[Zope3-dev] RFC: Use ConfigParser for High-Level Configuration

[Dieter Maurer]

Jim Fulton wrote at 2006-3-11 18:03 -0500:
> ...
>Where is this documented?

I do not know. I saw a feature description in the mailing list.
Fred and Tres (the authors) should be able to tell you whether
there is a formal documentation and where you can find it.

>Let's pursue this a bit.
>
>Would it be possible to write a configuration file that loaded
>it's own schemas?

Yes -- with some restrictions: as I described in my previous mail.

  The feature essentially works as follows:

     You have an abstract section type in your primary
     schema, usually usable in a multisection.

       Examples: ZServer server, ZODB storage, the general extension
       abstract section type

     In your module/package, you define your own section type
     implementing the abstract section type in its "component.xml".
     You are completely free in its keys and subsections.

     In the configuration file, you import your module/package (which
     makes available the definitions in its "component.xml") and
     instantiate one or more of the section types defined there.

     Your application/module looks for the sections of "its" type
     and uses them.

  The restriction: you cannot have new keys on the top level -- all
  must be nested in a section type defined by your "component.xml".
  But, this, I consider an advantage (ZConfig here behave similar
  to a "ConfigParser" approach).

-- 
Dieter