Moved the user utilities from the "accounting.database" module to the "accounting.utils.users" module, and simplified its use.

src/accounting/__init__.py

@@ -18,55 +18,11 @@
 
 """
 import typing as t
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-import sqlalchemy as sa
 from flask import Flask, Blueprint
 from flask_sqlalchemy.model import Model
 
-T = t.TypeVar("T", bound=Model)
+from accounting.utils.user import AbstractUserUtils
-
-
-class AbstractUserUtils(t.Generic[T], ABC):
-    """The abstract user utilities."""
-
-    @property
-    @abstractmethod
-    def cls(self) -> t.Type[T]:
-        """Returns the user class.
-
-        :return: The user class.
-        """
-
-    @property
-    @abstractmethod
-    def pk_column(self) -> sa.Column:
-        """Returns the primary key column.
-
-        :return: The primary key column.
-        """
-
-    @property
-    @abstractmethod
-    def current_user(self) -> T:
-        """Returns the current user.
-
-        :return: The current user.
-        """
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def get_by_username(self, username: str) -> T | None:
-        """Returns the user by her username.
-
-        :return: The user by her username, or None if the user was not found.
-        """
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def get_pk(self, user: T) -> int:
-        """Returns the primary key of the user.
-
-        :return: The primary key of the user.
-        """
 
 
 def init_app(app: Flask, user_utils: AbstractUserUtils,
@@ -87,7 +43,9 @@ def init_app(app: Flask, user_utils: AbstractUserUtils,
     # The database instance must be set before loading everything
     # in the application.
     from .database import set_db
-    set_db(app.extensions["sqlalchemy"], user_utils)
+    set_db(app.extensions["sqlalchemy"])
+    from .utils.user import init_user_utils
+    init_user_utils(user_utils)
 
     bp: Blueprint = Blueprint("accounting", __name__,
                               url_prefix=url_prefix,

src/accounting/account/commands.py

@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ from secrets import randbelow
 import click
 from flask.cli import with_appcontext
 
-from accounting.database import db, user_utils
+from accounting.database import db
 from accounting.models import BaseAccount, Account, AccountL10n
+from accounting.utils.user import has_user, get_user_pk
 
 AccountData = tuple[int, str, int, str, str, str, bool]
 """The format of the account data, as a list of (ID, base account code, number,
@@ -45,8 +46,7 @@ def __validate_username(ctx: click.core.Context, param: click.core.Option,
     value = value.strip()
     if value == "":
         raise click.BadParameter("Username empty.")
-    user: user_utils.cls | None = user_utils.get_by_username(value)
+    if not has_user(value):
-    if user is None:
         raise click.BadParameter(f"User {value} does not exist.")
     return value
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def __validate_username(ctx: click.core.Context, param: click.core.Option,
 @with_appcontext
 def init_accounts_command(username: str) -> None:
     """Initializes the accounts."""
-    creator_pk: int = user_utils.get_pk(user_utils.get_by_username(username))
+    creator_pk: int = get_user_pk(username)
 
     bases: list[BaseAccount] = BaseAccount.query\
         .filter(db.func.length(BaseAccount.code) == 4)\

src/accounting/account/forms.py

@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
 from wtforms import StringField, BooleanField
 from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, ValidationError
 
-from accounting.database import db, user_utils
+from accounting.database import db
 from accounting.locale import lazy_gettext
 from accounting.models import BaseAccount, Account
 from accounting.utils.random_id import new_id
 from accounting.utils.strip_text import strip_text
+from accounting.utils.user import get_current_user_pk
 
 
 class BaseAccountExists:
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class AccountForm(FlaskForm):
         obj.title = self.title.data
         obj.is_offset_needed = self.is_offset_needed.data
         if is_new:
-            current_user_pk: int = user_utils.get_pk(user_utils.current_user)
+            current_user_pk: int = get_current_user_pk()
             obj.created_by_id = current_user_pk
             obj.updated_by_id = current_user_pk
         if prev_base_code is not None \
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class AccountForm(FlaskForm):
 
         :return: None
         """
-        current_user_pk: int = user_utils.get_pk(user_utils.current_user)
+        current_user_pk: int = get_current_user_pk()
         obj.updated_by_id = current_user_pk
         obj.updated_at = sa.func.now()
         if hasattr(self, "__post_update"):

src/accounting/database.py

@@ -25,21 +25,15 @@ time.
 
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
-from accounting import AbstractUserUtils
-
 db: SQLAlchemy
 """The database instance."""
-user_utils: AbstractUserUtils
-"""The user utilities."""
 
 
-def set_db(new_db: SQLAlchemy, new_user_utils: AbstractUserUtils) -> None:
+def set_db(new_db: SQLAlchemy) -> None:
     """Sets the database instance.
 
     :param new_db: The database instance.
-    :param new_user_utils: The user utilities.
     :return: None.
     """
-    global db, user_utils
+    global db
     db = new_db
-    user_utils = new_user_utils

src/accounting/models.py

@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ from flask import current_app
 from flask_babel import get_locale
 from sqlalchemy import text
 
-from accounting.database import db, user_utils
+from accounting.database import db
-
+from accounting.utils.user import user_cls, user_pk_column
-user_cls: db.Model = user_utils.cls
-user_pk_column: db.Column = user_utils.pk_column
 
 
 class BaseAccount(db.Model):

src/accounting/utils/user.py

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# The Mia! Accounting Flask Project.
+# Author: imacat@mail.imacat.idv.tw (imacat), 2023/2/1
+
+#  Copyright (c) 2023 imacat.
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+"""The user utilities.
+
+This module should not import any other module from the application.
+
+"""
+import typing as t
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from flask_sqlalchemy.model import Model
+
+T = t.TypeVar("T", bound=Model)
+
+
+class AbstractUserUtils(t.Generic[T], ABC):
+    """The abstract user utilities."""
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def cls(self) -> t.Type[T]:
+        """Returns the user class.
+
+        :return: The user class.
+        """
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def pk_column(self) -> sa.Column:
+        """Returns the primary key column.
+
+        :return: The primary key column.
+        """
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def current_user(self) -> T:
+        """Returns the current user.
+
+        :return: The current user.
+        """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_by_username(self, username: str) -> T | None:
+        """Returns the user by her username.
+
+        :return: The user by her username, or None if the user was not found.
+        """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_pk(self, user: T) -> int:
+        """Returns the primary key of the user.
+
+        :return: The primary key of the user.
+        """
+
+
+__user_utils: AbstractUserUtils
+"""The user utilities."""
+user_cls: t.Type[Model]
+"""The user class."""
+user_pk_column: sa.Column
+"""The primary key column of the user class."""
+
+
+def init_user_utils(utils: AbstractUserUtils) -> None:
+    """Initializes the user utilities.
+
+    :param utils: The user utilities.
+    :return: None.
+    """
+    global __user_utils, user_cls, user_pk_column
+    __user_utils = utils
+    user_cls = utils.cls
+    user_pk_column = utils.pk_column
+
+
+def get_current_user_pk() -> int:
+    """Returns the primary key value of the currently logged-in user.
+
+    :return: The primary key value of the currently logged-in user.
+    """
+    return __user_utils.get_pk(__user_utils.current_user)
+
+
+def has_user(username: str) -> bool:
+    """Returns whether a user by the username exists.
+
+    :param username: The username.
+    :return: True if the user by the username exists, or False otherwise.
+    """
+    return __user_utils.get_by_username(username) is not None
+
+
+def get_user_pk(username: str) -> int:
+    """Returns the primary key value of the user by the username.
+
+    :param username: The username.
+    :return: The primary key value of the user by the username.
+    """
+    return __user_utils.get_pk(__user_utils.get_by_username(username))

tests/testsite/__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_wtf import CSRFProtect
 from sqlalchemy import Column
 
+import accounting.utils.user
+
 bp: Blueprint = Blueprint("home", __name__)
 babel_js: BabelJS = BabelJS()
 csrf: CSRFProtect = CSRFProtect()
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ def create_app(is_testing: bool = False) -> Flask:
     from . import auth
     auth.init_app(app)
 
-    class UserUtils(accounting.AbstractUserUtils[auth.User]):
+    class UserUtils(accounting.utils.user.AbstractUserUtils[auth.User]):
 
         @property
         def cls(self) -> t.Type[auth.User]: