# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1103814457 0
# Node ID caf1d0ae25e55ad3cb9bc48e0bb759da7bdedb4c
# Parent  af075ff8b78e2258faa5ef383f5ffaef8566f113
[project @ 2004-12-23 15:07:37 by paulb]
Added notes about supporting multivalued fields.

diff -r af075ff8b78e -r caf1d0ae25e5 XSLForms/Fields.py
--- a/XSLForms/Fields.py	Wed Dec 22 00:40:24 2004 +0000
+++ b/XSLForms/Fields.py	Thu Dec 23 15:07:37 2004 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
+NOTE: Add support for multiple values from fields, perhaps using
+NOTE: the following notation:
+NOTE:
+NOTE: /package#1/categories#1/category#n/value
+
 Classes which process field collections, producing instance
 documents. Each field entry consists of a field name mapped
 to a string value, where the field name may have the following
@@ -73,16 +78,6 @@
             if model_name is None:
                 continue
 
-            # Convert from lists if necessary.
-
-            if self.values_are_lists:
-                value = value[0]
-
-            # Convert the value to Unicode if necessary.
-
-            if type(value) == type(""):
-                value = unicode(value, encoding=self.encoding)
-
             # Get a new instance document if none has been made for the
             # model.
 
@@ -95,6 +90,17 @@
             for component in components:
                 t = component.split(Constants.pair_separator)
                 if len(t) == 1:
+
+                    # Convert from lists if necessary.
+
+                    if self.values_are_lists:
+                        value = value[0]
+
+                    # Convert the value to Unicode if necessary.
+
+                    if type(value) == type(""):
+                        value = unicode(value, encoding=self.encoding)
+
                     node.setAttributeNS(EMPTY_NAMESPACE, t[0], value)
                     break