``renderer`` attribute is optional.  If it is not
          defined, the "null" renderer is assumed (no rendering is
          performed and the value is passed back to the upstream
          :app:`Pyramid` machinery unmodified).

        http_cache

          .. note:: This feature is new as of Pyramid 1.1.

          When you supply an ``http_cache`` value to a view configuration,
          the ``Expires`` and ``Cache-Control`` headers of a response
          generated by the associated view callable are modified.  The value
          for ``http_cache`` may be one of the following:

          - A nonzero integer.  If it's a nonzero integer, it's treated as a
            number of seconds.  This number of seconds will be used to
            compute the ``Expires`` header and the ``Cache-Control:
            max-age`` parameter of responses to requests which call this view.
            For example: ``http_cache=3600`` instructs the requesting browser
            to 'cache this response for an hour, please'.

          - A ``datetime.timedelta`` instance.  If it's a
            ``datetime.timedelta`` instance, it will be converted into a
            number of seconds, and that number of seconds will be used to
            compute the ``Expires`` header and the ``Cache-Control:
            max-age`` parameter of responses to requests which call this view.
            For example: ``http_cache=datetime.timedelta(days=1)`` instructs
            the requesting browser to 'cache this response for a day, please'.

          - Zero (``0``).  If the value is zero, the ``Cache-Control`` and
            ``Expires`` headers present in all responses from this view will
            be composed such that client browser cache (and any intermediate
            caches) are instructed to never cache the response.

          - A two-tuple.  If it's a two tuple (e.g. ``http_cache=(1,
            {'public':True})``), the first value in the tuple may be a
            nonzero integer or a ``datetime.timedelta`` instance; in either
            case this value will be used as the number of seconds to cache
            the response.  The second value in the tuple must be a
            dictionary.  The values present in the dictionary will be used as
            input to the ``Cache-Control`` response header.  For example:
            ``http_cache=(3600, {'public':True})`` means 'cache for an hour,
            and add ``public`` to the Cache-Control header of the response'.
            All keys and values supported by the
            ``webob.cachecontrol.CacheControl`` interface may be added to the
            dictionary.  Supplying ``{'public':True}`` is equivalent to
            calling ``response.cache_control.public = True``.

          Providing a non-tuple value as ``http_cache`` is equivalent to
          calling ``response.cache_expires(value)`` within your view's body.

          Providing a two-tuple value as ``http_cache`` is equivalent to
          calling ``response.cache_expires(value[0], **value[1])`` within your
          view's body.

          If you wish to avoid influencing, the ``Expires`` header, and
          instead wish to only influence ``Cache-Control`` headers, pass a
          tuple as ``http_cache`` with the first element of ``None``, e.g.:
          ``(None, {'public':True})``.

          If you wish to prevent a view that uses ``http_cache`` in its
          configuration from having its caching response headers changed by
          this machinery, set ``response.cache_control.prevent_auto = True``
          before returning the response from the view.  This effectively
          disables any HTTP caching done by ``http_cache`` for that response.

        wrapper

          The :term:`view name` of a different :term:`view
          configuration` which will receive the response body of this
          view as the ``request.wrapped_body`` attribute of its own
          :term:`request`, and the :term:`response` returned by this
          view as the ``request.wrapped_response`` attribute of its
          own request.  Using a wrapper makes it possible to "chain"
          views together to form a composite response.  The response
          of the outermost wrapper view will be returned to the user.
          The wrapper view will be found as any view is found: see
          :ref:`view_lookup`.  The "best" wrapper view will be found
          based on the lookup ordering: "under the hood" this wrapper
          view is looked up via
          ``pyramid.view.render_view_to_response(context, request,
          'wrapper_viewname')``. The context and request of a wrapper
          view is the same context and request of the inner view.  If
          this attribute is unspecified, no view wrapping is done.

        decorator

          A :term:`dotted Python name` to function (or the function itself)
          which will be used to decorate the registered :term:`view
          callable`.  The decorator function will be called with the view
          callable as a single argument.  The view callable it is passed will
          accept ``(context, request)``.  The decorator must return a
          replacement view callable which also accepts ``(context,
          request)``.

        mapper

          A Python object or :term:`dotted Python name` which refers to a
          :term:`view mapper`, or ``None``.  By default it is ``None``, which
          indicates that the view should use the default view mapper.  This
          plug-point is useful for Pyramid extension developers, but it's not
          very useful for 'civilians' who are just developing stock Pyramid
          applications. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

        Predicate Arguments

        name

          The :term:`view name`.  Read :ref:`traversal_chapter` to
          understand the concept of a view name.

        context

          An object or a :term:`dotted Python name` referring to an
          interface or class object that the :term:`context` must be
          an instance of, *or* the :term:`interface` that the
          :term:`context` must provide in order for this view to be
          found and called.  This predicate is true when the
          :term:`context` is an instance of the represented class or
          if the :term:`context` provides the represented interface;
          it is otherwise false.  This argument may also be provided
          to ``add_view`` as ``for_`` (an older, still-supported
          spelling).

        route_name

          This value must match the ``name`` of a :term:`route
          configuration` declaration (see :ref:`urldispatch_chapter`)
          that must match before this view will be called.

        request_type

          This value should be an :term:`interface` that the
          :term:`request` must provide in order for this view to be
          found and called.  This value exists only for backwards
          compatibility purposes.

        request_method

          This value can be one of the strings ``GET``, ``POST``, ``PUT``,
          ``DELETE``, or ``HEAD`` representing an HTTP ``REQUEST_METHOD``, or
          a tuple containing one or more of these strings.  A view
          declaration with this argument ensures that the view will only be
          called when the request's ``method`` attribute (aka the
          ``REQUEST_METHOD`` of the WSGI environment) string matches a
          supplied value.

          .. note:: The ability to pass a tuple of items as
                   ``request_method`` is new as of Pyramid 1.2.  Previous
                   versions allowed only a string.

        request_param

          This value can be any string.  A view declaration with this
          argument ensures that the view will only be called when the
          :term:`request` has a key in the ``request.params``
          dictionary (an HTTP ``GET`` or ``POST`` variable) that has a
          name which matches the supplied value.  If the value
          supplied has a ``=`` sign in it,
          e.g. ``request_param="foo=123"``, then the key (``foo``)
          must both exist in the ``request.params`` dictionary, *and*
          the value must match the right hand side of the expression
          (``123``) for the view to "match" the current request.

        match_param

          .. note:: This feature is new as of :app:`Pyramid` 1.2.

          This param may be either a single string of the format "key=value"
          or a dict of key/value pairs.

          A view declaration with this argument ensures that the view will
          only be called when the :term:`request` has key/value pairs in its
          :term:`matchdict` that equal those supplied in the predicate.
          e.g. ``match_param="action=edit" would require the ``action``
          parameter in the :term:`matchdict` match the right hande side of
          the expression (``edit``) for the view to "match" the current
          request.

          If the ``match_param`` is a dict, every key/value pair must match
          for the predicate to pass.

        containment

          This value should be a Python class or :term:`interface` (or a
          :term:`dotted Python name`) that an object in the
          :term:`lineage` of the context must provide in order for this view
          to be found and called.  The nodes in your object graph must be
          "location-aware" to use this feature.  See
          :ref:`location_aware` for more information about
          location-awareness.

        xhr

          This value should be either ``True`` or ``False``.  If this
          value is specified and is ``True``, the :term:`request`
          must possess an ``HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH`` (aka
          ``X-Requested-With``) header that has the value
          ``XMLHttpRequest`` for this view to be found and called.
          This is useful for detecting AJAX requests issued from
          jQuery, Prototype and other Javascript libraries.

        accept

          The value of this argument represents a match query for one
          or more mimetypes in the ``Accept`` HTTP request header.  If
          this value is specified, it must be in one of the following
          forms: a mimetype match token in the form ``text/plain``, a
          wildcard mimetype match token in the form ``text/*`` or a
          match-all wildcard mimetype match token in the form ``*/*``.
          If any of the forms matches the ``Accept`` header of the
          request, this predicate will be true.

        header

          This value represents an HTTP header name or a header
          name/value pair.  If the value contains a ``:`` (colon), it
          will be considered a name/value pair
          (e.g. ``User-Agent:Mozilla/.*`` or ``Host:localhost``).  The
          value portion should be a regular expression.  If the value
          does not contain a colon, the entire value will be
          considered to be the header name
          (e.g. ``If-Modified-Since``).  If the value evaluates to a
          header name only without a value, the header specified by
          the name must be present in the request for this predicate
          to be true.  If the value evaluates to a header name/value
          pair, the header specified by the name must be present in
          the request *and* the regular expression specified as the
          value must match the header value.  Whether or not the value
          represents a header name or a header name/value pair, the
          case of the header name is not significant.

        path_info

          This value represents a regular expression pattern that will
          be tested against the ``PATH_INFO`` WSGI environment
          variable.  If the regex matches, this predicate will be
          ``True``.

        custom_predicates

          This value should be a sequence of references to custom
          predicate callables.  Use custom predicates when no set of
          predefined predicates do what you need.  Custom predicates
          can be combined with predefined predicates as necessary.
          Each custom predicate callable should accept two arguments:
          ``context`` and ``request`` and should return either
          ``True`` or ``False`` after doing arbitrary evaluation of
          the context and/or the request.  If all callables return
          ``True``, the associated view callable will be considered
          viable for a given request.

        """
        view = self.maybe_dotted(view)
        context = self.maybe_dotted(context)
        for_ = self.maybe_dotted(for_)
        containment = self.maybe_dotted(containment)
        mapper = self.maybe_dotted(mapper)
        decorator = self.maybe_dotted(decorator)

        if not view:
            if renderer:
                def view(context, request):
                    return {}
            else:
                raise ConfigurationError('"view" was not specified and '
                                         'no "renderer" specified')

        if request_type is not None:
            request_type = self.maybe_dotted(request_type)
            if not IInterface.providedBy(request_type):
                raise ConfigurationError(
                    'request_type must be an interface, not %s' % request_type)

        if request_method is not None:
            request_method = as_sorted_tuple(request_method)

        order, predicates, phash = make_predicates(xhr=xhr,
            request_method=request_method, path_info=path_info,
            request_param=request_param, header=header, accept=accept,
            containment=containment, request_type=request_type,
            match_param=match_param, custom=custom_predicates)

        if context is None:
            context = for_

        r_context = context
        if r_context is None:
            r_context = Interface
        if not IInterface.providedBy(r_context):
            r_context = implementedBy(r_context)

        if isinstance(renderer, basestring):
            renderer = renderers.RendererHelper(
                name=renderer, package=self.package,
                registry = self.registry)

        def register(permission=permission, renderer=renderer):
            request_iface = IRequest
            if route_name is not None:
                request_iface = self.registry.queryUtility(IRouteRequest,
                                                           name=route_name)
                if request_iface is None:
                    # route configuration should have already happened in
                    # phase 2
                    raise ConfigurationError(
                        'No route named %s found for view registration' %
                        route_name)

            if renderer is None:
                # use default renderer if one exists (reg'd in phase 1)
                if self.registry.queryUtility(IRendererFactory) is not None:
                    renderer = renderers.RendererHelper(
                        name=None,
                        package=self.package,
                        registry=self.registry)

            if permission is None:
                # intent: will be None if no default permission is registered
                # (reg'd in phase 1)
                permission = self.registry.queryUtility(IDefaultPermission)

            # __no_permission_required__ handled by _secure_view
            deriver = ViewDeriver(registry=self.registry,
                                  permission=permission,
                                  predicates=predicates,
                                  attr=attr,
                                  renderer=renderer,
                                  wrapper_viewname=wrapper,
                                  viewname=name,
                                  accept=accept,
                                  order=order,
                                  phash=phash,
                                  package=self.package,
                                  mapper=mapper,
                                  decorator=decorator,
                                  http_cache=http_cache)
            derived_view = deriver(view)

            registered = self.registry.adapters.registered

            # A multiviews is a set of views which are registered for
            # exactly the same context type/request type/name triad.  Each
            # consituent view in a multiview differs only by the
            # predicates which it possesses.

            # To find a previously registered view for a context
            # type/request type/name triad, we need to use the
            # ``registered`` method of the adapter registry rather than
            # ``lookup``.  ``registered`` ignores interface inheritance
            # for the required and provided arguments, returning only a
            # view registered previously with the *exact* triad we pass
            # in.

            # We need to do this three times, because we use three
            # different interfaces as the ``provided`` interface while
            # doing registrations, and ``registered`` performs exact
            # matches on all the arguments it receives.

            old_view = None

            for view_type in (IView, ISecuredView, IMultiView):
                old_view = registered((IViewClassifier, request_iface,
                                       r_context), view_type, name)
                if old_view is not None:
                    break

            isexc = isexception(context)

            def regclosure():
                if hasattr(derived_view, '__call_permissive__'):
                    view_iface = ISecuredView
                else:
                    view_iface = IView
                self.registry.registerAdapter(
                    derived_view,
                    (IViewClassifier, request_iface, context), view_iface, name
                    )
                if isexc:
                    self.registry.registerAdapter(
                        derived_view,
                        (IExceptionViewClassifier, request_iface, context),
                        view_iface, name)

            is_multiview = IMultiView.providedBy(old_view)
            old_phash = getattr(old_view, '__phash__', DEFAULT_PHASH)

            if old_view is None:
                # - No component was yet registered for any of our I*View
                #   interfaces exactly; this is the first view for this
                #   triad.
                regclosure()

            elif (not is_multiview) and (old_phash == phash):
                # - A single view component was previously registered with
                #   the same predicate hash as this view; this registration
                #   is therefore an override.
                regclosure()

            else:
                # - A view or multiview was already registered for this
                #   triad, and the new view is not an override.

                # XXX we could try to be more efficient here and register
                # a non-secured view for a multiview if none of the
                # multiview's consituent views have a permission
                # associated with them, but this code is getting pretty
                # rough already
                if is_multiview:
                    multiview = old_view
                else:
                    multiview = MultiView(name)
                    old_accept = getattr(old_view, '__accept__', None)
                    old_order = getattr(old_view, '__order__', MAX_ORDER)
                    multiview.add(old_view, old_order, old_accept, old_phash)
                multiview.add(derived_view, order, accept, phash)
                for view_type in (IView, ISecuredView):
                    # unregister any existing views
                    self.registry.adapters.unregister(
                        (IViewClassifier, request_iface, r_context),
                        view_type, name=name)
                    if isexc:
                        self.registry.adapters.unregister(
                            (IExceptionViewClassifier, request_iface,
                             r_context), view_type, name=name)
                self.registry.registerAdapter(
                    multiview,
                    (IViewClassifier, request_iface, context),
                    IMultiView, name=name)
                if isexc:
                    self.registry.registerAdapter(
                        multiview,
                        (IExceptionViewClassifier, request_iface, context),
                        IMultiView, name=name)

        discriminator = [
            'view', context, name, request_type, IView, containment,
            request_param, request_method, route_name, attr,
            xhr, accept, header, path_info, match_param]
        discriminator.extend(sorted(custom_predicates))
        discriminator = tuple(discriminator)
        self.action(discriminator, register)

    def derive_view(self, view, attr=None, renderer=None):
        """
        Create a :term:`view callable` using the function, instance,
        or class (or :term:`dotted Python name` referring to the same)
        provided as ``view`` object.

        .. warning::

           This method is typically only used by :app:`Pyramid` framework
           extension authors, not by :app:`Pyramid` application developers.

        This is API is useful to framework extenders who create
        pluggable systems which need to register 'proxy' view
        callables for functions, instances, or classes which meet the
        requirements of being a :app:`Pyramid` view callable.  For
        example, a ``some_other_framework`` function in another
        framework may want to allow a user to supply a view callable,
        but he may want to wrap the view callable in his own before
        registering the wrapper as a :app:`Pyramid` view callable.
        Because a :app:`Pyramid` view callable can be any of a
        number of valid objects, the framework extender will not know
        how to call the user-supplied object.  Running it through
        ``derive_view`` normalizes it to a callable which accepts two
        arguments: ``context`` and ``request``.

        For example:

        .. code-block:: python

           def some_other_framework(user_supplied_view):
               config = Configurator(reg)
               proxy_view = config.derive_view(user_supplied_view)
               def my_wrapper(context, request):
                   do_something_that_mutates(request)
                   return proxy_view(context, request)
               config.add_view(my_wrapper)

        The ``view`` object provided should be one of the following:

        - A function or another non-class callable object that accepts
          a :term:`request` as a single positional argument and which
          returns a :term:`response` object.

        - A function or other non-class callable object that accepts
          two positional arguments, ``context, request`` and which
          returns a :term:`response` object.

        - A class which accepts a single positional argument in its
          constructor named ``request``, and which has a ``__call__``
          method that accepts no arguments that returns a
          :term:`response` object.

        - A class which accepts two positional arguments named
          ``context, request``, and which has a ``__call__`` method
          that accepts no arguments that returns a :term:`response`
          object.

        - A :term:`dotted Python name` which refers to any of the
          kinds of objects above.

        This API returns a callable which accepts the arguments
        ``context, request`` and which returns the result of calling
        the provided ``view`` object.

        The ``attr`` keyword argument is most useful when the view
        object is a class.  It names the method that should be used as
        the callable.  If ``attr`` is not provided, the attribute
        effectively defaults to ``__call__``.  See
        :ref:`class_as_view` for more information.

        The ``renderer`` keyword argument should be a renderer
        name. If supplied, it will cause the returned callable to use
        a :term:`renderer` to convert the user-supplied view result to
        a :term:`response` object.  If a ``renderer`` argument is not
        supplied, the user-supplied view must itself return a
        :term:`response` object.  """
        return self._derive_view(view, attr=attr, renderer=renderer)

    # b/w compat
    def _derive_view(self, view, permission=None, predicates=(),
                     attr=None, renderer=None, wrapper_viewname=None,
                     viewname=None, accept=None, order=MAX_ORDER,
                     phash=DEFAULT_PHASH, decorator=None,
                     mapper=None, http_cache=None):
        view = self.maybe_dotted(view)
        mapper = self.maybe_dotted(mapper)
        if isinstance(renderer, basestring):
            renderer = renderers.RendererHelper(
                name=renderer, package=self.package,
                registry = self.registry)
        if renderer is None:
            # use default renderer if one exists
            if self.registry.queryUtility(IRendererFactory) is not None:
                renderer = renderers.RendererHelper(
                    name=None,
                    package=self.package,
                    registry=self.registry)

        deriver = ViewDeriver(registry=self.registry,
                              permission=permission,
                              predicates=predicates,
                              attr=attr,
                              renderer=renderer,
                              wrapper_viewname=wrapper_viewname,
                              viewname=viewname,
                              accept=accept,
                              order=order,
                              phash=phash,
                              package=self.package,
                              mapper=mapper,
                              decorator=decorator,
                              http_cache=http_cache)

        return deriver(view)

    @action_method
    def set_forbidden_view(self, view=None, attr=None, renderer=None,
                           wrapper=None):
        """ Add a default forbidden view to the current configuration
        state.

        .. warning::

           This method has been deprecated in :app:`Pyramid` 1.0.  *Do not use
           it for new development; it should only be used to support older code
           bases which depend upon it.* See :ref:`changing_the_forbidden_view`
           to see how a forbidden view should be registered in new projects.

        The ``view`` argument should be a :term:`view callable` or a
        :term:`dotted Python name` which refers to a view callable.

        The ``attr`` argument should be the attribute of the view
        callable used to retrieve the response (see the ``add_view``
        method's ``attr`` argument for a description).

        The ``renderer`` argument should be the name of (or path to) a
        :term:`renderer` used to generate a response for this view
        (see the
        :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_view`
        method's ``renderer`` argument for information about how a
        configurator relates to a renderer).

        The ``wrapper`` argument should be the name of another view
        which will wrap this view when rendered (see the ``add_view``
        method's ``wrapper`` argument for a description)."""
        if isinstance(renderer, basestring):
            renderer = renderers.RendererHelper(
                name=renderer, package=self.package,
                registry = self.registry)
        view = self._derive_view(view, attr=attr, renderer=renderer)
        def bwcompat_view(context, request):
            context = getattr(request, 'context', None)
            return view(context, request)
        return self.add_view(bwcompat_view, context=HTTPForbidden,
                             wrapper=wrapper, renderer=renderer)

    @action_method
    def set_notfound_view(self, view=None, attr=None, renderer=None,
                          wrapper=None):
        """ Add a default not found view to the current configuration
        state.

        .. warning::

           This method has been deprecated in :app:`Pyramid` 1.0.  *Do not use
           it for new development; it should only be used to support older code
           bases which depend upon it.* See :ref:`changing_the_notfound_view` to
           see how a not found view should be registered in new projects.

        The ``view`` argument should be a :term:`view callable` or a
        :term:`dotted Python name` which refers to a view callable.

        The ``attr`` argument should be the attribute of the view
        callable used to retrieve the response (see the ``add_view``
        method's ``attr`` argument for a description).

        The ``renderer`` argument should be the name of (or path to) a
        :term:`renderer` used to generate a response for this view
        (see the
        :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_view`
        method's ``renderer`` argument for information about how a
        configurator relates to a renderer).

        The ``wrapper`` argument should be the name of another view
        which will wrap this view when rendered (see the ``add_view``
        method's ``wrapper`` argument for a description).
        """
        if isinstance(renderer, basestring):
            renderer = renderers.RendererHelper(
                name=renderer, package=self.package,
                registry=self.registry)
        view = self._derive_view(view, attr=attr, renderer=renderer)
        def bwcompat_view(context, request):
            context = getattr(request, 'context', None)
            return view(context, request)
        return self.add_view(bwcompat_view, context=HTTPNotFound,
                             wrapper=wrapper, renderer=renderer)

    @action_method
    def set_view_mapper(self, mapper):
        """
        Setting a :term:`view mapper` makes it possible to make use of
        :term:`view callable` objects which implement different call
        signatures than the ones supported by :app:`Pyramid` as described in
        its narrative documentation.

        The ``mapper`` should argument be an object implementing
        :class:`pyramid.interfaces.IViewMapperFactory` or a :term:`dotted
        Python name` to such an object.  The provided ``mapper`` will become
        the default view mapper to be used by all subsequent :term:`view
        configuration` registrations.

        See also :ref:`using_a_view_mapper`.

        .. note::

           Using the ``default_view_mapper`` argument to the
           :class:`pyramid.config.Configurator` constructor
           can be used to achieve the same purpose.
        """
        mapper = self.maybe_dotted(mapper)
        def register():
            self.registry.registerUtility(mapper, IViewMapperFactory)
        # IViewMapperFactory is looked up as the result of view config
        # in phase 3
        self.action(IViewMapperFactory, register, order=PHASE1_CONFIG)

    @action_method
    def add_static_view(self, name, path, **kw):
        """ Add a view used to render static assets such as images
        and CSS files.

        The ``name`` argument is a string representing an
        application-relative local URL prefix.  It may alternately be a full
        URL.

        The ``path`` argument is the path on disk where the static files
        reside.  This can be an absolute path, a package-relative path, or a
        :term:`asset specification`.

        The ``cache_max_age`` keyword argument is input to set the
        ``Expires`` and ``Cache-Control`` headers for static assets served.
        Note that this argument has no effect when the ``name`` is a *url
        prefix*.  By default, this argument is ``None``, meaning that no
        particular Expires or Cache-Control headers are set in the response.

        The ``permission`` keyword argument is used to specify the
        :term:`permission` required by a user to execute the static view.  By
        default, it is the string
        :data:`pyramid.security.NO_PERMISSION_REQUIRED`, a special sentinel
        which indicates that, even if a :term:`default permission` exists for
        the current application, the static view should be renderered to
        completely anonymous users.  This default value is permissive
        because, in most web apps, static assets seldom need protection from
        viewing.  If ``permission`` is specified, the security checking will
        be performed against the default root factory ACL.

        Any other keyword arguments sent to ``add_static_view`` are passed on
        to :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route` (e.g. ``factory``,
        perhaps to define a custom factory with a custom ACL for this static
        view).

        *Usage*

        The ``add_static_view`` function is typically used in conjunction
        with the :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url` method.
        ``add_static_view`` adds a view which renders a static asset when
        some URL is visited; :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url`
        generates a URL to that asset.

        The ``name`` argument to ``add_static_view`` is usually a :term:`view
        name`.  When this is the case, the
        :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url` API will generate a URL
        which points to a Pyramid view, which will serve up a set of assets
        that live in the package itself. For example:

        .. code-block:: python

           add_static_view('images', 'mypackage:images/')

        Code that registers such a view can generate URLs to the view via
        :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url`:

        .. code-block:: python

           request.static_url('mypackage:images/logo.png')

        When ``add_static_view`` is called with a ``name`` argument that
        represents a URL prefix, as it is above, subsequent calls to
        :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url` with paths that start with
        the ``path`` argument passed to ``add_static_view`` will generate a
        URL something like ``http://<Pyramid app URL>/images/logo.png``,
        which will cause the ``logo.png`` file in the ``images`` subdirectory
        of the ``mypackage`` package to be served.

        ``add_static_view`` can alternately be used with a ``name`` argument
        which is a *URL*, causing static assets to be served from an external
        webserver.  This happens when the ``name`` argument is a fully
        qualified URL (e.g. starts with ``http://`` or similar).  In this
        mode, the ``name`` is used as the prefix of the full URL when
        generating a URL using :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url`.
        For example, if ``add_static_view`` is called like so:

        .. code-block:: python

           add_static_view('http://example.com/images', 'mypackage:images/')

        Subsequently, the URLs generated by
        :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url` for that static view will
        be prefixed with ``http://example.com/images``:

        .. code-block:: python

           static_url('mypackage:images/logo.png', request)

        When ``add_static_view`` is called with a ``name`` argument that is
        the URL ``http://example.com/images``, subsequent calls to
        :meth:`pyramid.request.Request.static_url` with paths that start with
        the ``path`` argument passed to ``add_static_view`` will generate a
        URL something like ``http://example.com/logo.png``.  The external
        webserver listening on ``example.com`` must be itself configured to
        respond properly to such a request.

        See :ref:`static_assets_section` for more information.
        """
        spec = self._make_spec(path)
        info = self.registry.queryUtility(IStaticURLInfo)
        if info is None:
            info = StaticURLInfo()
            self.registry.registerUtility(info, IStaticURLInfo)

        info.add(self, name, spec, **kw)

def isexception(o):
    if IInterface.providedBy(o):
        if IException.isEqualOrExtendedBy(o):
            return True
    return (
        isinstance(o, Exception) or
        (inspect.isclass(o) and (issubclass(o, Exception)))
        )


class StaticURLInfo(object):
    implements(IStaticURLInfo)

    def _get_registrations(self, registry):
        try:
            reg = registry._static_url_registrations
        except AttributeError:
            reg = registry._static_url_registrations = []
        return reg

    def generate(self, path, request, **kw):
        try:
            registry = request.registry
        except AttributeError: # bw compat (for tests)
            registry = get_current_registry()
        for (url, spec, route_name) in self._get_registrations(registry):
            if path.startswith(spec):
                subpath = urllib.quote(path[len(spec):])
                if url is None:
                    kw['subpath'] = subpath
                    return request.route_url(route_name, **kw)
                else:
                    return urljoin(url, subpath)

        raise ValueError('No static URL definition matching %s' % path)

    def add(self, config, name, spec, **extra):
        # This feature only allows for the serving of a directory and
        # the files contained within, not of a single asset;
        # appending a slash here if the spec doesn't have one is
        # required for proper prefix matching done in ``generate``
        # (``subpath = path[len(spec):]``).
        if not spec.endswith('/'):
            spec = spec + '/'

        # we also make sure the name ends with a slash, purely as a
        # convenience: a name that is a url is required to end in a
        # slash, so that ``urljoin(name, subpath))`` will work above
        # when the name is a URL, and it doesn't hurt things for it to
        # have a name that ends in a slash if it's used as a route
        # name instead of a URL.
        if not name.endswith('/'):
            # make sure it ends with a slash
            name = name + '/'

        if urlparse(name)[0]:
            # it's a URL
            # url, spec, route_name
            url = name
            route_name = None
        else:
            # it's a view name
            url = None
            cache_max_age = extra.pop('cache_max_age', None)
            # create a view
            view = static_view(spec, cache_max_age=cache_max_age,
                               use_subpath=True)

            # Mutate extra to allow factory, etc to be passed through here.
            # Treat permission specially because we'd like to default to
            # permissiveness (see docs of config.add_static_view).  We need
            # to deal with both ``view_permission`` and ``permission``
            # because ``permission`` is used in the docs for add_static_view,
            # but ``add_route`` prefers ``view_permission``
            permission = extra.pop('view_permission', None)
            if permission is None:
                permission = extra.pop('permission', None)
            if permission is None:
                permission = NO_PERMISSION_REQUIRED

            context = extra.pop('view_context', None)
            if context is None:
                context = extra.pop('view_for', None)
            if context is None:
                context = extra.pop('for_', None)

            renderer = extra.pop('view_renderer', None)
            if renderer is None:
                renderer = extra.pop('renderer', None)

            attr = extra.pop('view_attr', None)

            # register a route using the computed view, permission, and
            # pattern, plus any extras passed to us via add_static_view
            pattern = "%s*subpath" % name # name already ends with slash
            if config.route_prefix:
                route_name = '__%s/%s' % (config.route_prefix, name)
            else:
                route_name = '__%s' % name
            config.add_route(route_name, pattern, **extra)
            config.add_view(
                route_name=route_name,
                view=view,
                permission=permission,
                context=context,
                renderer=renderer,
                attr=attr
                )

        def register():
            registrations = self._get_registrations(config.registry)

            names = [ t[0] for t in  registrations ]

            if name in names:
                idx = names.index(name)
                registrations.pop(idx)

            # url, spec, route_name
            registrations.append((url, spec, route_name))

        config.action(None, callable=register)