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<h2 class="class">Class RowObject</h2>

<dl><dt><b>Known Subclasses:</b></dt>
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    <a href="twisted.enterprise.dbcred.IdentityRow.html"><code>IdentityRow</code></a>,
    <a href="twisted.enterprise.dbcred.PerspectiveRow.html"><code>PerspectiveRow</code></a></dd></dl>

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<pre class="literalblock">
I represent a row in a table in a relational database.

My class is &quot;populated&quot; by a Reflector object. After I am
populated, instances of me are able to interact with a particular
database table.

You should use a class derived from this class for each database
table.

reflector.loadObjectsFrom() is used to create sets of
instance of objects of this class from database tables.

Once created, the &quot;key column&quot; attributes cannot be changed.


Class Attributes that users must supply:

   rowKeyColumns     # list of key columns in form: [(columnName, typeName)]
   rowTableName      # name of database table
   rowColumns        # list of the columns in the table with the correct
                     # case.this will be used to create member variables.
   rowFactoryMethod  # method to create an instance of this class.
                     # HACK: must be in a list!!! [factoryMethod] (optional)
   rowForeignKeys    # keys to other tables (optional)
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.enterprise.row.RowObject.html#__setattr__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__setattr__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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Special setattr to prevent changing of key values.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.enterprise.row.RowObject.html#assignKeyAttr" class="summary-sig-name"><code>assignKeyAttr</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>attrName</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>value</span>)</span></code>
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Assign to a key attribute.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.enterprise.row.RowObject.html#createDefaultAttributes" class="summary-sig-name"><code>createDefaultAttributes</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Populate instance with default attributes.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.enterprise.row.RowObject.html#findAttribute" class="summary-sig-name"><code>findAttribute</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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Find an attribute by caseless name.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><a name="getKeyTuple"></a><span class="summary-sig"><span class="summary-sig-name">getKeyTuple</span>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.enterprise.row.RowObject.html#setDirty" class="summary-sig-name"><code>setDirty</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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Use this to set the 'dirty' flag.</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>int</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="twisted.enterprise.row.RowObject.html#dirty"><code>dirty</code></a></b> = <span title="0">0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>int</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="twisted.enterprise.row.RowObject.html#populated"><code>populated</code></a></b> = <span title="0">0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></td></tr>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__setattr__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
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          <span class=sig-arg>value</span>)</span>
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  Special setattr to prevent changing of key values.
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">assignKeyAttr</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
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  <p>Assign to a key attribute.</p>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">createDefaultAttributes</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
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  <p>Populate instance with default attributes.</p>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">findAttribute</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
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  Find an attribute by caseless name.
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">setDirty</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>flag</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <p>Use this to set the 'dirty' flag.</p>
  (note: this avoids infinite recursion in __setattr__, and prevents 
  the 'dirty' flag )
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<h3>dirty</h3>
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      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
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          <code>int</code>

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0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</pre>
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<h3>populated</h3>
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      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
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          <code>int</code>

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0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</pre>
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