cleaner use of getattribute

rest_framework/fields.py

@@ -1293,6 +1293,24 @@ class RecursiveField(Field):
         next = RecursiveField(allow_null=True)
     """
 
+    # Implementation notes
+    # 
+    # Only use __getattribute__ to forward the bound methods. Stop short of
+    # forwarding all attributes for the following reasons:
+    # - if you forward the __class__ attribute then deepcopy will give you back
+    #   the wrong class 
+    # - if you forward the fields attribute then __repr__ will enter into an
+    #   infinite recursion 
+    # - who knows what other infinite recursions are possible
+    # 
+    # We only forward bound methods, but there are some attributes that must be
+    # accessible on both the RecursiveField and the proxied serializer, namely:
+    # field_name, read_only, default, source_attrs, write_attrs, source. As far
+    # as I can tell, the cleanest way to make these fields availabe without
+    # piecemeal forwarding them through __getattribute__ is to call bind and
+    # __init__ on both the RecursiveField and the proxied field using the exact
+    # same arguments.
+
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         field_kwargs = dict(
             (key, kwargs[key])
@@ -1302,6 +1320,8 @@ class RecursiveField(Field):
         super(RecursiveField, self).__init__(**field_kwargs)
 
     def bind(self, field_name, parent):
+        super(RecursiveField, self).bind(field_name, parent)
+
         if hasattr(parent, 'child') and parent.child is self:
             proxy_class = parent.parent.__class__
         else:
@@ -1314,19 +1334,15 @@ class RecursiveField(Field):
     def __getattribute__(self, name):
         d = object.__getattribute__(self, '__dict__')
 
-        # do not alias the fields parameter to prevent __repr__ from
-        # infinite recursion
-        if 'proxy' in d and name != 'fields' and name != 'proxy' and \
-                not (name.startswith('__') and name.endswith('__')):
-            return getattr(d['proxy'], name)
-        else:
-            return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
-
-    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
-        if 'proxy' in self.__dict__ and name is not 'proxy':
-            setattr(self.__dict__['proxy'], name, value)
-        else:
-            self.__dict__[name] = value
+        if 'proxy' in d:
+            try:
+                attr = getattr(d['proxy'], name)
+                
+                if hasattr(attr, '__self__'):
+                    return attr
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+        return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
 
 
 class SerializerMethodField(Field):

tests/test_fields.py

@@ -293,72 +293,6 @@ class TestCreateOnlyDefault:
         }
 
 
-# Tests for RecursiveField.
-# -------------------------
-
-class TestRecursiveField:
-    def setup(self):
-        class LinkSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
-            name = serializers.CharField()
-            next = serializers.RecursiveField(required=False, allow_null=True)
-        self.link_serializer = LinkSerializer
-
-        class NodeSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
-            name = serializers.CharField()
-            children = serializers.ListField(child=serializers.RecursiveField())
-        self.node_serializer = NodeSerializer
-
-    def test_link_serializer(self):
-        value = {
-            'name': 'first',
-            'next': {
-                'name': 'second',
-                'next': {
-                    'name': 'third',
-                    'next': None,
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        # test serialization
-        serializer = self.link_serializer(value)
-
-        assert serializer.data == value, \
-            'serialized data does not match input'
-
-        # test deserialization
-        serializer = self.link_serializer(data=value)
-
-        assert serializer.is_valid(), \
-            'cannot validate on deserialization: %s' % dict(serializer.errors)
-        assert serializer.validated_data == value, \
-            'deserialized data does not match input'
-
-    def test_node_serializer(self):
-        value = {
-            'name': 'root',
-            'children': [{
-                'name': 'first child',
-                'children': [],
-            }, {
-                'name': 'second child',
-                'children': [],
-            }]
-        }
-
-        # serialization
-        serializer = self.node_serializer(value)
-        assert serializer.data == value, \
-            'serialized data does not match input'
-
-        # deserialization
-        serializer = self.node_serializer(data=value)
-        assert serializer.is_valid(), \
-            'cannot validate on deserialization: %s' % dict(serializer.errors)
-        assert serializer.validated_data == value, \
-            'deserialized data does not match input'
-
-
 # Tests for field input and output values.
 # ----------------------------------------
 

tests/test_recursive.py

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+
+class LinkSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    name = serializers.CharField()
+    next = serializers.RecursiveField(required=False, allow_null=True)
+
+
+class NodeSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    name = serializers.CharField()
+    children = serializers.ListField(child=serializers.RecursiveField())
+
+
+class TestRecursiveField:
+    @staticmethod
+    def serialize(serializer_class, value):
+        serializer = serializer_class(value)
+
+        assert serializer.data == value, \
+            'serialized data does not match input'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def deserialize(serializer_class, data):
+        serializer = serializer_class(data=data)
+
+        assert serializer.is_valid(), \
+            'cannot validate on deserialization: %s' % dict(serializer.errors)
+        assert serializer.validated_data == data, \
+            'deserialized data does not match input'
+        
+    def test_link_serializer(self):
+        value = {
+            'name': 'first',
+            'next': {
+                'name': 'second',
+                'next': {
+                    'name': 'third',
+                    'next': None,
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.serialize(LinkSerializer, value)
+        self.deserialize(LinkSerializer, value)
+
+    def test_node_serializer(self):
+        value = {
+            'name': 'root',
+            'children': [{
+                'name': 'first child',
+                'children': [],
+            }, {
+                'name': 'second child',
+                'children': [],
+            }]
+        }
+
+        self.serialize(NodeSerializer, value)
+        self.deserialize(NodeSerializer, value)