neutron-lib/doc/source/contributor/db_model_query.rst
Boden R 108a598252 rehome model_query and its dependencies
This patch rehomes neutron.db._model_query into neutron-lib. While
our longer term goal is to use OVO rather than queries and tables, this
module is provided as a stepping stone (as mentioned in release note
herein). The patch also includes a few other APIs that are required for
the rehome including some utils and an exception class.

For more details see the spec on [1].

Also a sample consumption patch can be found on [2]. While it won't work
as-is with the depends on approach (it needs to be rebased on multiple
other DNMs in neutron) I tested it locally. In addition this change
was tested locally with a sample vmware-nsx consumption patch [3].

[1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/473531/
[2] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/557786/
[3] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/557788/

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DB Model Query
==============
The implementation in ``neutron_lib.db.model_query`` is intended to be used as a
stepping stone for existing consumers using standard database models/tables.
Moving forward new database implementations should all use neutron's Versioned
Object approach, while existing model based implementations should begin
migrating to Versioned Objects.
Registering Hooks
-----------------
The ``neutron_lib.db.model_query.register_hook`` function allows hooks to be
registered for invocation during a respective database query.
Each hook has three components:
- "query": used to build the query expression
- "filter": used to build the filter expression
- "result_filters": used for final filtering on the query result
Query hooks take as input the query being built and return a transformed
query expression. For example::
def mymodel_query_hook(context, original_model, query):
augmented_query = ...
return augmented_query
Filter hooks take as input the filter expression being built and return
a transformed filter expression. For example::
def mymodel_filter_hook(context, original_model, filters):
refined_filters = ...
return refined_filters
Result filter hooks take as input the query expression and the filter
expression, and return a final transformed query expression. For example::
def mymodel_result_filter_hook(query, filters):
final_filters = ...
return query.filter(final_filters)