make get_reference public

docs/api-guide/schemas.md

@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ Computes the component's name from the serializer.
 
 You may see warnings if your API has duplicate component names. If so you can override `get_component_name()` or pass the `component_name` `__init__()` kwarg (see below) to provide different names.
 
+#### `get_reference()`
+
+Returns a reference to the serializer component. This may be useful if you override `get_schema()`.
+
+
 #### `map_serializer()`
 
 Maps serializers to their OpenAPI representations.

rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py

@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ class AutoSchema(ViewInspector):
                           .format(view.__class__.__name__, method, path))
             return None
 
-    def _get_reference(self, serializer):
+    def get_reference(self, serializer):
         return {'$ref': '#/components/schemas/{}'.format(self.get_component_name(serializer))}
 
     def get_request_body(self, path, method):
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ class AutoSchema(ViewInspector):
         if not isinstance(serializer, serializers.Serializer):
             item_schema = {}
         else:
-            item_schema = self._get_reference(serializer)
+            item_schema = self.get_reference(serializer)
 
         return {
             'content': {
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ class AutoSchema(ViewInspector):
         if not isinstance(serializer, serializers.Serializer):
             item_schema = {}
         else:
-            item_schema = self._get_reference(serializer)
+            item_schema = self.get_reference(serializer)
 
         if is_list_view(path, method, self.view):
             response_schema = {
@@ -787,3 +787,11 @@ class AutoSchema(ViewInspector):
             RemovedInDRF314Warning, stacklevel=2
         )
         return self.allows_filters(path, method)
+
+    def _get_reference(self, serializer):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Method `_get_reference()` has been renamed to `get_reference()`. "
+            "The old name will be removed in DRF v3.14.",
+            RemovedInDRF314Warning, stacklevel=2
+        )
+        return self.get_reference(serializer)