docs: Update docstrings for django_spanner (#564)

django_spanner/base.py

@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
 
     @property
     def instance(self):
+        """Reference to a Cloud Spanner Instance containing the Database.
+
+        :rtype: :class:`~google.cloud.spanner_v1.instance.Instance`
+        :returns: A new instance owned by the existing Spanner Client.
+        """
         return spanner.Client().instance(self.settings_dict["INSTANCE"])
 
     @property
@@ -112,6 +117,12 @@ def _nodb_connection(self):
         )
 
     def get_connection_params(self):
+        """Retrieve the connection parameters.
+
+        :rtype: dict
+        :returns: A dictionary containing the Spanner connection parameters
+                  in Django Spanner format.
+        """
         return {
             "project": self.settings_dict["PROJECT"],
             "instance_id": self.settings_dict["INSTANCE"],
@@ -120,20 +131,52 @@ def get_connection_params(self):
             **self.settings_dict["OPTIONS"],
         }
 
-    def get_new_connection(self, conn_params):
+    def get_new_connection(self, **conn_params):
+        """Create a new connection with corresponding connection parameters.
+
+        :type conn_params: list
+        :param conn_params: A List of the connection parameters for
+                            :class:`~google.cloud.spanner_dbapi.connection.Connection`
+
+        :rtype: :class:`google.cloud.spanner_dbapi.connection.Connection`
+        :returns: A new Spanner DB API Connection object associated with the
+                  given Google Cloud Spanner resource.
+
+        :raises: :class:`ValueError` in case the given instance/database
+                 doesn't exist.
+        """
         return Database.connect(**conn_params)
 
     def init_connection_state(self):
+        """Initialize the state of the existing connection."""
         pass
 
     def create_cursor(self, name=None):
+        """Create a new Database cursor.
+
+        :type name: str
+        :param name: Currently not used.
+
+        :rtype: :class:`~google.cloud.spanner_dbapi.cursor.Cursor`
+        :returns: The Cursor for this connection.
+        """
         return self.connection.cursor()
 
     def _set_autocommit(self, autocommit):
+        """Set the Spanner transaction autocommit flag.
+
+        :type autocommit: bool
+        :param autocommit: The new value of the autocommit flag.
+        """
         with self.wrap_database_errors:
             self.connection.autocommit = autocommit
 
     def is_usable(self):
+        """Check whether the connection is valid.
+
+        :rtype: bool
+        :returns: True if the connection is open, otherwise False.
+        """
         if self.connection is None:
             return False
         try:

django_spanner/client.py

@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@
 
 
 class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
+    """Wrap the Django base class."""
+
     def runshell(self, parameters):
         raise NotSupportedError("This method is not supported.")

django_spanner/compiler.py

@@ -17,11 +17,27 @@
 
 
 class SQLCompiler(BaseSQLCompiler):
+    """
+    A variation of the Django SQL compiler, adjusted for Spanner-specific
+    functionality.
+    """
+
     def get_combinator_sql(self, combinator, all):
-        """
+        """Override the native Django method.
+
         Copied from the base class except for:
             combinator_sql += ' ALL' if all else ' DISTINCT'
         Cloud Spanner requires ALL or DISTINCT.
+
+        :type combinator: str
+        :param combinator: A type of the combinator for the operation.
+
+        :type all: bool
+        :param all: Bool option for the SQL statement.
+
+        :rtype: tuple
+        :returns: A tuple containing SQL statement(s) with some additional
+                  parameters.
         """
         features = self.connection.features
         compilers = [
@@ -97,16 +113,20 @@ def get_combinator_sql(self, combinator, all):
 
 
 class SQLInsertCompiler(BaseSQLInsertCompiler, SQLCompiler):
+    """A wrapper class for compatibility with Django specifications."""
     pass
 
 
 class SQLDeleteCompiler(BaseSQLDeleteCompiler, SQLCompiler):
+    """A wrapper class for compatibility with Django specifications."""
     pass
 
 
 class SQLUpdateCompiler(BaseSQLUpdateCompiler, SQLCompiler):
+    """A wrapper class for compatibility with Django specifications."""
     pass
 
 
 class SQLAggregateCompiler(BaseSQLAggregateCompiler, SQLCompiler):
+    """A wrapper class for compatibility with Django specifications."""
     pass

django_spanner/creation.py

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 
 
 class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
+    """
+    Spanner-specific wrapper for Django class encapsulating methods for
+    creation and destruction of the underlying test database.
+    """
+
     def mark_skips(self):
         """Skip tests that don't work on Spanner."""
         for test_name in self.connection.features.skip_tests:
@@ -30,13 +35,23 @@ def mark_skips(self):
                 )
 
     def create_test_db(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Create a test database.
+
+        :rtype: str
+        :returns: The name of the newly created test Database.
+        """
         # This environment variable is set by the Travis build script or
         # by a developer running the tests locally.
         if os.environ.get("RUNNING_SPANNER_BACKEND_TESTS") == "1":
             self.mark_skips()
         super().create_test_db(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def _create_test_db(self, verbosity, autoclobber, keepdb=False):
+        """
+        Create dummy test tables. This method is mostly copied from the
+        base class but removes usage of `_nodb_connection` since Spanner doesn't
+        have or need one.
+        """
         # Mostly copied from the base class but removes usage of
         # _nodb_connection since Spanner doesn't have or need one.
         test_database_name = self._get_test_db_name()

django_spanner/expressions.py

@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@
 
 
 def order_by(self, compiler, connection, **extra_context):
-    # In Django 3.1, this can be replaced with
-    # DatabaseFeatures.supports_order_by_nulls_modifier = False.
+    """
+    Order expressions in the SQL query and generate a new query using
+    Spanner-specific templates.
+
+    :rtype: str
+    :returns: A SQL query.
+    """
+    # TODO: In Django 3.1, this can be replaced with
+    #  DatabaseFeatures.supports_order_by_nulls_modifier = False.
+    #  Also, consider making this a class method.
     template = None
     if self.nulls_last:
         template = "%(expression)s IS NULL, %(expression)s %(ordering)s"
@@ -21,4 +29,5 @@ def order_by(self, compiler, connection, **extra_context):
 
 
 def register_expressions():
+    """Add Spanner-specific attribute to the Django OrderBy class."""
     OrderBy.as_spanner = order_by

django_spanner/features.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 
 class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
+    """An extension to Django database feature descriptor."""
     can_introspect_big_integer_field = False
     can_introspect_duration_field = False
     can_introspect_foreign_keys = False