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Fixed #8701, a couple of bad links in the docs.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@8941 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
Jacob Kaplan-Moss 16 years ago
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      docs/topics/serialization.txt

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docs/topics/serialization.txt

@@ -57,25 +57,26 @@ be serialized.
 Inherited Models
 Inherited Models
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
-If you have a model that is defined using an `abstract base class`_, you don't
-have to do anything special to serialize that model. Just call the serializer
-on the object (or objects) that you want to serialize, and the output will be
-a complete representation of the serialized object.
+If you have a model that is defined using an :ref:`abstract base class
+<abstract-base-classes>`, you don't have to do anything special to serialize
+that model. Just call the serializer on the object (or objects) that you want to
+serialize, and the output will be a complete representation of the serialized
+object.
 
 
-However, if you have a model that uses `multi-table inheritance`_, you also
-need to serialize all of the base classes for the model. This is because only
-the fields that are locally defined on the model will be serialized. For
-example, consider the following models::
+However, if you have a model that uses :ref:`multi-table inheritance
+<multi-table-inheritance>`, you also need to serialize all of the base classes
+for the model. This is because only the fields that are locally defined on the
+model will be serialized. For example, consider the following models::
 
 
-	class Place(models.Model):
-		name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+    class Place(models.Model):
+        name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
 
 
-	class Restaurant(Place):
-		serves_hot_dogs = models.BooleanField()
+    class Restaurant(Place):
+        serves_hot_dogs = models.BooleanField()
 
 
 If you only serialize the Restaurant model::
 If you only serialize the Restaurant model::
 
 
-	data = serializers.serialize('xml', Restaurant.objects.all())
+    data = serializers.serialize('xml', Restaurant.objects.all())
 
 
 the fields on the serialized output will only contain the `serves_hot_dogs`
 the fields on the serialized output will only contain the `serves_hot_dogs`
 attribute. The `name` attribute of the base class will be ignored.
 attribute. The `name` attribute of the base class will be ignored.
@@ -83,11 +84,8 @@ attribute. The `name` attribute of the base class will be ignored.
 In order to fully serialize your Restaurant instances, you will need to
 In order to fully serialize your Restaurant instances, you will need to
 serialize the Place models as well::
 serialize the Place models as well::
 
 
-	all_objects = list(Restaurant.objects.all()) + list(Place.objects.all())
-	data = serializers.serialize('xml', all_objects)
-
-.. _abstract base class: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model-api/#abstract-base-classes
-.. _multi-table inheritance: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model-api/#multi-table-inheritance
+    all_objects = list(Restaurant.objects.all()) + list(Place.objects.all())
+    data = serializers.serialize('xml', all_objects)
 
 
 Deserializing data
 Deserializing data
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