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Can someone please explain why is meta class used in the following example.
Ex:
Class Employee (models.Model):
name = models.ForeignKey(name)
Gender = models.IntegerField()
class Meta:
ordering = ["Gender"]
Thanks.
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A metaclass in Python is a class of a class that defines how a class behaves. A class is itself an instance of a metaclass. A class in Python defines how the instance of the class will behave. In order to understand metaclasses well, one needs to have prior experience working with Python classes.
What is class Meta in Django serializer? It serves the same point as using a Meta class object inside a Django model class, or a form class, etc. It's a standard pattern to attach configuration (metadata) to a set of fields that make up the model, form, or in this case, serializer.03-Mar-2020.
In Django, Meta is just used to pass information into the process of creating the _meta Options object.
In object-oriented programming, a metaclass is a class whose instances are classes. Just as an ordinary class defines the behavior of certain objects, a metaclass defines the behavior of certain classes and their instances. Not all object-oriented programming languages support metaclasses.
Django models use the Meta class to contain extra information about the model that would not necessarily be appropriate to contain within the model class itself. Note that this is not the same as Python's metaclass; that is a completely different topic.
In this case it ordering or sorting the queries to this model by field "Gender"
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Because author/programmer wants to sort results by value of Gender field.
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