[ZDP] BackTalk to Document The Zope Book (2.5 Edition)/Extending Zope
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nobody@nowhere.com
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:44:05 -0400
A comment to the paragraph below was recently added via http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/CustomZopeObjects.stx#2-44
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The five objects Zope created are all automatically configured to work
properly, you do not need to change them for now. Here is a brief
description of each object that was created:
*ZooExhibit* -- This is the ZClass itself. It's icon is a white box
with two horizontal lines in it. This is the traditional symbol for
a *class*.
*ZooExhibit_addForm* -- This DTML Method is the constructor form for
the ZClass. It is a simple form that accepts an id and title. You
can customize this form to accept any kind of input your new object
requires. The is very similar to the add form we created in the
first example.
*ZooExhibit_add* -- This DTML Method gets called by the
constructor form, *ZooExhibit_addForm*. This method actually
creates your new object and sets its *id* and *title*. You can
customize this form to do more advanced changes to your object
based on input parameters from the *ZooExhibit_addForm*. This
has the same functionality as the Python script we created in
the previous example.
*ZooExhibit_add_permission* -- The curious looking stick-person
carrying the blue box is a *Permission*. This defines a
permission that you can associate with adding new *ZooExhibit*
objects. This lets you protect the ability to add new Zoo
exhibits. If you click on this Permission, you can see the name
of this new permission is "Add ZooExhibits".
*ZooExhibit_factory* -- The little factory with a smokestack
icon is a *Factory* object. If you click on this object, you
can change the text that shows up in the add list for this
object in the *Add list name* box. The *Method* is the method
that gets called when a user selects the *Add list name* from
the add list. This is usually the constructor form for your
object, in this case, *ZooExhibit_addForm*. You can associate
the Permission the user must have to add this object, in this
case, *ZooExhibit_add_permission*. You can also specify a
regular Zope permission instead.
% Anonymous User - Sep. 18, 2002 11:44 am:
in ZooExibit_addForm explination, it should be "This is very similair to ...", rather than "The is ..."