[Zope3-dev] PythonProgrammerTutorial

Martijn Faassen faassen@vet.uu.nl
Wed, 5 Dec 2001 19:04:58 +0100


Jim Fulton wrote:
> sean.bowman@acm.org wrote:
[snip snip]
> > It seems some stuff that used to be done with acquisition is now sometimes
> > handled in an xml configuration file, for example, associating a (possibly
> > default) view with some object. 
> 
> Acquisition is still used for looking up software. The configuration 
> file is just used for globally registered components. There will also
> be services for managing components through the web. When you lookup a 
> component, the lookup will be done in a "place-full" way, where
> place is expressed via an access context that is effectively the
> same as an acquisition context.

So feature lookups in the feature service can also be placeful? Or perhaps
alternatively, the feature service to use in a place can be dependent on the
place?

Regards,

Martijn