Method update

mongoengine/base/datastructures.py:332–352

Updates the embedded documents with the given replacement values. This function does not support mongoDB update operators such as ``inc__``. .. note:: The embedded document changes are not automatically saved to the database after calling this method

(self, **update)

        return len(values)

    def update(self, **update):
        """
        Updates the embedded documents with the given replacement values. This
        function does not support mongoDB update operators such as ``inc__``.

        .. note::
            The embedded document changes are not automatically saved
            to the database after calling this method.

        :param update: A dictionary of update values to apply to each
         embedded document.
        :return: The number of entries updated.
        """
        if len(update) == 0:
            return 0
        values = list(self)
        for item in values:
            for k, v in update.items():
                setattr(item, k, v)

        return len(values)


class StrictDict: