----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jibson" <stevej@parlant.com> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 6:22 PM Subject: [Zope] Adding another base class to an existing ZClass
I've spent many hours working on a ZClass (with multiple sub-zclasses, etc.), and now I've decided that I should have inherited from Folder as well as ObjectManager when I created the ZClass. Is there a way to add a base class to the base class list of an existing ZClass, or do I need to start all over?
Did anyone ever reply to this, or are you still trying to figure it out? I've seen something in the Zope how-tos or guides about the "class id" field on the "basic" tab of the ZClass, and swapping out one ZClass for another. I THINK the basic idea is that you would copy or export everything you want to keep (such as child ZClasses and methods) to a safe place, copy the ZClass's class id to a file somewhere, then delete the ZClass. Create a new one with the same id, deriving from whatever you need. Then replace the new class's id with the one you saved in the file. Finally, re-import or paste the things you needed to keep from the old class. I have not tested the above and have no idea if it would work, so I really recommend backing your database up before you try it. If you do try it, let me know how it works out. - Gregor