[Zope3-Users] NameChooser functionality for IContainerNamesContainer

[Tom Dossis]

Joel Moxley wrote:
> I successfully added a name chooser for objects added through an add
> form to my container.  This involved implementing
> IContainerNamesContainer on my container, INameChooser on my
> NameChooser, registering each, and being sure to set my set_before_add
> fields in the addform registration.
> 
> What is The Right Way (tm) to use this NameChooser functionality
> outside of the addform?  In other words, I have a method that defines
> the container from a file as follows:
> 
> self[name] = obj
> 
> This obviously would overwrite duplicates, etc.  I would prefer to
> have something as follows which would use the NameChooser machinery
> automatically (ie, without having to get the NameChooser adapter in my
> method).  Is there a way I can do something along the lines of this?
> 
> self.add(obj)
> 
Maybe something like:
class MyContainer..
  ..
  def add(obj, name=''):
    name = INameChooser.chooseName(name, obj)
    self[name] = obj
    ..