.. currentmodule:: macaron

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 Field reference
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Instance methods
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``initialize_after_meta``
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.. method:: Field.initialize_after_meta()

``set``
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.. method:: Field.set(obj, value)

   :param obj: current model object
   :param value: current value
   :returns: new value

``to_database``
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.. method:: to_database(obj, value)

   :returns: value which is stored into database

``to_object``
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.. method:: to_object(row, value)

   :param row: raw record from database
   :param value: current value from database
   :returns: value which is set into field of model

``validate``
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.. method:: validate(obj, value)

   :raises: :exc:`ValidationError` when validation failed
   :returns: ``True`` when validation succeeded