[Zope] Object Manager Product Dev Question

[Dieter Maurer]

Chris Bruce wrote at 2004-2-27 15:55 -0800:
>I am trying to make a folderish ObjectManager that can display items that
>exist inside it (in ZODB) as well as some items in a db.  I would like the
>database items to appears as if they exist in the folder.  Most of this is
>for the manage interface.  I created a Product that extends ObjectManager.
>
>Should I just override objectItems and objectIds?

When you want to use the standard ZMI, you will need to
override the "object*" methods.

> But I am worried about
>how to handle the _getObj method.

Look at how "Z SQL Methods" wrap database records into custom classes
(maybe called "brains"). Do something similar in your "_getOb".

-- 
Dieter