[Zope] Catalog Awareness

Dirk Datzert dirk.datzert@rasselstein-hoesch.de
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:12:28 +0100


Hi Geoff,

I wrote a product CatalogAwareProperties:
http://www.zope.org/Members/Dirk.Datzert/CatalogAwareProperties
Test it, if it fits your needs.

Regards,
Dirk

Geoff Armstrong schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> I have a need to modify a Zope product so that at least one of it's
> classes becomes catalog aware.
>
> All the documentation I can find on catalog awareness refers to
> building ZClasses and giving them this feature; but the product I
> need to modify is built with external python code that resides in the
> "Products" directory. I understand though that it is possible for a
> product to be built which is a hybrid of Python code and ZClasses. So
> perhaps it is possible?
>
> Right now I'm having to use a workaround that changes the properties
> of a dtml document each time I need to catalog a new item of the
> product class concerned. I then re-catalog the same dtml document
> with the new properties; but this is taking to much of a toll on
> performance.
>
> Can anyone advise me on this?
>
> Thanks
>
> geoff
>
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