Method _lazy_load_refs

mongoengine/base/fields.py:323–331

(instance, name, ref_values, *, max_depth)

    @staticmethod
    def _lazy_load_refs(instance, name, ref_values, *, max_depth):
        _dereference = _import_class("DeReference")()
        documents = _dereference(
            ref_values,
            max_depth=max_depth,
            instance=instance,
            name=name,
        )
        return documents

    def __set__(self, instance, value):
        # Some fields e.g EnumField are converted upon __set__