from django.db import models
from django.conf import settings
from django.core import serializers
from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
from django.db.models.query import QuerySet


class SerializedObjectField(models.TextField):
    '''Model field that stores serialized value of model class instance
       and returns deserialized model instance

       >>> from django.db import models
       >>> import SerializedObjectField

       >>> class A(models.Model):
               object = SerializedObjectField(serialize_format='json')

       >>> class B(models.Model):
               field = models.CharField(max_length=10)
       >>> b = B(field='test')
       >>> b.save()
       >>> a = A()
       >>> a.object = b
       >>> a.save()
       >>> a = A.object.get(pk=1)
       >>> a.object
       <B: B object>
       >>> a.object.__dict__
       {'field': 'test', 'id': 1}

    '''

    def __init__(self, serialize_format='json', *args, **kwargs):
        self.serialize_format = serialize_format
        super(SerializedObjectField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def _serialize(self, value):
        if not value:
            return ''

        value_set = [value]
        if value._meta.parents:
            value_set += [getattr(value, f.name)
                          for f in value._meta.parents.values()
                          if f is not None]

        return serializers.serialize(self.serialize_format, value_set)

    def _deserialize(self, value):
        obj_generator = serializers.deserialize(
            self.serialize_format,
            value.encode(settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET))

        obj = obj_generator.next().object
        for parent in obj_generator:
            for f in parent.object._meta.fields:
                try:
                    setattr(obj, f.name, getattr(parent.object, f.name))
                except ObjectDoesNotExist:
                    try:
                        # Try to set non-existant foreign key reference to None
                        setattr(obj, f.name, None)
                    except ValueError:
                        # Return None for changed_object if None not allowed
                        return None
        return obj

    def db_type(self, connection=None):
        return 'text'

    def pre_save(self, model_instance, add):
        value = getattr(model_instance, self.attname, None)
        return self._serialize(value)

    def contribute_to_class(self, cls, name):
        self.class_name = cls
        super(SerializedObjectField, self).contribute_to_class(cls, name)
        models.signals.post_init.connect(self.post_init)

    def post_init(self, **kwargs):
        if 'sender' in kwargs and 'instance' in kwargs:
            if kwargs['sender'] == self.class_name and\
               hasattr(kwargs['instance'], self.attname):
                value = self.value_from_object(kwargs['instance'])

                if value:
                    setattr(kwargs['instance'], self.attname,
                            self._deserialize(value))
                else:
                    setattr(kwargs['instance'], self.attname, None)


try:
    from south.modelsinspector import add_introspection_rules

    add_introspection_rules(
        [
            (
                [SerializedObjectField],  # Class(es) these apply to
                [],  # Positional arguments (not used)
                {  # Keyword argument
                    "serialize_format": [
                        "serialize_format",
                        {"default": "json"}],
                },
            ),
        ],
        ["^moderation\.fields\.SerializedObjectField"]
    )
except ImportError:
    pass

@@ -1618,16 +1618,52 @@
 CHARSET)
+,%0A            ignorenonexistent=True
 )%0A%0A     

Fix deserialization after database migrations