[Zope-dev] validate method

[Dieter Maurer]

Mario Bianchi writes:
 > I want to write a custom UserFolder to allow for a certain type of 
 > authentication/validation.
 > One straightforward way to do so is to inherit from UserFolder and override 
 > the validate method.
 > Nevertheless, the validate method is documented in the code as PRIVATE 
 > object interface, which means -I guess- that is not part of the object API 
 > and no guarantee of compatibility with newer version is given.
"Private" means that it cannot be used by TTW code ("Through The Web
editable).
You can override private methods.

 > I noticed there's a securityManager.validate method that takes the same 
 > parameters as the UserFolder.validate one, but the former is part of the 
 > Zope API: should I use that one to implement validation for my user folder? 
 > If this is the case, how can I manage extending class UserFolder and using
 > SecurityManager.validate as well?
In my view, overriding the "UserFolder" method is the better way.


Dieter