[Zope] Wrapper

[Dieter Maurer]

Philip Swann wrote at 2003-2-1 00:05 -0800:
 > I am going round in circles trying to grasp the
 > semantics of "wrappers". Why do they have this
 > special name? Are they a relative of the Cheshire
 > Cat in Alice in Wonderland?
A wrapper is an object that sits between and application
and an object and controls access to this object.
It "wrap's" this object.

Read the "Acquisition" section of

  <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/book/chap3.html>

to learn about the Acquisition Wrappers widely used in Zope.


Dieter