[Zope] About factory_type_information

[Mark McEahern]

> After reading portal.py, what i understood is that
> factory_type_information is used in the setup of a CMFSite, by
> PortalGenerator.setupType, to fill in portal_types tool with the default
> types.
> It's a way to customize a basic CMF Site
> If i want to add y own types, i can define a module sometype.py and add
> its factory_type_information to portal.factory_type_information
> otherwise i'll have to add a Factory_type_based_information in
> portal_types workspace.
> If i want to use PortalGenerator.setupTypes in my own module to register
> my type in portal_types, i suppose i'll have to create an instance of
> PortalGenerator in my module but that i don't need to use
> PortalGenerator as a base class of my module.
>
> Am i right ? (i'm a newbie so my questions may be simples ones)

I'm still learning a lot about Zope and the CMF myself, but what I found
helpful is lots of experimentation and examining Plone's source code.
You'll notice their PloneSite subclasses CMFSite.  PloneGenerator subclasses
CMFDefault.Portal.PortalGenerator.  They also have a neat concept of
CustomizationPolicy objects.

Cheers,

// mark

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