I agree that there is a need for this -- it has come up several times for me now -- however, I prefer my proposal (pretty printed here: https://gist.github.com/1957251 , code below...) mentioned in the topic "Class based views: A standard hook for http-method-independent code" (https://groups.google.com/d/topic/django-developers/7c7aI-slGNc/discussion).
Instead of separating the handler, I proposed a prepare_view method. def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs): if request.method.lower() in self.http_method_names: handler = getattr(self, request.method.lower(), self.http_method_not_allowed) else: handler = self.http_method_not_allowed self.prepare_view(request, handler, *args, **kwargs) return handler(request, *args, **kwargs) def prepare_view(self, request, handler, *args, **kwargs): """Set local variables before the dispatch handler is called.""" self.request = request self.args = args self.kwargs = kwargs On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:12:51 AM UTC+1, schinckel wrote: I agree: but this means that the actual dispatcher (that, according to the comments, "dispatch[es] to the right method", is called handle(), rather than dispatch. Perhaps the assignation of request/args/kwargs could happen before dispatch is called? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/yMkwcy8ehnkJ. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.