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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) the purl authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+# Visit https://github.com/package-url/packageurl-python for support and
+# download.
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.db import models
+from django.db.models.query_utils import DeferredAttribute
+
+from packageurl import PackageURL
+
+
+def to_purl(value: Optional[str | PackageURL]) -> Optional[PackageURL]:
+    if value is None or value == "":
+        # in case of PURL being blank we return None as well in order
+        # to avoid type confusion, as blank is not a valid PURL
+        return None
+
+    if isinstance(value, PackageURL):
+        return value
+
+    try:
+        return PackageURL.from_string(value)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        raise ValidationError(f"Invalid PURL: {e}")
+
+
+class PURLDescriptor(DeferredAttribute):
+    def __get__(
+        self, instance: Optional[models.Model], cls: Optional[type[models.Model]] = None
+    ) -> Optional[PackageURL]:
+        return super().__get__(instance, cls)
+
+    def __set__(
+        self, instance: Optional[models.Model], value: Optional[str | PackageURL]
+    ) -> None:
+        if instance:
+            instance.__dict__[self.field.name] = to_purl(value)
+
+
+class PURLField(models.CharField):
+    """
+    Custom field for Package URLs (PURLs) that automatically handles
+    conversion between string representation and PackageURL objects.
+
+    This field:
+    - Stores PURLs as strings in the database (using to_string())
+    - Returns PackageURL objects when accessed through the ORM
+    - Validates PURLs using PackageURL.from_string()
+    - Handles None/empty values appropriately
+    """
+
+    description = "A field for storing Package URLs (PURLs)"
+    descriptor_class = PURLDescriptor
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs["blank"] = True
+        kwargs["null"] = False
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def to_python(self, value: Optional[str | PackageURL]) -> Optional[PackageURL]:
+        return to_purl(value)
+
+    def get_prep_value(self, value: Optional[str | PackageURL]) -> str:
+        if value is None or value == "":
+            return ""
+
+        if isinstance(value, PackageURL):
+            return value.to_string()
+
+        try:
+            # here we ensure that before querying / saving to the database
+            # we normalize the string so that the order of e.g. qualifiers
+            # is consistent
+            return PackageURL.from_string(value).to_string()
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise ValidationError(f"Invalid PURL: {e}")
+
+    def from_db_value(
+        self, value: Optional[str], expression, connection
+    ) -> Optional[PackageURL]:
+        return to_purl(value)