[Zope] DTML Documents vs. DHTM Methods

Anthony Baxter Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au>
Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:31:11 +1000


>>> "Johan Carlsson" wrote
>   Where can I find a great explanation
>   of the difference between DTML Methods
>   and DTHL Documents?

Don't know if the ZDP (zdp.zope.org) has covered this yet, but
the short answer is: 

Documents can have Properties.  Methods cannot.

This means, for instance, that on certain documents, you could set 
a property 'isFooTypeDocument', and check for that elsewhere in your
system. With methods, the only method-specific properties are the
id and title, available as 'document_id' and 'document_title'. 

Anthony