[Zope-dev] using the monitor - anyone have any tips???

[Damian Morton]

Perhaps I could restate my question:

Given an object path, say 'app.Stuff.Story', how can I determine what
methods and attributes that object inherits and acquires.


> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Damian Morton wrote:
>
> > I can quite happily traverse the object and its inheritance tree using
> > obj.__dict__ and obj.__class__.__dict__ and obj.__class__.__bases__ and
> > such, but there seem to be a whole bunch of attributes and
> methods available
> > for objects that I can only guess at. I assume they are
> acquired rather than
> > inherited. Not being really familiar with acquisition (even
> after reading
> > all the available docs), any tips on how best to traverse the
> acquisition
> > path on my search for attributes and methods would be greatly
> appreciated.

> From: Jeff K. Hoffman [mailto:jeff.hoffman@goingv.com]

> It is very hard to come at Zope and say, "Show me all of the possible
> methods I could apply on this object through acquisition." It is quite
> easy, though, to say, "Can I call this method on this object, through
> natural means or through acquisition?"