[Zope-CMF] Proposal: MemberDataFactory

[Wichert Akkerman]

Previously Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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> On Mar 18, 2009, at 16:12 , Wichert Akkerman wrote:
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> > Previously Miles wrote:
> >> We have quite a lot of copy-and-paste code here in order to support
> >> using a custom MemberData class for members in particular sites.
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> >> The reason for this is that the only way to use a different  
> >> MemberData
> >> class is to provide a custom wrapUser method.
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> >> I'd like to propose that this is changed to use a factory registered
> >> through the CA to create new MemberData objects, in order that this  
> >> is
> >> pluggable without requiring a custom MemberDataTool.
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> > Can you explain the use case? I suspect you can also solve this with  
> > PAS
> > and a custom user factory PAS plugin.
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> One use case I have: I need a different Member Data object (and thus  
> the whole overridden tool) for Products.CMFLDAP in order to have  
> custom overridden methods on those MemberData objects that call non- 
> standard methods on the user folder.

Personally I would rather find a way to get rid of the Member Data
object and rely PAS to provide all the required features. Is there
a reason, other than not wanting to add a dependency on PAS, to use a
Member Data object?

Wichert.

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