[Zope] How to override DTMLFile? (solved)

[Peter Bengtsson]

At 10:34 2003-05-24 +0200, Johan Carlsson wrote:
>Peter Bengtsson wrote:
>>I got it!
>>class CTDTMLFile(DTMLFile):
>>     def __init__(self, name, _prefix=None, **kw):
>>         " doc string "
>>         <do whatever needs to be done>
>>         apply(DTMLFile.__init__, (self, name, _prefix), kw)
>>     def _exec(self, bound_data, args, kw):
>>         " doc string "
>>         zope = bound_data['context']
>>         <do whatever needs to be done>
>>         return apply(DTMLFile._exec, (self, bound_data, args, kw))
>>
>>The aim of this hack is for me to be able to control whether DTML Methods 
>>should be run from the filesystem or as DTML Method objects.
>>This will hopefully lead to a all-purpose product for whatever reasons 
>>one might have.
>
>Cool, but what doe sit do?

Nothing. More important: What _can_ it do.
What I do with it is to keep track of which templates use the DTMLFile class.


>I suspect the "zope = bound_data['context']" is to get
>the current namespace for the "<do whatever needs to be done>" part in 
>"_exec"?
>
>What is the bound_data anyway?
>And what is prefix?

Yes, bound_data['context'] == self

_prefix is what is sucked up when globals() is called.



>Johan Carlsson
>