[ZODB-Dev] zodb questions
Chris Withers
chris at simplistix.co.uk
Mon Aug 2 06:52:44 EDT 2004
Dieter Maurer wrote:
>>1.. Can the security classes from zope be used without the full zope install? As
>>the applications are built on top of twisted should I just use there security model?
>
> Almost surely...
> However, it may take a bit of time to figure out what
> packages beside "AccessControl" need to be included...
Heh, good luck. I'd recommend starting with your own, simpler thing...
>>2.. Is there any guide lines or examples on how best to reference
>>files/documents in a zodb?
>
> The ZODB allows you to store the same object in different places.
> However, I would not recommend it:
Why not?
> it will probably be restricted in
> Zope 3
Oh? How so? The last time I had a peak, the ObjectHub had gone away and
Jim was talking about using real references to objects...
> and in Zope 2 the objects appears to be in different places
> (the same object has different URLs, physical paths, ...).
Yeah, but this is just Zope making assumptions, if you're starting with
a fresh Twisted application, this isn't a problem...
> Usually, references are a path to the object.
Why?
> AT (and soon CMF) uses unique references to identify objects
> and a catalog search to locate the object.
Yeah, this is mind numbingly annoying for me. Aside from cross-storage
refereces (a wart which will hopefulyl soon get fixed by Jim ;-), why
are we coming up with new unique reference numbers for objects when ZODB
already has them and is managing them for us?!
Chris
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