[Zope3-dev] Missing ObjectContentModifiedEvent

[Jim Fulton]

Garrett Smith wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>>Garrett Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Uwe Oestermeier wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>In the meanwhile we need a decision, whether the
>>>>ObjectContentModifiedEvent should be used in the File._setData
>>>>method. I  would like to check this solution in. Any objections? The
>>>>ObjectContentModifiedEvent class can be removed later on, if noone
>>>>else is using it.
>>>
>>>
>>>-1 if ObjectContentModifiedEvent does't have a clear distinction from
>>>ObjectModifiedEvent. For my part, I don't see a difference in
>>>modifying a 'data' attribute because it's a large number of bytes,
>>>versus modifying a 'title' attribute or some other non-'content'
>>>value. 
>>>
>>>If ObjectModifiedEvent isn't firewhen when a file's data changes, it
>>>should be (assuming people buy my previous point :)
>>
>>I think the distinction is pretty clear.
> 
> 
> Clear enough after you explain it.
> 
> 
>>We divide information into ordinary/intrinsic and meta/extrinsic
>>informatiom. 
>>
>>IObjectContentModifiedEvent should indicate that intrinsic information
>>has changed.
>>
>>IObjectAnnotationsModifiedEvent, which isn't well named, should
>>indicate that extrinsic/meta information has changed.
> 
> 
> So we shouldn't see ObjectModifiedEvent being fired directly then. It
> should be one of the two subclasses, correct? This is not the case
> throughout zope/app.

Yup. Yup.

Jim

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