[Zope-CMF] Re: GenericSetup TI listing

[Florent Guillaume]

On 13 Dec 2005, at 11:01, yuppie wrote:
> Florent Guillaume wrote:
>> Also, why is the meta_type information duplicated in typesinfo.xml  
>> and types/foo.xml?
>
> The adapter for the container is responsible for creating empty sub- 
> objects. So in this case the TypesToolXMLAdapter needs to know the  
> meta_type information to find the correct class.

Ok I thought it would be something like that. I don't like it but I  
don't see another option.

> The meta_type information in types/foo.xml isn't strictly  
> necessary, but it allows to see to which meta_type the XML file  
> belongs and to check the meta_type before applying an XML file to  
> an object.

Yes I agree that it's good to have it in types/foo.xml for  
consistency and self-sufficiency.

Florent

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