[Zope] Persistence of DataStructures in Collector class???

[J Cameron Cooper]

>      I am extending the Collector class in CMFCollector.  I have added 
> a dictionary data structure inside the Collector class. I am 
> manipulating the dictionary whenever status of a bug changes. For this 
> I have added some scripts inside the CMF_Collector_Work Flow and it 
> works perfectly.
>
>    I want this data structure to be persistent..  Whats the problem I 
> have now is... the dictionary value gets lost whenever I restart zope.
>
> Is there any way to make it persistent without using database or 
> ZODB.????

The persistence machinery can't notice changes to dictionary (or list) 
attributes of persistent objects unless you notify it.

You can try

http://www.zope.org/Members/AndrewWilcox/PersistentListDict

or you can take the more "traditional" approach as in

http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Articles/ZODB1

 (specifically the _p_changed attribute.)

Not coincidentally, these are the top two links under a Google search 
for 'zope dictionary persistence'.

       --jcc