[Zope3-dev] Proposal for file-system synchronization in Zope3

[Chris Withers]

Shane Hathaway wrote:
> FWIW, the interfaces in AdaptableStorage are even more ambitious than 
> everything mentioned so far.  They try to allow you to serialize any 
> kind of object in any way you like.  Once you have a complete, 
> extensible serialization/deserialization layer, you can write code that 
> stores arbitrary objects anywhere you like (ZODB, filesystem, products, 
> relational database, LDAP, XML database, etc.) and does with them what 
> you like (synchronize, export, import, version, merge, compare, etc.)

As Shane already knows, I'm extremely interested in this ;-)

> The only thing that's still bugging me is the way AdaptableStorage 
> handles OIDs.  It's too complex.  If I can work through that, we may 
> have the "common API" you're talking about.

Hwo does it currently handle them? What makes you feel this is too complex?

> But again, AdaptableStorage is more ambitious than what Jim is working 
> on.  While it's clear that Jim's ideas will work, it's not clear that 
> mine will.  I think Jim's API fulfills its purpose well.

I wanna make your ideas work, 'cos they solve a much wider range of problems in 
what seems to me to be a much more graceful way.

How do you see this panning out in Zope 3 land?

cheers,

Chris