Question on Django ORM

[devdiscuss]

Hi, does the ORM in Django support nested objects? For instance,
assuming I have a User model which should have multiple mailing
addresses, can I encapsulate the address information (street, city,
state, etc.) into an object vs. individual fields like
address1_street, address1_city? In looking through the documentation,
nothing jumped out at me. Apologies if I have overlooked something
obvious here.

Thanks!

[Condredge]

Yep, you can use a Related Model. So you might do it this way:

class Address(models.Model):
line1 = models.Charfield(maxlength=100)
line2 = models.Charfield(maxlength=100, blank=True, null=True)
city = models.Charfield(maxlength=100)
state = models.Charfield(maxlength=2)
country = models.Charfield(maxlength=100)
zip = models.Charfield(maxlength=20)

class UseProfile(models.Model):
shipping_address = models.OneToOneField(Address)
billing_address = models.OneToOneField(Address)

Check out: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/one_to_one/
for more info on using OneToOne fields.

[James Bennett]

If you want it to be encapsulated in a class, define the class
separately and relate it back to the class it pertains to, say, with a
unique foreign key.

If you just want to control getting/setting, use a property:

http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/properties/

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