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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/declarative.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/declarative.py
index 91d770197..dc84c5dfb 100755
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/declarative.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/ext/declarative.py
@@ -1500,6 +1500,7 @@ _declarative_constructor.__name__ = '__init__'
def declarative_base(bind=None, metadata=None, mapper=None, cls=object,
name='Base', constructor=_declarative_constructor,
+ class_registry=None,
metaclass=DeclarativeMeta):
"""Construct a base class for declarative class definitions.
@@ -1543,6 +1544,13 @@ def declarative_base(bind=None, metadata=None, mapper=None, cls=object,
no __init__ will be provided and construction will fall back to
cls.__init__ by way of the normal Python semantics.
+ :param class_registry: optional dictionary that will serve as the
+ registry of class names-> mapped classes when string names
+ are used to identify classes inside of :func:`.relationship`
+ and others. Allows two or more declarative base classes
+ to share the same registry of class names for simplified
+ inter-base relationships.
+
:param metaclass:
Defaults to :class:`.DeclarativeMeta`. A metaclass or __metaclass__
compatible callable to use as the meta type of the generated
@@ -1553,8 +1561,11 @@ def declarative_base(bind=None, metadata=None, mapper=None, cls=object,
if bind:
lcl_metadata.bind = bind
+ if class_registry is None:
+ class_registry = {}
+
bases = not isinstance(cls, tuple) and (cls,) or cls
- class_dict = dict(_decl_class_registry=dict(),
+ class_dict = dict(_decl_class_registry=class_registry,
metadata=lcl_metadata)
if constructor: