[Zope-dev] Pointer or reference object

[Itamar Shtull-Trauring]

Jason Spisak wrote:
> 
> Actually I'd was more thinking along the lines of the referenced object
> acting just like the object that it's linked to.  Meta-type too.
> 
> <dtml-in "objectValues(['MyApples'])"> will get you the references to any
> apples in that folder too.  It allows you to have an object in two
> places(being a physical distinction which matters in Zope) without
> duplicating the filespace and work to create a second object.

How about a product with only two methods in the module - manage_addMirror
and manage_addMirrorForm.  the form lets you choose an object somehow (by
URL?) and manage_addMirror simply adds this object?  Something like:

def manage_addMirror(self, url, REQUEST=None):
    """Add a Mirror
    """
    ob=REQUEST.resolve_url(url)
    id=self._setObject(id, ob)
    if REQUEST is not None:
        try: u=self.DestinationURL()
        except: u=REQUEST['URL1']
        REQUEST.RESPONSE.redirect(u+'/manage_main')
    return ''