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Ask mongongine not to use _cls in queries

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Description

class BaseEvent(Document):
	type = IntField(required=True)
	source_id = IntField(required=True)

	meta = {
        'allow_inheritance': True,
        'collection': 'event',
    }


class SimpleEvent(BaseEvent):
    start_time = DateTimeField(required=True)
    end_time = DateTimeField(required=True)
	
	meta = {
        'allow_inheritance': True,
        'collection': 'event',
    }

# event type = 1
class EventA(BaseEvent):
 	pass


# event type = 2
class EventB(SimpleEvent):
 	x = IntField(required=True)
 	# ........................

I have many types of events, all events are saved in collection 'event'.
I want to define documents:

  • Use inheritance for define event class (for control fields which each event has)
  • Use field type for querying event of a type
  • Ask mongongine not to use _cls in all queries ?

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reproducing the inheritance example and tracing how MongoEngine builds queries for the shared event collection; define completion as supporting the requested type-based querying without relying on _cls, while preserving the documented inheritance behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
mongodb, python
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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