Source code for examples.nested_sets.nested_sets

"""Celko's "Nested Sets" Tree Structure.

https://www.intelligententerprise.com/001020/celko.jhtml

"""

from sqlalchemy import case
from sqlalchemy import Column
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy import event
from sqlalchemy import func
from sqlalchemy import Integer
from sqlalchemy import select
from sqlalchemy import String
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session


Base = declarative_base()


class Employee(Base):
    __tablename__ = "personnel"
    __mapper_args__ = {
        "batch": False  # allows extension to fire for each
        # instance before going to the next.
    }

    parent = None

    emp = Column(String, primary_key=True)

    left = Column("lft", Integer, nullable=False)
    right = Column("rgt", Integer, nullable=False)

    def __repr__(self):
        return "Employee(%s, %d, %d)" % (self.emp, self.left, self.right)


@event.listens_for(Employee, "before_insert")
def before_insert(mapper, connection, instance):
    if not instance.parent:
        instance.left = 1
        instance.right = 2
    else:
        personnel = mapper.mapped_table
        right_most_sibling = connection.scalar(
            select(personnel.c.rgt).where(
                personnel.c.emp == instance.parent.emp
            )
        )

        connection.execute(
            personnel.update()
            .where(personnel.c.rgt >= right_most_sibling)
            .values(
                lft=case(
                    (
                        personnel.c.lft > right_most_sibling,
                        personnel.c.lft + 2,
                    ),
                    else_=personnel.c.lft,
                ),
                rgt=case(
                    (
                        personnel.c.rgt >= right_most_sibling,
                        personnel.c.rgt + 2,
                    ),
                    else_=personnel.c.rgt,
                ),
            )
        )
        instance.left = right_most_sibling
        instance.right = right_most_sibling + 1

    # before_update() would be needed to support moving of nodes
    # after_delete() would be needed to support removal of nodes.


engine = create_engine("sqlite://", echo=True)

Base.metadata.create_all(engine)

session = Session(bind=engine)

albert = Employee(emp="Albert")
bert = Employee(emp="Bert")
chuck = Employee(emp="Chuck")
donna = Employee(emp="Donna")
eddie = Employee(emp="Eddie")
fred = Employee(emp="Fred")

bert.parent = albert
chuck.parent = albert
donna.parent = chuck
eddie.parent = chuck
fred.parent = chuck

# the order of "add" is important here.  elements must be added in
# the order in which they should be INSERTed.
session.add_all([albert, bert, chuck, donna, eddie, fred])
session.commit()

print(session.query(Employee).all())

# 1. Find an employee and all their supervisors, no matter how deep the tree.
ealias = aliased(Employee)
print(
    session.query(Employee)
    .filter(ealias.left.between(Employee.left, Employee.right))
    .filter(ealias.emp == "Eddie")
    .all()
)

# 2. Find the employee and all their subordinates.
# (This query has a nice symmetry with the first query.)
print(
    session.query(Employee)
    .filter(Employee.left.between(ealias.left, ealias.right))
    .filter(ealias.emp == "Chuck")
    .all()
)

# 3. Find the level of each node, so you can print the tree
# as an indented listing.
for indentation, employee in (
    session.query(func.count(Employee.emp).label("indentation") - 1, ealias)
    .filter(ealias.left.between(Employee.left, Employee.right))
    .group_by(ealias.emp)
    .order_by(ealias.left)
):
    print("    " * indentation + str(employee))
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