[Zope-dev] Dynamically altering Product methods

[Steve Alexander]

> * It is my understanding (after long analysis of the source) that
> what I'm doing with self._security is okay. I mean, it seems to me I
> should be able to redeclare my permission settings at run-time. Is
> this correct, or am I missing something? Acquisition is still rough
> to me. 


This has little to do with acquisition. I have no idea what 
"declareStaticPermissions(self._security)" does.

ClassSecurityInfo applies to classes. You're trying to apply it to an 
object -- the 'self' argument of your method. I would not expect this to 
work properly. If it works at all, I'd expect it to re-apply security 
directives to the class (that is, to all of your objects), not the one 
object you want to apply this to.


When do you need this web services stuff to work? All of this is very 
much easier in Zope 3. You can customise the permissions for individual 
objects, and create persistent classes.

Of course, Zope 3 isn't ready for general use yet...

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Steve Alexander