data_structures

class litestar.dto.data_structures.DTOData

Bases: Generic[T]

DTO validated data and utility methods.

__init__(backend: DTOBackend, data_as_builtins: Any) → None

create_instance(**kwargs: Any) → T

Create an instance of the DTO validated data.

Parameters:

**kwargs – Additional data to create the instance with. Takes precedence over DTO validated data.

update_instance(instance: T, **kwargs: Any) → T

Update an instance with the DTO validated data.

Parameters:

• instance – The instance to update.

• **kwargs – Additional data to update the instance with. Takes precedence over DTO validated data.

as_builtins() → Any

Return the DTO validated data as builtins.

class litestar.dto.data_structures.DTOFieldDefinition

Bases: FieldDefinition

A model field representation for purposes of generating a DTO backend model type.

model_name: str

The name of the model for which the field is generated.

default_factory: Callable[[], Any] | None

Default factory of the field.

__init__(raw: Any, annotation: Any, type_wrappers: tuple[type, ...], origin: Any, args: tuple[Any, ...], metadata: tuple[Any, ...], instantiable_origin: Any, safe_generic_origin: Any, inner_types: tuple[FieldDefinition, ...], default: Any, extra: dict[str, Any], kwarg_definition: KwargDefinition | DependencyKwarg | None, name: str, model_name: str, default_factory: Callable[[], Any] | None, dto_field: DTOField) → None

dto_field: DTOField

DTO field configuration.

classmethod from_field_definition(field_definition: FieldDefinition, model_name: str, default_factory: Callable[[], Any] | None, dto_field: DTOField) → DTOFieldDefinition

Create a FieldDefinition from a FieldDefinition.

Parameters:

• field_definition – A FieldDefinition to create a FieldDefinition from.

• model_name – The name of the model.

• default_factory – Default factory function, if any.

• dto_field – DTOField instance.

Returns:

A FieldDefinition instance.