[Zope-CMF] Error trying to add FTI

[Thomas Olsen]

I've had a lot of problems with this too:

in the module define you fti as a tuple of dictionaries:

factory_type_information =3D ({
      'id': 'Contact',
      'meta_type': 'Contact Object',
      'description': 'Contains contacts',
      'product': 'MyProduct',
      'icon': 'folder_icon.gif',
      'factory': 'addContact',
      'filter_content_types': 0,
      'immediate_view': 'contact_view',
      'actions':
           (
                {
                 'id': 'view'
                ,'name': 'View'
                ,'action': 'contact_view'
                ,'permissions': (CMFCorePermissions.View,)
                ,'category': 'object'
                },
            )
           },)

This way you an have fti's for several classes in the same module.
Then in __init__.py:

utils.ContentInit(
  'Medzope Content',
  content_types =3D ( MedzopeFolder.MedzopeFolder
                   ,MedzopeOrg.MedzopeOrg
                   ,Contact.Contact),
  permission =3D ADD_FOLDERS_PERMISSION,
  extra_constructors =3D (MedzopeFolder.addMedzopeFolder
                       ,MedzopeOrg.addMedzopeOrg
                       ,Contact.addContact),
  fti=3D(MedzopeFolder.factory_type_information
     + MedzopeOrg.factory_type_information
     + Contact.factory_type_information)
  ).initialize(context)

Notice that you have to add the fti's with a '+' sign.

Having the fti's in a tuple also makes it quite easy to create install=20
scripts:

---[snip]----------------------
from Products.CMFCore.TypesTool import ContentFactoryMetadata
from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
import MedzopeFolder, MedzopeOrg, Contact

def registerType(self, fti):
    """
        Register type defined in fti in the types tool
    """
    typestool =3D getToolByName(self, 'portal_types')

    if fti['id'] not in typestool.objectIds():
        cfm =3D apply(ContentFactoryMetadata, (), fti)
        typestool._setObject(fti['id'], cfm)
        out.write('Registered %s with the types tool\n' % fti['id'])
    else:
        out.write('Object "%s" already existed in the types tool\n' %=20
(fti['id']))

def install(self):
    """Register all components with the necessary tools"""
    # register the portal types
    type_classes =3D (MedzopeFolder, MedzopeOrg, Contact)
    for c in type_classes:
        t =3D c.factory_type_information
        if type(t) =3D=3D type(()): # double check
            for fti in t:
                registerType(self, fti)
        else:
            registerType(self, t)



On Monday 22 April 2002 18:18, Jon Edwards wrote:
> I created a product "Medzope" which had a couple of subproducts - all
> worked OK. But now I've added another sub-product (Contact), it doesn't
> seem to be registering itself properly, can someone pleeeeease point ou=
t my
> dumb mistake?
>
> I think the mistake might be in my init.py, where I do the ContentInit =
-
>
>     utils.ContentInit(
>         'Medzope Content',
>         content_types =3D (MedzopeFolder.MedzopeFolder,
> MedzopeOrg.MedzopeOrg, Contact.Contact),
>         permission =3D ADD_FOLDERS_PERMISSION,
>         extra_constructors =3D (MedzopeFolder.addMedzopeFolder,
> MedzopeOrg.addMedzopeOrg, Contact.addContact),
>         fti=3D(MedzopeFolder.factory_type_information,
> MedzopeOrg.factory_type_information, Contact.factory_type_information)
>         ).initialize(context)
>
> Everything seems to initialise without errors, and I can add my new
> "Contact" objects through the ZMI. But "Contact" is not listed in the
> TypesTool, so I tried to add a new Factory-based Type Information, and
> immediately got the following error -
>
> AttributeError
>
> Sorry, a site error occurred.
>
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File C:\Program Files\testzope250\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, l=
ine
> 150, in publish_module
>   File C:\Program Files\testzope250\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, l=
ine
> 114, in publish
>   File C:\Program Files\testzope250\lib\python\Zope\__init__.py, line 1=
58,
> in zpublisher_exception_hook
>     (Object: portal_types)
>   File C:\Program Files\testzope250\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, l=
ine
> 98, in publish
>   File C:\Program Files\testzope250\lib\python\ZPublisher\mapply.py, li=
ne
> 88, in mapply
>     (Object: manage_addFactoryTIForm)
>   File C:\Program Files\testzope250\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, l=
ine
> 39, in call_object
>     (Object: manage_addFactoryTIForm)
>   File C:\Program
> Files\testzope250\lib\python\Products\CMFCore\TypesTool.py, line 578, i=
n
> manage_addFactoryTIForm
>     (Object: portal_types)
>   File C:\Program
> Files\testzope250\lib\python\Products\CMFCore\TypesTool.py, line 567, i=
n
> listDefaultTypeInformation
>     (Object: portal_types)
> AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'get'
>
> Looking at TypesTool, I think it's trying to get the meta_type of the F=
TI?
> But it seems that something in the way I initialised it has caused that=
 not
> to be stored, or to be stored wrongly? (I've declared both meta_type an=
d
> portal_type as Contact in Contact.py)
>
> Any clues gratefully accepted!
>
> Cheers, Jon
>
>
>
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--=20
Regards,
=09Thomas Olsen