1 files changed, 23 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/src/web/views/api/v3/common.py b/src/web/views/api/v3/common.py
index 84e1f104..9ff7d96e 100644
--- a/src/web/views/api/v3/common.py
+++ b/src/web/views/api/v3/common.py
@@ -1,38 +1,32 @@
 from flask.ext.login import current_user
 from flask.ext.restless import ProcessingException
-from web.controllers import ArticleController
-
 
 url_prefix = '/api/v3'
 
-
-def is_authorized_to_modify(user, obj):
-    return user.id == obj.user_id
-
 def auth_func(*args, **kw):
     if not current_user.is_authenticated:
         raise ProcessingException(description='Not authenticated!', code=401)
 
-def get_single_preprocessor(instance_id=None, **kw):
-    # Check if the user is authorized to modify the specified
-    # instance of the model.
-    contr = ArticleController(current_user.id)
-    article = contr.get(id=instance_id)
-    if not is_authorized_to_modify(current_user, article):
-        raise ProcessingException(description='Not Authorized',
-                                  code=401)
-
-def get_many_preprocessor(search_params=None, **kw):
-    """Accepts a single argument, `search_params`, which is a dictionary
-    containing the search parameters for the request.
-
-    """
-    filt = dict(name="user_id",
-                op="eq",
-                val=current_user.id)
-
-    # Check if there are any filters there already.
-    if "filters" not in search_params:
-      search_params["filters"] = []
-
-    search_params["filters"].append(filt)
+class AbstractProcessor():
+
+    def is_authorized_to_modify(self, user, obj):
+        return user.id == obj.user_id
+
+    def get_single_preprocessor(self, instance_id=None, **kw):
+        # Check if the user is authorized to modify the specified
+        # instance of the model.
+        pass
+
+    def get_many_preprocessor(self, search_params=None, **kw):
+        """Accepts a single argument, `search_params`, which is a dictionary
+        containing the search parameters for the request.
+        """
+        filt = dict(name="user_id",
+                    op="eq",
+                    val=current_user.id)
+
+        # Check if there are any filters there already.
+        if "filters" not in search_params:
+          search_params["filters"] = []
+
+        search_params["filters"].append(filt)