[Grok-dev] Containers with different object types and traversal

[Steve Schmechel]

--- On Sat, 3/28/09, Roger Erens <roger.erens at e-s-c.biz> wrote:
> From: Roger Erens <roger.erens at e-s-c.biz>
> Subject: Re: [Grok-dev] Containers with different object types and traversal
> Hi Steve,
> 
> Another small question: I expect that there will be
> multiple instances 
> of Perfomance, each with its own location and leader. Do
> you have a 
> reason for not moving those variables into the __init__()
> method?

Not really.  After reading Kevin Teague's great howto [1], I believe that those two field could go in the init because the schema actually marks them as "required".  Either way, they will end up in the database.

I also added two more fields for the start and end time, but left them optional.  Those have a default value that I will probably leave at the class level because, if I decide to change the default, any that are not explicitly assigned a value will take on the new default.

(Kevin explains it better though.)

[1] http://grok.zope.org/documentation/how-to/understanding-default-values-for-object-database/

Thanks for your question.  It got me thinking about that topic and I learned something new.

Thanks,
Steve

> To: 
> Cc: "Grok list" <grok-dev at zope.org>
> Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 9:38 AM
> on 27-3-2009 23:05 Steve Schmechel wrote:
> > I will try to cover this topic in the tutorial I am
> writing.
> > I want to post back what I ended up doing here, in
> case someone else finds this thread during a search.
> > 
> > The class holding the two containers ended up looking
> like this:
> > 
> > class Performance(grok.Container):
> >     interface.implements(IPerformance)  #Only affects
> display of
> >     location = u''                     
> #fields on forms.  Template
> >     leader = u''                        #must
> handle containers.
> >     def __init__(self):
> >         super(Performance, self).__init__()  #See note
> below.
> >         self['musicians'] = Musicians()
> #Inherits from grok.Container
> >         self['songs'] = Songs()        
> #Inherits from grok.Container
> > 

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