[Zope] Custom id genaration on copy/paste of ZClass

[Toby Dickenson]

On Wednesday 18 Sep 2002 11:19 am, Ralph vd Houdt wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I created my own ZClass which has a generated id, when I copy & paste t=
he
> ZClass in the same folder I want a new id generated for the copy and no=
t
> the automatic 'copy_of' id. I looked at CopySupport.py and it states:
>
>
>     def _get_id(self, id):
>         # Allow containers to override the generation of
>         # object copy id by attempting to call its _get_id
>         # method, if it exists.
>         n=3D0
>         if (len(id) > 8) and (id[8:]=3D=3D'copy_of_'):
>             n=3D1
>         orig_id=3Did
>         while 1:
>             if self._getOb(id, None) is None:
>                 return id
>             id=3D'copy%s_of_%s' % (n and n+1 or '', orig_id)
>             n=3Dn+1
>
> Is it possible te override this method in a ZClass to create my own id'=
s

This method begins with a _ so you cant modify it through the web.

You could easily add this to a Python base class of your ZClass.=20