@db.table.add_method.name, thanks Vinicius

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.6-stable+timestamp.2013.05.03.21.47.09
+Version 2.4.6-stable+timestamp.2013.05.03.22.14.19

gluon/dal.py

@@ -8091,6 +8091,22 @@ def Reference_pickler(data):
 
 copyreg.pickle(Reference, Reference_pickler, Reference_unpickler)
 
+class MethodAdder(object):
+    def __init__(self,table):
+        self.table = table
+    def __call__(self):
+        return self.register()
+    def __getattr__(self,method_name):
+        return self.register(method_name)
+    def register(self,method_name=None):
+        def _decorated(f):
+            instance = self.table
+            import types
+            method = types.MethodType(f, instance, instance.__class__)
+            name = method_name or f.func_name
+            setattr(instance, name, method)
+            return f
+        return _decorated
 
 class Table(object):
 
@@ -8145,6 +8161,8 @@ class Table(object):
         self._after_update = []
         self._after_delete = []
 
+        self.add_method = MethodAdder(self)
+
         fieldnames,newfields=set(),[]
         if hasattr(self,'_primarykey'):
             if not isinstance(self._primarykey,list):

gluon/tests/test_dal.py

@@ -275,6 +275,20 @@ class TestSelect(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(db(~(db.tt.aa > '1') & (db.tt.aa > '2')).count(), 0)
         db.tt.drop()
 
+class TestAddMethod(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def testRun(self):
+        db = DAL(DEFAULT_URI, check_reserved=['all'])
+        db.define_table('tt', Field('aa'))
+        @db.tt.add_method.all
+        def select_all(table,orderby=None):
+            return table._db(table).select(orderby=orderby)
+        self.assertEqual(db.tt.insert(aa='1'), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(db.tt.insert(aa='2'), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(db.tt.insert(aa='3'), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(db.tt.all()), 3)
+        db.tt.drop()
+
 
 class TestBelongs(unittest.TestCase):