[Zope-dev] XMLRPCMethod product

[Ben Leslie]

> Ben Leslie writes:
> >I would prefer the syntax <dtml-var "some_server.multiply(3, 4)"> but
> >I have had problem overriding __getattr__ so I'll stick to the former for
> >the moment.
> 
> Looking at the code, it seems essentially the same as mine (though I
> haven't actually run it to verify this), and I also ran into problems
> making the invocation syntax more natural using __getattr__ or
> __call__.  So we can concentrate on figuring that out...


Okay can any understand how I can do this?


I want to change the product so I can use the syntax

<dtml-var "some_server.multiply(3, 4)">

rather than

<dtml-var "some_server('multiply', 3, 4)">

Below is a snippet of code which is the closet I've come to getting this
to work. Unfortunately this totally kills and persistance


    def __getattr__(self, name):
        if name in ('ages', 'add', 'multiply'):
                myserv = xmlrpclib.Server(self.server)
                return (getattr(myserv,name))
        else:
                return Acquisition.Acquired


Basically I guess what I am trying todo is test if the attribute
called is a valid xml rpc method (which I am just doing hard-coded
at the moment) or else do whatever Zope normally does.

It is the second bit which is really starting to annoy me. I figured
that is I explicitly make it acquire the attribute (as done abvove)
it would force Zope to do the right thing.

Unfortunately it doesn't work.

Anyhelp/advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Benno