Simple function to generate views on OE models

oe_generate_views.py

xml_template = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
    <data>
        %(views)s
    </data>
</openerp>
"""

view_template = """
        <record id="%(view_id)s_%(view_type)s_view" model="ir.ui.view">
            <field name="name">%(view_name)s</field>
            <field name="model">%(view_model)s</field>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <%(view_type)s string="%(view_name)s">
                    %(view_fields)s
                </%(view_type)s>
            </field>
        </record>
"""


field_template = """
                    <field name="%(name)s"/>"""

action_template = """
        <record id="%(act_name)s_view_action" model="ir.actions.act_window">
            <field name="name">%(model)s.View</field>
            <field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
            <field name="res_model">%(model)s</field>
            <field name="view_type">form</field>
            <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
            <!--<field name="view_id" ref=""/>-->
        </record>

        <menuitem id="menu_id" name="Name"
                  parent="" sequence="10"
                  action="%(act_name)s_view_action"/>
"""


def generate_views_for_model(*models):
    total_views = ""
    for model in models:
        view_fields = ""
        for fname, fval in model._columns.iteritems():
            view_fields += field_template % {'name': fname}

        views = ""
        for view_type in ('search', 'tree', 'form'):
            view = view_template % {
                'view_id': "%s_view" % str(model._name or model._inherit).replace(".", '_'),
                'view_name': str(model._name or model._inherit),
                'view_model': str(model._name or model._inherit),
                'view_type': view_type,
                'view_fields': view_fields,
            }
            views += view
        total_views += """
        <!-- Views for model %s -->
        """ % str(model._name or model._inherit)
        total_views += views
        total_views += action_template % {
            'act_name': str(model._name or model._inherit).replace(".", '_'),
            'model': str(model._name or model._inherit),
        }
        total_views += """
        <!-- end views for model %s -->
        """ % str(model._name or model._inherit)

    return xml_template % {'views': total_views}