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class BaseView(object):
    """
    A base class to create class based views.
    
    It will automatically check allowed methods if a list of allowed methods are
    given. It also automatically tries to route to 'handle_`method`' methods if
    they're available. So if for example you define a 'handle_post' method and
    the request method is 'POST', this one will be called instead of 'handle'.
    """
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        # Preserve args and kwargs
        self._initial_args = args
        self._initial_kwargs = kwargs

    @property
    def __name__(self):
        """
        INTERNAL: required by django
        """
        return self.get_view_name()
        
    def __call__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        INTERNAL: Called by django when a request should be handled by this view.
        Creates a new instance of this class to sandbox 
        """
        handle_func_name = 'handle'
        sandbox = self.__class__(*self._initial_args, **self._initial_kwargs)
        return getattr(sandbox, handle_func_name)(request, *args, **kwargs)
    
    def get_view_name(self):
        """
        Returns the name of this view
        """
        return self.__class__.__name__
    
    def handle(self):
        """
        Write your view logic here
        """
        raise NotImplementedError