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Add MODEL_SERIALIZER_FIELD_MAPPING settings
Add way to extend field mapping for ModelSerializer without redefining.
As of now the only way to do it is to make such hack
class ModelSerializer:
@property
def serializer_field_mapping(
self,
) -> dict[type[Field], type[serializers.Field]]:
"""Extend serializer mapping with custom fields."""
serializer_field_mapping = super().serializer_field_mapping
serializer_field_mapping[FileField] = CustomField
serializer_field_mapping[ImageField] = CustomField
return serializer_field_mapping
But for this users need to do this for every serializer or create a base one. This setting will simplify this and make it easier to extend mapping for custom or unsupported fields.