[Zope-dev] Re: Subclassing

[Jason Spisak]

Brian,

I thought that was the case, but it turns out, I do not have any of my
created ZClasses (which are based on Object Manager) in that list box. 
They don't show up.  Since they are supposed to be there something is
wrong.  I just wanted to confirm that. Thanks!

Jason Spisak
webmaster@mtear.com

Brian Lloyd wrote:
> 
> > Zopists,
> >
> > I noticed a post in the list a while back about Subclassing.  In order
> > to make a ZClass inherit from a Base ZClass like lets say a "Findable"
> > :) base class.  Then I have to put all of the ZClasses that I want to
> > decend from Findable inside the Findable ZClass.  Since they
> > don't show
> > up in the "Add ZClass" interface.  Won't this means that the Findable
> > ZClass will be very fat indeed?  I'm probably misinterpreting the
> > Subclass issue.
> >
> > All my best,
> >
> > Jason Spisak
> 
> A ZClass doesn't need to be contained in another ZClass
> in order to inherit from it. For example, let's say you
> create a Product called "SpamCan". Inside of SpamCan,
> you can create a "Findable" ZClass. After adding that,
> you can create a "SpamCan" ZClass and "Findable" should
> show up in the list of possible base classes when you
> define SpamCan. It should also show up in the bases list
> if you try to create more ZClasses _inside_ of the SpamCan
> class.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
> Software Engineer  540.371.6909
> Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com