Cleaned up the controller plugin and started removing some cruft.
Cleaned up the controller plugin and started removing some cruft.

Make sure the new plugin implemented IConfigurable in case it was used in
isolation (we need to make sure the template folder was in config)

file:a/README.rst -> file:b/README.rst
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 * A custom Pylons controller for overriding some core CKAN behaviour
 
 * A custom Package edit form
+
+* A plugin that allows for custom forms to be used for datasets based on 
+  their "type".
 
 * A custom User registration and edition form
 

--- a/ckanext/example/controller_plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/example/controller_plugin.py
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-import logging
-from ckan.lib.base import BaseController, render, c, model, abort, request
-from ckan.lib.base import redirect, _, config, h
+import os, logging
+from ckan.authz import Authorizer
 import ckan.logic.action.create as create
 import ckan.logic.action.update as update
 import ckan.logic.action.get as get
 from ckan.logic.converters import date_to_db, date_to_form, convert_to_extras, convert_from_extras
-from ckan.lib.navl.dictization_functions import DataError, flatten_dict, unflatten
 from ckan.logic import NotFound, NotAuthorized, ValidationError
 from ckan.logic import tuplize_dict, clean_dict, parse_params
+import ckan.logic.schema as default_schema
 from ckan.logic.schema import package_form_schema
-from ckan.plugins import IDatasetForm
-from ckan.plugins import implements, SingletonPlugin
+import ckan.logic.validators as val
+from ckan.lib.base import BaseController, render, c, model, abort, request
+from ckan.lib.base import redirect, _, config, h
 from ckan.lib.package_saver import PackageSaver
 from ckan.lib.field_types import DateType, DateConvertError
-from ckan.authz import Authorizer
 from ckan.lib.navl.dictization_functions import Invalid
-from ckanext.dgu.forms.package_gov_fields import GeoCoverageType
 from ckan.lib.navl.dictization_functions import validate, missing
-import ckan.logic.validators as val
-import ckan.logic.schema as default_schema
+from ckan.lib.navl.dictization_functions import DataError, flatten_dict, unflatten
+from ckan.plugins import IDatasetForm, IConfigurer
+from ckan.plugins import implements, SingletonPlugin
+
 from ckan.lib.navl.validators import (ignore_missing,
                                       not_empty,
                                       empty,
@@ -28,38 +28,42 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-geographic_granularity = [('', ''),
-                          ('national', 'national'),
-                          ('regional', 'regional'),
-                          ('local authority', 'local authority'),
-                          ('ward', 'ward'),
-                          ('point', 'point'),
-                          ('other', 'other - please specify')]
-
-update_frequency = [('', ''),
-                    ('never', 'never'),
-                    ('discontinued', 'discontinued'),
-                    ('annual', 'annual'),
-                    ('quarterly', 'quarterly'),
-                    ('monthly', 'monthly'),
-                    ('other', 'other - please specify')]
-
-temporal_granularity = [("",""),
-                       ("year","year"),
-                       ("quarter","quarter"),
-                       ("month","month"),
-                       ("week","week"),
-                       ("day","day"),
-                       ("hour","hour"),
-                       ("point","point"),
-                       ("other","other - please specify")]
 
 
-class ExamplePackageController(SingletonPlugin):
+class ExampleDatasetForm(SingletonPlugin):
+    """This plugin demonstrates how a theme packaged as a CKAN
+    extension might extend CKAN behaviour.
 
+    In this case, we implement three extension interfaces:
+
+      - ``IConfigurer`` allows us to override configuration normally
+        found in the ``ini``-file.  Here we use it to specify where the
+        form templates can be found.
+      - ``IDatasetForm`` allows us to provide a custom form for a dataset
+        based on the type_name that may be set for a package.  Where the 
+        type_name matches one of the values in package_types then this 
+        class will be used. 
+    """
     implements(IDatasetForm, inherit=True)
+    implements(IConfigurer, inherit=True)    
+    
+    def update_config(self, config):
+        """
+        This IConfigurer implementation causes CKAN to look in the
+        ```templates``` directory when looking for the package_form()
+        """
+        here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+        rootdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(here))
+        template_dir = os.path.join(rootdir, 'ckanext',
+                                    'example', 'theme', 'templates')
+        config['extra_template_paths'] = ','.join([template_dir,
+                config.get('extra_template_paths', '')])
 
     def package_form(self):
+        """
+        Returns a string representing the location of the template to be
+        rendered.  e.g. "package/new_package_form.html".
+        """        
         return 'controller/package_plugin.html'
 
     def is_fallback(self):
@@ -85,14 +89,13 @@
         """
         return ["example"]
 
-    def _setup_template_variables(self, context, data_dict=None):
+    def setup_template_variables(self, context, data_dict=None):
+        """
+        Adds variables to c just prior to the template being rendered that can
+        then be used within the form
+        """        
         c.licences = [('', '')] + model.Package.get_license_options()
-        c.geographic_granularity = geographic_granularity
-        c.update_frequency = update_frequency
-        c.temporal_granularity = temporal_granularity 
-
-        c.publishers = self.get_publishers()
-
+        c.publishers = [('Example publisher', 'Example publisher 2')]
         c.is_sysadmin = Authorizer().is_sysadmin(c.user)
         c.resource_columns = model.Resource.get_columns()
 
@@ -102,8 +105,11 @@
             c.auth_for_change_state = Authorizer().am_authorized(
                 c, model.Action.CHANGE_STATE, pkg)
 
-    def _form_to_db_schema(self):
-
+    def form_to_db_schema(self):
+        """
+        Returns the schema for mapping package data from a form to a format
+        suitable for the database.
+        """
         schema = {
             'title': [not_empty, unicode],
             'name': [not_empty, unicode, val.name_validator, val.package_name_validator],
@@ -112,16 +118,6 @@
             'date_released': [date_to_db, convert_to_extras],
             'date_updated': [date_to_db, convert_to_extras],
             'date_update_future': [date_to_db, convert_to_extras],
-            'update_frequency': [use_other, unicode, convert_to_extras],
-            'update_frequency-other': [],
-            'precision': [unicode, convert_to_extras],
-            'geographic_granularity': [use_other, unicode, convert_to_extras],
-            'geographic_granularity-other': [],
-            'geographic_coverage': [ignore_missing, convert_geographic_to_db, convert_to_extras],
-            'temporal_granularity': [use_other, unicode, convert_to_extras],
-            'temporal_granularity-other': [],
-            'temporal_coverage-from': [date_to_db, convert_to_extras],
-            'temporal_coverage-to': [date_to_db, convert_to_extras],
             'url': [unicode],
             'taxonomy_url': [unicode, convert_to_extras],
 
@@ -144,18 +140,16 @@
         }
         return schema
     
-    def _db_to_form_schema(data):
+    def db_to_form_schema(data):
+        """
+        Returns the schema for mapping package data from the database into a
+        format suitable for the form (optional)
+        """
         schema = {
             'date_released': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, date_to_form],
             'date_updated': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, date_to_form],
             'date_update_future': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, date_to_form],
-            'update_frequency': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, extract_other(update_frequency)],
             'precision': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing],
-            'geographic_granularity': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, extract_other(geographic_granularity)],
-            'geographic_coverage': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, convert_geographic_to_form],
-            'temporal_granularity': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, extract_other(temporal_granularity)],
-            'temporal_coverage-from': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, date_to_form],
-            'temporal_coverage-to': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing, date_to_form],
             'taxonomy_url': [convert_from_extras, ignore_missing],
 
             'resources': default_schema.default_resource_schema(),
@@ -177,47 +171,10 @@
         }
         return schema
 
-    def _check_data_dict(self, data_dict):
+    def check_data_dict(self, data_dict):
+        """
+        Check if the return data is correct and raises a DataError if not.
+        """
         return
 
-    def get_publishers(self):
-        return [('pub1', 'pub2')]
 
-
-def use_other(key, data, errors, context):
-
-    other_key = key[-1] + '-other'
-    other_value = data.get((other_key,), '').strip()
-    if other_value:
-        data[key] = other_value
-
-def extract_other(option_list):
-
-    def other(key, data, errors, context):
-        value = data[key]
-        if value in dict(option_list).keys():
-            return
-        elif value is missing:
-            data[key] = ''
-            return
-        else:
-            data[key] = 'other'
-            other_key = key[-1] + '-other'
-            data[(other_key,)] = value
-    return other
-            
-def convert_geographic_to_db(value, context):
-
-    if isinstance(value, list):
-        regions = value
-    elif value:
-        regions = [value]
-    else:
-        regions = []
-        
-    return GeoCoverageType.get_instance().form_to_db(regions)
-
-def convert_geographic_to_form(value, context):
-
-    return GeoCoverageType.get_instance().db_to_form(value)
-

--- a/ckanext/example/theme/templates/controller/package_plugin.html
+++ b/ckanext/example/theme/templates/controller/package_plugin.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dt><label class="field_opt" for="date_released">Date released</label></dt>
     <dd><input id="date_released" name="date_released" size="40" type="text" value="${data.get('date_released', '')}" /></dd>
     <dd class="instructions basic">The date of the official release of the initial version of the dataset</dd>
-    <dd class="instructions further">This is probably not the date that it is uploaded to data.gov.uk. Be careful not to confuse a new 'version' of some data with a new dataset covering another time period or geographic area.</dd>
+    <dd class="instructions further">This is the date that the data was officially released</dd>
     <dd class="hints">DD/MM/YYYY</dd>
     <dd class="field_error" py:if="errors.get('date_released', '')">${errors.get('date_released', '')}</dd>
 
@@ -81,73 +81,6 @@
     <dd><input id="precision" name="precision" size="40" type="text" value="${data.get('precision', '')}"/></dd>
     <dd class="instructions basic">Indicate the level of precision in the data, to avoid over-interpretation.</dd>
     <dd class="hints">e.g. 'per cent to two decimal places' or 'as supplied by respondents'</dd>
-
-    <dt><label class="field_opt" for="geographic_granularity">Geographic granularity</label></dt>
-    <dd>
-      <select class="short" id="geographic_granularity" name="geographic_granularity">
-        <py:for each="geog_name, geog_desc in c.geographic_granularity">
-          <option value="${geog_name}" py:attrs="{'selected': 'selected' if data.get('geographic_granularity', '') == geog_name else None}" >
-            ${geog_desc}
-          </option>
-        </py:for>
-      </select>
-      <label class="inline" for="geographic_granularity-other">Other: 
-        <input class="medium-width" id="geographic_granularity-other" 
-        name="geographic_granularity-other" type="text" value="${data.get('geographic_granularity-other', '')}"/>
-      </label>
-    </dd>
-    <dd class="instructions basic">The lowest level of geographic detail</dd>
-    <dd class="instructions further">This should give the lowest level of geographic detail given in the dataset if it is aggregated. If the data is not aggregated, and so the dataset goes down to the level of the entities being reported on (such as school, hospital, or police station), use 'point'. If none of the choices is appropriate or the granularity varies, please specify in the 'other' element.</dd>
-    <dd class="field_error" py:if="errors.get('geographic_granularity', '')">${errors.get('geographic_granularity', '')}</dd>
-
-    <dt><label class="field_opt" for="geographic_coverage">Geographic coverage</label></dt>
-    <dd py:with="geographic_coverage=data.get('geographic_coverage', [])">
-      <label for="england">
-        <input id="england" name="geographic_coverage" size="40" type="checkbox" 
-        value="england" py:attrs="{'checked': 'checked' if 'england' in geographic_coverage else None}"/> England</label>
-      <label for="scotland">
-        <input id="scotland" name="geographic_coverage" size="40" type="checkbox" 
-        value="scotland" py:attrs="{'checked': 'checked' if 'scotland' in geographic_coverage else None}"/> Scotland</label>
-      <label for="wales">
-        <input id="wales" name="geographic_coverage" size="40" type="checkbox" 
-        value="wales" py:attrs="{'checked': 'checked' if 'wales' in geographic_coverage else None}"/> Wales</label>
-      <label for="northern_ireland">
-        <input id="northern_ireland" name="geographic_coverage" size="40" type="checkbox" 
-        value="northern_ireland" py:attrs="{'checked': 'checked' if 'northern_ireland' in geographic_coverage else None}"/> Northern Ireland</label>
-      <label for="overseas">
-        <input id="overseas" name="geographic_coverage" size="40" type="checkbox" 
-        value="overseas" py:attrs="{'checked': 'checked' if 'overseas' in geographic_coverage else None}"/> Overseas</label>
-      <label for="global">
-        <input id="global" name="geographic_coverage" size="40" type="checkbox" 
-        value="global" py:attrs="{'checked': 'checked' if 'global' in geographic_coverage else None}"/> Global</label>
-    </dd>
-    <dd class="instructions basic">The geographic coverage of this dataset.</dd>
-    <dd class="instructions further">Where a dataset covers multiple areas, the system will automatically group these (e.g. 'England', 'Scotland' and 'Wales' all being selected would be shown as 'Great Britain').</dd>
-
-    <dt><label class="field_opt" for="temporal_granularity">Temporal granularity</label></dt>
-    <dd>
-      <select class="short" id="temporal_granularity" name="temporal_granularity">
-        <py:for each="temporal_name, temporal_desc in c.temporal_granularity">
-          <option value="${temporal_name}" py:attrs="{'selected': 'selected' if data.get('temporal_granularity', '') == temporal_name else None}" >
-            ${temporal_name}
-          </option>
-        </py:for>
-      </select>
-      <label class="inline" for="temporal_granularity-other">Other: 
-        <input class="medium-width" id="temporal_granularity-other" name="temporal_granularity-other" type="text" value="${data.get('temporal_granularity-other', '')}"/>
-      </label>
-    </dd>
-    <dd class="instructions basic">The lowest level of temporal detail granularity</dd>
-    <dd class="instructions further">This should give the lowest level of temporal detail given in the dataset if it is aggregated, expressed as an interval of time. If the data is not aggregated over time, and so the dataset goes down to the instants that reported events occurred (such as the timings of high and low tides), use 'point'. If none of the choices is appropriate or the granularity varies, please specify in the 'other' element.</dd>
-
-    <dt><label class="field_opt" for="temporal_coverage">Temporal coverage</label></dt>
-    <dd>
-      <input class="medium-width" id="temporal_coverage-from" name="temporal_coverage-from" type="text" value="${data.get('temporal_coverage-from', '')}" /> - 
-      <input class="medium-width" id="temporal_coverage-to" name="temporal_coverage-to" type="text" value="${data.get('temporal_coverage-to', '')}" />
-    </dd>
-    <dd class="instructions basic">The temporal coverage of this dataset.</dd>
-    <dd class="instructions further">If available, please indicate the time as well as the date. Where data covers only a single day, the 'To' sub-element can be left blank.</dd>
-    <dd class="hints">e.g. 21/03/2007 - 03/10/2009 or 07:45 31/03/2006</dd>
 
     <dt><label class="field_opt" for="url">URL</label></dt>
     <dd><input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="${data.get('url', '')}"/></dd>

file:a/setup.py -> file:b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	"""
         [ckan.plugins]
 	    example=ckanext.example.plugin:ExamplePlugin
-        example_package=ckanext.example.controller_plugin:ExamplePackageController
+        example_package=ckanext.example.controller_plugin:ExampleDatasetForm
 
         [ckan.forms]
         example_form = ckanext.example.package_form:get_example_fieldset