[Zope] ZCatalog (2.3.1) won't acquire method from parent fold er?

[Casey Duncan]

sean.upton@uniontrib.com wrote:
> 
> Casey Duncan Wrote:
> >>>>>
> Solution: write a wrapper method in your class that looks for a DTML
> method to index against. If it finds one then call it or a default DTML
> method passing self as the client like so:
> 
> defaultSearchTextWeighted = Globals.HTMLFile('dtml/searchTextWeighted',
> globals())
> def searchText(self):
>         """Look for a DTML Method to call"""
>         if hasattr(self, 'searchTextWeighted'):
>                 stw = self.searchTextWeighted
>         else:
>                 stw = self.defaultSearchTextWeighted
> 
>         return stw(self)
> >>>>>
> 
> Forgive my ignorance here, but this will evaluate/render the method (using
> the correct context of the class instance itself), and proxy the rendered
> method to the catalog machinery because it is a python class, post-rendered?
> Or is it that this wrapper returns the DTML method itself, wrapped in a
> correct context by which catalog renders the method?
> 
> Sean

Sorry this reply took so long, I have been away from the Zope world for
a day and a half (and a lot is happening, yikes!).

Basically this method calls the DTML method (either by acquiring one or
using a default one) and makes sure that the context that the method is
rendered in is the current object, by explicitly passing self to it. So,
when the catalog calls this method, it returns the rendered DTML method
in the context of the object. This compensates for the fact that the
catalog calls an index method with not arguments.

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| Casey Duncan
| Kaivo, Inc.
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