[Zope] ZClass Hierarchies

[Jim Fulton]

"Robert W. Erb" wrote:
> 
> <pre>
> 
> I want to create the following classes:
> 
>    Human
>      Unregistered Human (base class Human)
>      Registered Human (base class Human)
>        Customer (base class Registered Human)
>        Employee (base class Registered Human)
>          Manager (base class Employee)
> 
> Following the ZClasses tutorial, I make a new product,
> PeopleProduct.
> 
> Inside PeopleProduct, I create a ZClass for Human. It
> seems like my Human ZClass is available as a base class
> only inside PeopleProduct, so I add a ZClass for
> Unregistered_Human there, based on Human. Following this
> pattern, I end up with six new ZClasses all defined
> in PeopleProduct.
> 
> Is this the way to do it?

Currently.  In 2.2 you'll be able to subclass
accross products.

> It appears suspiciously messy to me.

Because you have to put everything in one product?

Jim

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