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meaning they do for normal Django fields. See the :doc:`field documentation
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</ref/models/fields>` for examples and details.
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+.. _custom-field-deconstruct-method:
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+
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Field deconstruction
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--------------------
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@@ -239,19 +241,21 @@ Field deconstruction
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above. If you have custom fields from previous versions they will
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need this method added before you can use them with migrations.
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-The counterpoint to writing your ``__init__`` method is writing the
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-``deconstruct`` method. This method tells Django how to take an instance
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+The counterpoint to writing your ``__init__()`` method is writing the
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+``deconstruct()`` method. This method tells Django how to take an instance
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of your new field and reduce it to a serialized form - in particular, what
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-arguments to pass to ``__init__`` to re-create it.
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+arguments to pass to ``__init__()`` to re-create it.
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If you haven't added any extra options on top of the field you inherited from,
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-then there's no need to write a new ``deconstruct`` method. If, however, you're
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-changing the arguments passed in ``__init__`` (like we are in ``HandField``),
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-you'll need to supplement the values being passed.
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+then there's no need to write a new ``deconstruct()`` method. If, however,
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+you're, changing the arguments passed in ``__init__()`` (like we are in
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+``HandField``), you'll need to supplement the values being passed.
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-The contract of ``deconstruct`` is simple; it returns a tuple of four items:
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+The contract of ``deconstruct()`` is simple; it returns a tuple of four items:
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the field's attribute name, the full import path of the field class, the
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-positional arguments (as a list), and the keyword arguments (as a dict).
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+positional arguments (as a list), and the keyword arguments (as a dict). Note
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+this is different from the ``deconstruct()`` method :ref:`for custom classes
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+<custom-deconstruct-method>` which returns a tuple of three things.
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As a custom field author, you don't need to care about the first two values;
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the base ``Field`` class has all the code to work out the field's attribute
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@@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ name and import path. You do, however, have to care about the positional
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and keyword arguments, as these are likely the things you are changing.
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For example, in our ``HandField`` class we're always forcibly setting
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-max_length in ``__init__``. The ``deconstruct`` method on the base ``Field``
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+max_length in ``__init__()``. The ``deconstruct()`` method on the base ``Field``
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class will see this and try to return it in the keyword arguments; thus,
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we can drop it from the keyword arguments for readability::
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@@ -296,7 +300,7 @@ into ``kwargs`` yourself::
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return name, path, args, kwargs
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More complex examples are beyond the scope of this document, but remember -
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-for any configuration of your Field instance, ``deconstruct`` must return
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+for any configuration of your Field instance, ``deconstruct()`` must return
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arguments that you can pass to ``__init__`` to reconstruct that state.
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Pay extra attention if you set new default values for arguments in the
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@@ -460,7 +464,7 @@ For example::
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The :meth:`.db_type` method is called by Django when the framework
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constructs the ``CREATE TABLE`` statements for your application -- that is,
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-when you first create your tables. It is also called when constructing a
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+when you first create your tables. It is also called when constructing a
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``WHERE`` clause that includes the model field -- that is, when you retrieve data
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using QuerySet methods like ``get()``, ``filter()``, and ``exclude()`` and have
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the model field as an argument. It's not called at any other time, so it can afford to
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