Annotated Handlers
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Annotated Handlers
Section titled “Annotated Handlers”Type annotations to use with __get_pydantic_core_schema__ and __get_pydantic_json_schema__.
GetJsonSchemaHandler
Section titled “GetJsonSchemaHandler”Handler to call into the next JSON schema generation function.
Attributes
Section titled “Attributes”Json schema mode, can be validation or serialization.
Type: JsonSchemaMode
Methods
Section titled “Methods”resolve_ref_schema
Section titled “resolve_ref_schema”def resolve_ref_schema(maybe_ref_json_schema: JsonSchemaValue, /) -> JsonSchemaValueGet the real schema for a {"$ref": ...} schema. If the schema given is not a $ref schema, it will be returned as is. This means you don't have to check before calling this function.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”JsonSchemaValue -- A JsonSchemaValue that has no $ref.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”maybe_ref_json_schema : JsonSchemaValue
A JsonSchemaValue which may be a $ref schema.
Raises
Section titled “Raises”LookupError-- If the ref is not found.
GetCoreSchemaHandler
Section titled “GetCoreSchemaHandler”Handler to call into the next CoreSchema schema generation function.
Attributes
Section titled “Attributes”field_name
Section titled “field_name”Get the name of the closest field to this validator.
Methods
Section titled “Methods”generate_schema
Section titled “generate_schema”def generate_schema(source_type: Any, /) -> core_schema.CoreSchemaGenerate a schema unrelated to the current context. Use this function if e.g. you are handling schema generation for a sequence and want to generate a schema for its items. Otherwise, you may end up doing something like applying a min_length constraint that was intended for the sequence itself to its items!
Returns
Section titled “Returns”core_schema.CoreSchema -- The pydantic-core CoreSchema generated.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”source_type : Any
The input type.
resolve_ref_schema
Section titled “resolve_ref_schema”def resolve_ref_schema(
maybe_ref_schema: core_schema.CoreSchema,
/,
) -> core_schema.CoreSchemaGet the real schema for a definition-ref schema. If the schema given is not a definition-ref schema, it will be returned as is. This means you don't have to check before calling this function.
Returns
Section titled “Returns”core_schema.CoreSchema -- A concrete CoreSchema.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”maybe_ref_schema : core_schema.CoreSchema
A CoreSchema, ref-based or not.
Raises
Section titled “Raises”LookupError-- If therefis not found.