[Grok-dev] Creating an object from a path

[Santiago Videla]

Hey,

I think that you are looking for a Factory.

an example from `Web Component Development with Zope 3` book:

 from zope.component.interfaces import IFactory
 from zope.interface import implementedBy

 class RecipeFactory:
     implements(IFactory)

     title = u"Create a new recipe"
     description = u"This factory instantiates new recipes."

     def __call__(self):
         return Recipe()

     def getInterfaces(self):
         return implementedBy(Recipe)


<utility
    factory=".recipe.RecipeFactory"
    name="worldcookery.Recipe"
    permission="zope.Public"
/>


$ bin/debugzope
>>> from zope.component import getUtility
>>> from zope.component.interfaces import IFactory
>>> recipe_factory = getUtility(IFactory, u"worldcookery.Recipe")
>>> weisswurst = recipe_factory()
>>> weisswurst
<worldcookery.recipe.Recipe object at 0x30469c30>


I try this myself on grok using grok.GlobalUtility to define the Factory
class and avoid the zcml, and works like a charm.

hope it helps

Regards


On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Sebastian Ware <sebastian at urbantalk.se>wrote:

> If I have a string:
>
>   "<class 'trigger.promotion.Promotion'>"
>
> can I create an object of the type [trigger.promotion.Promotion]?
>
> Mvh Sebastian
>
>
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