一、层次结构

GenericViewSet(ViewSetMixin, generics.GenericAPIView)       ---DRF
    GenericAPIView(views.APIView)                           ---DRF
        APIView(View)                                       ---DRF
            View                                            ---Django

第一阶：

# 第一阶:
ViewSetMixin
ViewSet(ViewSetMixin, views.APIView)
GenericViewSet(ViewSetMixin, generics.GenericAPIView)
ModelViewSet(mixins.{C/R/U/D/L}ModelMixin, GenericViewSet)
ReadOnlyModelViewSet(mixins.{R/L}ModelMixin, GenericViewSet)

事实上，除了ViewSetMixin以外，剩余的4个同阶类的内容都为空（只有PASS），ViewSetMixin增加了什么行为，后续再解释。

第二阶：

# 第二阶:
GenericAPIView(views.APIView)
CreateAPIView
ListAPIView
RetrieveAPIView
DestroyAPIView
UpdateAPIView
ListCreateAPIView
RetrieveUpdateAPIView
RetrieveDestroyAPIView
RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView

除GenericAPIView以外，剩余的同阶类，实质上是GenericAPIView与mixins.{CRUDL}ModelMixin的组合继承。
在类中，通过重写相应的HTTP方法（get、put、delete等），调用mixis.{CRUDL}ModelView中的create、list、retrieve等方法。

# Concrete view classes that provide method handlers
# by composing the mixin classes with the base view.

class CreateAPIView(mixins.CreateModelMixin,
                    GenericAPIView):
    """
    Concrete view for creating a model instance.
    """
    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)

# 以上为CreateAPIView源代码

第三阶：

# 第三阶
APIView(View)

APIView(View)为独一阶，地位非常独特。

第四阶：

# 第四阶
ContextMixin
View
TemplateResponseMixin
TemplateView(TemplateResponseMixin, ContextMixin, View)
RedirectView(View)

第四阶由Django提供，较为底层，一般很少去关注和使用，这里也不展开做详尽分析。

二、View、APIView、GenericAPIView、GenericViewSet的差别

1. Django View

如果使用Django自带的View，获取课程列表，代码大致是这样的：

import json
from django.views.generic.base import View
from django.core import serializers
from django.http import JsonResponse
from .models import Course

class CourseListView(View):
    def get(self, request):
        """
        通过Django的View实现课程列表页
        """
        courses = Course.objects.all()[:10]
        json_data = serializers.serialize('json', Courses)
        json_data = json.loads(json_data)
        return JsonResponse(json_data, safe=False)

# 上述代码使用Django自身的模块，返回application/json的数据，可以返回HttpResponse，也可以是其子类JsonResponse
# 在Django中也有serializers，不同于DRF的serializers，它只能对基本类型进行JSON序列化、反序列化

这是一个普通的CBV，Django通过as_view和dispatch函数，将request请求传递给get(self, request)方法，从而返回response。

关于这部分的内容，可以参考 基于类的视图

2. APIView

如果用APIView来实现，代码类似于：

from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework.response import Response
from .serializers import CourseSerializer

class CourseListView(APIView):
    def get(self, request, format=None):
        """
        通过APIView实现课程列表页
        """
        courses = Course.objects.all()
        serializer = CourseSerializer(courses, many=True)
        return Response(serializer.data)

# 在APIView这个例子中，调用了drf本身的serializer和Response。

APIView与View的不同之处在于：

• 请求和返回使用的DRF的Request、Response，而不是Django的HttpRequest、HttpResponse；
• 任何APIException异常都会被捕获到，并且处理成合适的响应信息；
• 在进行dispatch()分发前，会对请求进行身份认证、权限检查、流量控制。

支持定义的属性：

• authentication_classes  列表或元组，身份认证类
• permissoin_classes       列表或元组，权限检查类
• throttle_classes            列表或元组，流量控制类

3. GenericAPIView

如果用GenericAPIView实现，代码类似于：

# url(r'^books/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.BookDetailView.as_view()),

class BookDetailView(GenericAPIView):
    queryset = BookInfo.objects.all()
    serializer_class = BookInfoSerializer
 
    def get(self, request, pk):
        book = self.get_object()
        serializer = self.get_serializer(book)
        return Response(serializer.data)

由于mixins.{CRUDL}ModelMixin的存在，我们往往可以这么写，

from rest_framework import mixins
from rest_framework import generics

class CourseListView(mixins.ListModelMixin, generics.GenericAPIView):
    """
     课程列表页
     """
     queryset = Course.objects.all()
     serialize_class = CourseSerializer

     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # list方法是存在于mixins中的，同理，create等等也是，GenericAPIView没有这些方法！
         return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)


# 如果我们直接继承ListAPIView(mixins.ListModelMixin, GenericAPIView)，那么def get(...)方法都可以不写
class CourseListView(ListAPIView):
    """
     课程列表页
     """
     queryset = Course.objects.all()
     serialize_class = CourseSerializer

支持定义的属性：

• queryset                 指定queryset
• serializer_class        指定serializer

• pagination_class      指定分页类
• filter_backends        指定过滤类

• lookup_field            查询单一数据库对象时使用的条件字段，默认为'pk'
• lookup_url_kwarg     查询单一数据时URL中的参数关键字名称，默认与look_field相同

 

提供的方法:

• get_queryset(self)
• 通过访问self.queryset，获取queryset，两者一般择其一；

def get_queryset(self):
    """
    Get the list of items for this view.
    This must be an iterable, and may be a queryset.
    Defaults to using `self.queryset`.

    This method should always be used rather than accessing `self.queryset`
    directly, as `self.queryset` gets evaluated only once, and those results
    are cached for all subsequent requests.

    You may want to override this if you need to provide different
    querysets depending on the incoming request.

    (Eg. return a list of items that is specific to the user)
    """
    assert self.queryset is not None, (
        "'%s' should either include a `queryset` attribute, "
        "or override the `get_queryset()` method."
        % self.__class__.__name__
    )

    queryset = self.queryset
    if isinstance(queryset, QuerySet):
        # Ensure queryset is re-evaluated on each request.
        queryset = queryset.all()
    return queryset

• get_serializer_class(self)
  • 通过访问self.serializer_class，获取serializer_class，两者一般择其一；

def get_serializer_class(self):
    """
    Return the class to use for the serializer.
    Defaults to using `self.serializer_class`.

    You may want to override this if you need to provide different
    serializations depending on the incoming request.

    (Eg. admins get full serialization, others get basic serialization)
    """
    assert self.serializer_class is not None, (
        "'%s' should either include a `serializer_class` attribute, "
        "or override the `get_serializer_class()` method."
        % self.__class__.__name__
    )

    return self.serializer_class

• get_serializer(self, args, *kwargs)
  • 如果我们在View中，想要获取serializer instance，可以直接调用此方法。
• get_serializer_context(self)
  • 创建request、format、view三个数据对象，作为serializer实例化时的context属性；

def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
    """
    Return the serializer instance that should be used for validating and
    deserializing input, and for serializing output.
    """
    serializer_class = self.get_serializer_class()
    kwargs['context'] = self.get_serializer_context()
    return serializer_class(*args, **kwargs)

def get_serializer_context(self):
    """
    Extra context provided to the serializer class.
    """
    return {
        'request': self.request,
        'format': self.format_kwarg,
        'view': self
    }

• get_object(self)
  • 该方法对queryset进行过滤操作，返回的obj供view显示。如果你需要非标准的过滤操作，可以重写该方法；

def get_object(self):
    """
    Returns the object the view is displaying.

    You may want to override this if you need to provide non-standard
    queryset lookups.  Eg if objects are referenced using multiple
    keyword arguments in the url conf.
    """
    queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())

    # Perform the lookup filtering.
    lookup_url_kwarg = self.lookup_url_kwarg or self.lookup_field

    assert lookup_url_kwarg in self.kwargs, (
        'Expected view %s to be called with a URL keyword argument '
        'named "%s". Fix your URL conf, or set the `.lookup_field` '
        'attribute on the view correctly.' %
        (self.__class__.__name__, lookup_url_kwarg)
    )

    filter_kwargs = {self.lookup_field: self.kwargs[lookup_url_kwarg]}
    obj = get_object_or_404(queryset, **filter_kwargs)

    # May raise a permission denied
    self.check_object_permissions(self.request, obj)

    return obj

• filter_queryset()
  • 将filter_backends的过滤类，应用到queryset上；

def filter_queryset(self, queryset):
    """
    Given a queryset, filter it with whichever filter backend is in use.

    You are unlikely to want to override this method, although you may need
    to call it either from a list view, or from a custom `get_object`
    method if you want to apply the configured filtering backend to the
    default queryset.
    """
    for backend in list(self.filter_backends):
        queryset = backend().filter_queryset(self.request, queryset, self)
    return queryset

 

 4. GenericViewSet

GenericViewSet(ViewSetMixin, generics.GenericAPIView)，实际上等于ViewSetMixin + GenericAPIView，而ViewSetMixin的主要工作，就是重写了as_view方法。  

class ViewSetMixin(object):
    """
    This is the magic.

    Overrides `.as_view()` so that it takes an `actions` keyword that performs
    the binding of HTTP methods to actions on the Resource.

    For example, to create a concrete view binding the 'GET' and 'POST' methods
    to the 'list' and 'create' actions...

    view = MyViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list', 'post': 'create'})
    """

我们回过头来看，上述不同视图在接受web请求时，as_view和CBV方法（get、put、post等）的协同工作方式是不同的：

View：

• URL映射至CBV的as_view方法，该方法通过调用dispatch方法，负责HTTP请求和CBV方法之间的映射（POST to post、GET to get、PUT to put）；

APIView：

• 同上

GenericAPIView：

• 同上，区别是通过mixin.{CRUDL}ModelMixin引入了action的概念，可以手动或者自动地在get/put/post等方法中调用list/create/retrieve等action

GenericViewSet

• 重写了as_view方法，支持类似 MyViewSet.as_view({'get': 'list', 'post': 'create'}) 的动态绑定功能，或者由router.register进行注册;

 如何选择：

1. 如果使用router.register进行URL请求的注册与绑定，建议使用GenericViewSet，最为高效、规范、合理；
2. 如果需要重构原有的FBV，建议使用GenericAPIView，改动小、变动少；

 PS：

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