[ZDP] BackTalk to Document The Zope Book (2.5 Edition)/Creating Basic Zope Applications

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      The invoices example demonstrates a powerful Zope feature. You
      can call an object on a folder by going to a URL that consists
      of the folder's URL followed by the id of the object. This
      facility is used throughout Zope and is a very general design
      pattern. In fact you are not just restricted to calling objects
      on folders. You'll see later how you can call objects on all
      kinds of Zope objects using the same URL technique.

        % Anonymous User - Sep. 10, 2002 4:24 pm:
         Calling objects ON folders? This strikes me as non-sensical. Do you mean IN folders? I have never heard the
         phrase to call something "on" something else. If this is an advanced programming idea, please explain.
         Also, is object to be synonymous with method here?

        % Anonymous User - Sep. 22, 2002 10:22 am:
         Well, this is the miracle of URL traversal, object resolution and Acquisition.
         So far the explanation left us ignorant staring open mouthed at wonders.
         The best explanation of Acquisition so far i have seen is in
         http://webdev.zopeonarope.com/ch8-10available pages 199-210 (download pdf)
         Also, a DTML Document is not called on something, its just called.