+
+
+class AppSettings(object):
+ """Allows specyfying custom settings for an app, with default values.
+
+ Just subclass, set some properties and instantiate with a prefix.
+ Getting a SETTING from an instance will check for prefix_SETTING
+ in project settings if set, else take the default. The value will be
+ then filtered through _more_SETTING method, if there is one.
+
+ """
+ def __init__(self, prefix):
+ self._prefix = prefix
+
+ def __getattribute__(self, name):
+ if name.startswith('_'):
+ return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
+ value = getattr(settings,
+ "%s_%s" % (self._prefix, name),
+ object.__getattribute__(self, name))
+ more = "_more_%s" % name
+ if hasattr(self, more):
+ value = getattr(self, more)(value)
+ return value