updates test model definition due to RelationField changes

rest_framework/relations.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class RelatedField(WritableField):
         if value in self.null_values:
             if self.required:
                 raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
-            into[(self.source or field_name)] = None
+            into[(self.source or field_name)] = [] if self.many else None
         elif self.many:
             into[(self.source or field_name)] = [self.from_native(item) for item in value]
         else:

rest_framework/serializers.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import types
 from decimal import Decimal
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.generic import GenericForeignKey
 from django.core.paginator import Page
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db import models
 from django.forms import widgets
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
@@ -912,9 +913,19 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
 
         for field_name, field in self.fields.items():
             field_name = field.source or field_name
+
+            # PY3 compat problem with ManyToManyField & OneToOneField
+            # hasattr in PY2 catches all exceptions, but in PY3 it only looks
+            # for AttributeError
+            # @see: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/22839
+            try:
+                field_exists = hasattr(instance, field_name)
+            except (AttributeError, ValueError, ObjectDoesNotExist):
+                field_exists = False
+
             if field_name in exclusions \
                 and not field.read_only \
-                and (field.required or hasattr(instance, field_name)) \
+                and (field.required or field_exists) \
                 and not isinstance(field, Serializer):
                 exclusions.remove(field_name)
         return exclusions