[Zope] Zclasses derived from ZCatalog

[Martijn Pieters]

At 14:22 03/11/99 , Tres Seaver wrote:
>Add a DTML Method named "Catalog" to the ZClass derived from ObjectManager and
>ZCatalog.  its body should be:
>
>   <dtml-return "this()">
>
>The CatalogAware ZClass instances search up the acquisition tree for on object
>named Catalog to register with -- they find the method as an attribute of 
>their
>container, and use it instead.

I like this one!


>CAVEAT:
>
>I haven't yet figured out how to use the Catalog-method inside other DTML, 
>e.g.,
>
>   <dtml-in "Catalog( meta_type='BarBaz' )">
>     ...
>   </dtml-in>
>
>doesn't work.  I'll think on it some more.

   <dtml-in "_['Catalog'](meta_type='BarBaz')">

will work, but not with a real Catalog object, only your DTML trickery.


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