[Zope] whats the difference in publishing a zpt and a products-method ?

[Chris Withers]

Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have developed a folderish product, with a method:
> 
>    def externalEdit(self,REQUEST,RESPONSE):
>        """Publish the object to the external editor helper app"""
>     return REQUEST
> 
> If I call this with:
> 
> http://localhost:/myProd/externalEdit, the request is printed.

Indeed.

> If I call it with:
> 
> http://localhost:/myProd/externalEdit/test, a not found error is printed

That's what you would expect, surely?

> I also have a pagetemplate eetest in the myProd-folder, which simply 
> contains:
> 
> <span tal:content="structure request"></span>
> 
> If I call this with:
> 
> http://localhost:/myProd/eetest/test the request is printed, with
> 
> traverse_subpath ['test']

Likewise.

> so what is the difference calling a pagetemplate and a products method ?

A lot, PageTemplates implement the Bindings interfaces, which lets them process 
traverse_subpath and the like. Class methods are very simple and do what you 
tell them to. They have very few attributes, none of which are called 'test' ;-)

cheers,

Chris