[Zope-dev] Product Development

[Michel Pelletier]

Andre Schubert wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm from german and  i started to program products for my zope. I
> understand the work between zope and my python-product, but i have a
> problem. I have a class with methods, one method is called person, to
> add a person to a list. This method should be called from a from from a
> dtml doc. But zope says the following.

>   File /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/ZPublisher/HTTPResponse.py, line
> 511, in notFoundError
> NotFound: (see above)
 
> import Mail
> 
> meta_types=(
>     {'name': 'Mailist','action': 'manage_addMaillistForm'},
>     )
> 
> methods={
>     'manage_addMaillistForm': Mail.addMaillistForm,
>     'manage_addMaillist': Mail.addMaillist,
>     }
> 
> __ac_permissions__=(
>     ('Add Maillist',('manage_addMaillistForm','manage_addMaillist')),
>     ('Change Maillist', ()),
>     ('Person',('person',),('Manager',)),
>     )

First off, this is the old way to initialize Products.  The new way can
be found at 

http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/Projects/Interfaces/ProductRegistration

> class Mail(
> 
>     def person(self,person_name,action=None,REQUEST=None):
>         personen=self.personen
>         personen[ len(personen) + 1 ]=person_name
>         self.personen=personen
>         if action is None:
>             action=''
>             if REQUEST is not None:
>                 return MessageDialog(
>                 title='Vote Accepted',
>                 message='Your vote has been accepted.',
>                 action =action,
>                 )

Methods must have document strings to be published.  Method's without
document strings can never be called through the web.

-Michel