[Zope-dev] Need to instantiate zclass in location other than current

[Dieter Maurer]

Max Slimmer writes:
 > I have created a zclass and want to create a new instance of this class and
 > have it be child of some other know object in the tree.
 > Given that we know the path (url) to the new prospective parent how do we do
 > this.
You locate the destination object with "restrictedTraverse", say "d",
and  call the constructor on it:

     d.manage_addProduct[<your product name>].<your ZClass constructor>(<its parameters>)

 > A second question. I need to manage lists of these zobjects within other
 > instances of the same, is there a reason to store the url vs the object(s).
 > I have has some problems getting back a string repr of the object "<instance
 > of .."
 > instead of the object?  It would probably be better for me (the code) to
 > store objects thus not need to get the object each time I want to call a
 > method...
I do not understand this question...


Dieter