[Zope-dev] ZODB : store and retrieve (more specific)

Hi, I want to create a persistent List (I want to store data for a long time without using a relational database). I have found source of such list but I don't know how to use it. The things that I want to know are : --> how could I use personnal object (in Python language) --> how could I store and retrieve these object ? I Hope that anybody can help me.... thanks...