[Zope-dev] Proposed interface: Restricted creation

Itamar Shtull-Trauring itamar@maxnm.com
Wed, 05 Jul 2000 19:42:38 +0300


Shane Hathaway wrote:

> The place where this is needed most (IMHO) is for ZClass factories.  So
> there needs to be a way to create meta type filters through the Web.

Yes, but in Python products too, where you have Items that should only go in
specific ItemHolders.  This is very common.

> On the other hand, the plugins framework by Phillip Eby solves this
> problem in a nice way.  I'm hoping to eventually modify the plugins
> framework so it's more accessible for ZClass development.  Do you have
> an application where plugins won't suffice?

Not right now - but I'm sure someone will at some point, so why limit
yourself?  And why limit this to ZClasses only?

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