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33 changes: 23 additions & 10 deletions elasticsearch/dsl/field.py
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -119,9 +119,16 @@ def __init__(
def __getitem__(self, subfield: str) -> "Field":
return cast(Field, self._params.get("fields", {})[subfield])

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Any:
return data

def _safe_serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Any:
try:
return self._serialize(data, skip_empty)
except TypeError:
# older method signature, without skip_empty
return self._serialize(data) # type: ignore[call-arg]

def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
return data

Expand All @@ -133,10 +140,16 @@ def empty(self) -> Optional[Any]:
return AttrList([])
return self._empty()

def serialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
def serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool = True) -> Any:
if isinstance(data, (list, AttrList, tuple)):
return list(map(self._serialize, cast(Iterable[Any], data)))
return self._serialize(data)
return list(
map(
self._safe_serialize,
cast(Iterable[Any], data),
[skip_empty] * len(data),
)
)
return self._safe_serialize(data, skip_empty)

def deserialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
if isinstance(data, (list, AttrList, tuple)):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -186,7 +199,7 @@ def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> Range["_SupportsComparison"]:
data = {k: self._core_field.deserialize(v) for k, v in data.items()} # type: ignore[union-attr]
return Range(data)

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
if data is None:
return None
if not isinstance(data, collections.abc.Mapping):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -550,7 +563,7 @@ def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> "InnerDoc":
return self._wrap(data)

def _serialize(
self, data: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], "InnerDoc"]]
self, data: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], "InnerDoc"]], skip_empty: bool
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
if data is None:
return None
Expand All @@ -559,7 +572,7 @@ def _serialize(
if isinstance(data, collections.abc.Mapping):
return data

return data.to_dict()
return data.to_dict(skip_empty=skip_empty)

def clean(self, data: Any) -> Any:
data = super().clean(data)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -768,7 +781,7 @@ def clean(self, data: str) -> str:
def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> bytes:
return base64.b64decode(data)

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[str]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[str]:
if data is None:
return None
return base64.b64encode(data).decode()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2619,7 +2632,7 @@ def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> Union["IPv4Address", "IPv6Address"]:
# the ipaddress library for pypy only accepts unicode.
return ipaddress.ip_address(unicode(data))

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[str]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[str]:
if data is None:
return None
return str(data)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3367,7 +3380,7 @@ def __init__(
def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> "Query":
return Q(data) # type: ignore[no-any-return]

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
if data is None:
return None
return data.to_dict() # type: ignore[no-any-return]
Expand Down
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion elasticsearch/dsl/utils.py
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ def to_dict(self, skip_empty: bool = True) -> Dict[str, Any]:
# if this is a mapped field,
f = self.__get_field(k)
if f and f._coerce:
v = f.serialize(v)
v = f.serialize(v, skip_empty=skip_empty)

# if someone assigned AttrList, unwrap it
if isinstance(v, AttrList):
Expand Down
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -630,15 +630,22 @@ async def test_can_save_to_different_index(
async def test_save_without_skip_empty_will_include_empty_fields(
async_write_client: AsyncElasticsearch,
) -> None:
test_repo = Repository(field_1=[], field_2=None, field_3={}, meta={"id": 42})
test_repo = Repository(
field_1=[], field_2=None, field_3={}, owner={"name": None}, meta={"id": 42}
)
assert await test_repo.save(index="test-document", skip_empty=False)

assert_doc_equals(
{
"found": True,
"_index": "test-document",
"_id": "42",
"_source": {"field_1": [], "field_2": None, "field_3": {}},
"_source": {
"field_1": [],
"field_2": None,
"field_3": {},
"owner": {"name": None},
},
},
await async_write_client.get(index="test-document", id=42),
)
Expand Down
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -624,15 +624,22 @@ def test_can_save_to_different_index(
def test_save_without_skip_empty_will_include_empty_fields(
write_client: Elasticsearch,
) -> None:
test_repo = Repository(field_1=[], field_2=None, field_3={}, meta={"id": 42})
test_repo = Repository(
field_1=[], field_2=None, field_3={}, owner={"name": None}, meta={"id": 42}
)
assert test_repo.save(index="test-document", skip_empty=False)

assert_doc_equals(
{
"found": True,
"_index": "test-document",
"_id": "42",
"_source": {"field_1": [], "field_2": None, "field_3": {}},
"_source": {
"field_1": [],
"field_2": None,
"field_3": {},
"owner": {"name": None},
},
},
write_client.get(index="test-document", id=42),
)
Expand Down
27 changes: 17 additions & 10 deletions utils/templates/field.py.tpl
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -119,9 +119,16 @@ class Field(DslBase):
def __getitem__(self, subfield: str) -> "Field":
return cast(Field, self._params.get("fields", {})[subfield])

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Any:
return data

def _safe_serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Any:
try:
return self._serialize(data, skip_empty)
except TypeError:
# older method signature, without skip_empty
return self._serialize(data) # type: ignore[call-arg]

def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
return data

Expand All @@ -133,10 +140,10 @@ class Field(DslBase):
return AttrList([])
return self._empty()

def serialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
def serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool = True) -> Any:
if isinstance(data, (list, AttrList, tuple)):
return list(map(self._serialize, cast(Iterable[Any], data)))
return self._serialize(data)
return list(map(self._safe_serialize, cast(Iterable[Any], data), [skip_empty] * len(data)))
return self._safe_serialize(data, skip_empty)

def deserialize(self, data: Any) -> Any:
if isinstance(data, (list, AttrList, tuple)):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -186,7 +193,7 @@ class RangeField(Field):
data = {k: self._core_field.deserialize(v) for k, v in data.items()} # type: ignore[union-attr]
return Range(data)

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
if data is None:
return None
if not isinstance(data, collections.abc.Mapping):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -318,7 +325,7 @@ class {{ k.name }}({{ k.parent }}):
return self._wrap(data)

def _serialize(
self, data: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], "InnerDoc"]]
self, data: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], "InnerDoc"]], skip_empty: bool
) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
if data is None:
return None
Expand All @@ -327,7 +334,7 @@ class {{ k.name }}({{ k.parent }}):
if isinstance(data, collections.abc.Mapping):
return data

return data.to_dict()
return data.to_dict(skip_empty=skip_empty)

def clean(self, data: Any) -> Any:
data = super().clean(data)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -433,7 +440,7 @@ class {{ k.name }}({{ k.parent }}):
# the ipaddress library for pypy only accepts unicode.
return ipaddress.ip_address(unicode(data))

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[str]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[str]:
if data is None:
return None
return str(data)
Expand All @@ -448,7 +455,7 @@ class {{ k.name }}({{ k.parent }}):
def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> bytes:
return base64.b64decode(data)

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[str]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[str]:
if data is None:
return None
return base64.b64encode(data).decode()
Expand All @@ -458,7 +465,7 @@ class {{ k.name }}({{ k.parent }}):
def _deserialize(self, data: Any) -> "Query":
return Q(data) # type: ignore[no-any-return]

def _serialize(self, data: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
def _serialize(self, data: Any, skip_empty: bool) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
if data is None:
return None
return data.to_dict() # type: ignore[no-any-return]
Expand Down