[Zope-CMF] Zope component model and CMF

Shane Hathaway shane@digicool.com
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:30:36 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Kent Polk wrote:

> On 5 Jul 2001 14:20:00 -0500, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> > http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/ApplyComponentModelToCMF
>
> ->To accomplish this, the portal root will have a __bobo_traverse__() method
> ->looks for a traversal adapter appropriate to the content being traversed.
> ->CMF tool that would have all of the necessary information for supplying a
> ->traversal adapter is the portal_actions tool. Currently it looks for object
> ->actions, workflow actions, and discussion actions to supply a list to the
> ->actions box. In fact, in order for the proposed "memento bags" idea (see
> ->zope-cmf@zope.org) to work with discussions, discussions will need to be
> ->implemented with modified travers
>
> Would this be able to address my problem with implementing proxy
> folderish items (a lot like your Transparent Folder behavior),
> where each proxy client is associated with a particular proxy
> (server)?

Yes, I think so, although if you have described the details of this
concept before, I cannot recall them at the moment.

> Will the new content view components be set up for folders also,
> so that folderish objects can participate in being able to have
> their view methods changed? Please, Please, Please

Yes, that's one of the points I've been hammering too.

> Any idea of the timeframe? If soon, I will just suspend my hacking
> on these things and work on other issues, like workflow with Ulrich

It's a high priority.  We're still discussing some of the details.  Here
is something posted just this morning:

http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/CMFContentTypeDesign

> We are still trying to figure out how to implement project-centric
> workflow for the CMF, in addition to document-centric workflow.

What are your current obstacles?  Do they consist of what you listed
above?

Shane