[Zope-CMF] Zope component model and CMF

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Thu, 19 Jul 2001 22:04:36 +0100


Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> > So, how about: click customize of the FS-presentation object, this
> > creates the ZODB based version which doesn't actually contain anything,
> > but appears to contain editable versiosn of everything. The first time
> > these editable versions are saved, they are then actually stored in the
> > ZODB?
> 
> Hmm, that may be doable.  Nifty!

Thanks :-)

> > ...of course, I think it's vital that transparent re-indexing (and
> > other hooked in operations, like discussions modification) happen. What
> > service/tool/etc will enable this to happen?
> 
> It's a piece of Zope infrastructure that isn't there yet.  In fact
> yesterday I spent a lot of time trying to find a nice way to achieve
> transparent indexing.  I even modified cPersistence.c to try out an idea.
> I'm sure there's a way to do it right but we haven't found it yet.

Is there any way I can help? I'd be more than happy to bounce ideas around about
this :-)
BTW, whatever solution is reached should probably be hookable, I can see things
like cataloging, workflow, etc, all using the same hooks.

IIUC, ZPatterns triggers are what you're trying to make the equivalent of. Steve
Alexander had some good ideas how to get this to work at the Berlin Zope
Conference.

Steve?

cheers,

Chris