How do you make an abstract SearchIndex class, similar to how Django lets you make abstract base models?
I have several SearchIndexes that I'd like to give the same basic fields (object_id, timestamp, importance, etc). Currently, I'm duplicating all this code, so I'm trying to create a "BaseIndex" and simply have all the real index classes inherit from this.
I'm tried:
class BaseIndex(indexes.SearchIndex, indexes.Indexable):
text = indexes.CharField(document=True, use_template=True)
object_id = indexes.IntegerField()
timestamp = indexes.DateTimeField()
class Meta:
abstract = True
class PersonIndex(BaseIndex):
...other fields...
but this gives me the error:
NotImplementedError: You must provide a 'model' method for the '<myapp.search_indexes.BaseIndex object at 0x18a7328>' index.
so I then tried:
class BaseIndex(object):
text = indexes.CharField(document=True, use_template=True)
object_id = indexes.IntegerField()
timestamp = indexes.DateTimeField()
class PersonIndex(BaseIndex, indexes.SearchIndex, indexes.Indexable):
first_name = indexes.CharField()
middle_name = indexes.CharField()
last_name = indexes.CharField()
but these gives me error:
SearchFieldError: The index 'PersonIndex' must have one (and only one) SearchField with document=True.
How do I inherit from a custom SearchIndex subclass?