[Zope] Using Zclasses

[Alexander Staubo]

Unfortunately, my wording suggests that ZClasses aren't products; they
are. That is, ZClasses are instances of the product class "ZClass".

Ah, the Zen of Zope...

--
Alexander Staubo             http://www.mop.no/~alex/
"What the hell, he thought, you're only young once, and threw
himself out of the window. That would at least keep the element of
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alexander Staubo [mailto:alex@mop.no]
>Sent: 6. juli 1999 08:02
>To: Zope Mailing List (E-mail)
>Subject: RE: [Zope] Using Zclasses
>
>
>Sort of; if I have interpreted unofficial statements on the
>list from DC
>people correctly, ZClasses replace products in many cases,
>although very
>possibly not all; for example, I'm quite certain that most of Confera
>could have been implemented as a ZClass. Certainly the product API is
>complex (or undocumented) to an extent which makes ZClass more
>desirable, moreover from an object-orientated design perspective,
>products are inferior.
>
>(If that is what you asked. If the question was "What is the product
>interface for?" then the answer isn't "So you can edit properties
>through the standard management interface," and it isn't "So you can
>have properties as objects," either.)
>
>--
>Alexander Staubo             http://www.mop.no/~alex/
>"What the hell, he thought, you're only young once, and threw
>himself out of the window. That would at least keep the element of
>surprise on his side."
>--Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bruce@perens.com [mailto:bruce@perens.com]
>>Sent: 6. juli 1999 07:26
>>To: alex@mop.no; zope@zope.org
>>Subject: RE: [Zope] Using Zclasses
>>
>>
>>From: Alexander Staubo <alex@mop.no>
>>> Your second question is trickier, because Zope does not,
>>afaik, support
>>> properties that are objects. It's possible, but I believe
>>you can't edit
>>> these properties through the standard management interfaces.
>>
>>Naievely I ask, isn't that what the product interface is for?
>>I must be missing
>>something.
>>
>>	Thanks
>>
>>	Bruce
>>
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