code: def get_objects(self):
          
          # Create a mapping of source ARs for copy
          uids = self.request.form.get("uids", "")
          if not uids:
              # check for the `items` parammeter
              uids = self.request.form.get("items", "")
          if isinstance(uids, basestring):
              uids = uids.split(",")
          unique_uids = OrderedDict().fromkeys(uids).keys()
          return filter(None, map(self.get_object_by_uid, unique_uids))
docs: Returns a list of objects coming from the "uids" request parameter