cleaned up examples/controller/global.py

applications/examples/controllers/global.py

@@ -4,72 +4,48 @@ response.menu = [['home', False, '/%s/default/index'
                   % request.application], ['docs', True,
                  '/%s/global/vars' % request.application]]
 
-
+def get(args):
+    try:
+        obj = globals(),get(args[0])
+        for k in range(1,len(args)):        
+            obj = getattr(obj,args[k])
+        return obj
+    except:
+        return None
+            
 def vars():
     """the running controller function!"""
-
+    title = '.'.join(request.args)
+    attributes = {}
     if not request.args:
-        (
-            doc,
-            keys,
-            t,
-            c,
-            d,
-            value,
-        ) = (
-            'Global variables',
-            globals(),
-            None,
-            None,
-            (),
-            None,
-        )
-        (title, args) = ('globals()', '')
+        (doc,keys,t,c,d,value)=('Global variables',globals(),None,None,[],None)
     elif len(request.args) < 3:
-        args = '.'.join(request.args)
-        try:
-            doc = eval(args + '.__doc__')
-        except:
-            doc = 'no documentation'
-        try:
-            keys = eval('dir(%s)' % args)
-        except:
+        obj = get(request.args)
+        if obj:
+            doc = getattr(obj,'__doc__','no documentation')
+            keys = dir(obj)
+            t = type(obj)
+            c = getattr(obj,'__class__',None)
+            d = getattr(obj,'__bases__',None)
+
+            for key in keys:
+                a = getattr(obj,key,None)        
+                if a and not isinstance(a,DAL):
+                    doc1 = getattr(a, '__doc__', '')
+                    t1 = type(a)
+                    c1 = getattr(a,'__class__',None)
+                    d1 = getattr(a,'__bases__',None)
+                    key = '.'.join(request.args)+'.'+key
+                    attributes[key] = (doc1, t1, c1, d1)
+        else:
+            doc = 'Unkown'
             keys = []
-        t = eval('type(%s)' % args)
-        try:
-            c = eval('%s.__class__' % args)
-        except:
-            c = None
-        try:
-            d = eval('%s.__bases__' % args)
-        except:
-            d = None
-        title = args
-        args += '.'
+            t = c = d = None            
     else:
         raise HTTP(400)
-    attributes = {}
-    for key in keys:
-        a = args + key
-        if eval('isinstance(%s,SQLDB)' % a) or a == 'vars':
-            continue
-        try:
-            doc1 = eval(a + '.__doc__')
-        except:
-            doc1 = 'no documentation'
-        t1 = eval('type(%s)' % a)
-        try:
-            c1 = eval('%s.__class__' % a)
-        except:
-            c1 = None
-        try:
-            d1 = eval('%s.__bases__' % a)
-        except:
-            d1 = ()
-        attributes[a] = (doc1, t1, c1, d1)
     return dict(
         title=title,
-        args=args,
+        args=request.args,
         t=t,
         c=c,
         d=d,