-----Original Message----- From: Michael Bernstein <mbernstein@profitscape.net> To: Kevin Dangoor <kid@kendermedia.com> Cc: Anthony Pfrunder <s341625@student.uq.edu.au>; eric jones <ej@ee.duke.edu>; zope@zope.org <zope@zope.org>; paul@digicool.com <paul@digicool.com>; rob.page@digicool.com <rob.page@digicool.com> Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] Creating a New Object Type - Use ZClass or Python?
Kevin Dangoor wrote:
If there was a way to "link" from one ZClass instance to another, then you could have an Author object for each author and just have the publication point to the Author object. There are certainly ways to do this programmatically now, it's just not automatic. This way, an Author could have other properties (contact info, website address, etc.) if desired, and those properties are only stored in one place.
I have already submitted this to the collector: http://www.zope.org/Collector/380/view
But was informed that this was a low priority item, and that it had been downgraded in status to 'wish'.
Since I think that this is a VERY important feature, I am willing to put my money where my mouth is and cough up some $$$ to get this done. Consequently I have three questions:
[questions deleted] I am about to start working on some code that will require the ability to link from one object to another. While I think having something nicely integrated in Zope to link to an object is ultimately the way to go, for now I'll just use a string property to store the URL. And I think I saw a function in ZCatalog.py that would map from a URL to an object. This is not *as* nice as an integrated feature, but it seems functional enough for my purposes. So, my point is this: I agree it is important, but there are workarounds today. Kevin