[Zope-dev] ZPatterns question

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Thu, 04 Jan 2001 11:05:54 +0000


Christian Scholz wrote:
> 
> Well, virtual in the sense as a specialist is no real folder but can
> provide content from different sources. Thus what I mean is some mechanism
> which emulates objectIds() etc. so it looks to the user (and the ones
> using it via dtml) like a normal folder object.
> Somehow like the Customizer but without the need for actually creating
> Zope objects. Something inbetween Specialist and Customizer this would be
> I guess.

yeah, this is exactly what I'm after too. I'd like the virtual objects
the specialist is responsible for to have normal Zope management
screens.

Also, much mroe trickily, I'd like them to be able to contain each
other, although Steve A's __bobo_traverse__ trick might help with this
bit...


cheers,

Chris