[Zope-dev] Re: closed collector issues 1252 and 1308

[yuppie]

Hi!


Paul Winkler wrote:
> absolute_url 
> 
>  - containment only, does not include contextual elements from the
>    client's URL, that's the whole point of this method :-)
> 
> absolute_url(relative=1)
>   - same as absolute_url, and not usable in some VHM situations.
> 
> absolute_url_path
>  - is usable with VHM, but still containment only.
> 
> virtual_url_path
>  - is usable with VHM, but still containment only.
> 
> getPhysicalPath
>  - containment only, not compatible with VHM at all and should NEVER
>    be used for URLs. 
> 
> getPhysicalRoot
>  - returns the zope app root, not relevant to this discussion.
> 
> request/URLx 
>  - close, but no cigar: leaves out traverse_subpath elements.
> 
> request/VIRTUAL_URL
>  - includes context and traverse_subpath elements, but doesn't work 
>    if a VHM is not present or is not triggered.

Thanks for that nice overview!


Just one additional remark:

Besides using traverse_subpath, there is an other reason why 
request/URLx can get out of sync with the URL requested by the browser: 
The path might be changed on traversal, using 
__before_publishing_traverse__ or __browser_default__ hooks.


Cheers,
	Yuppie