[Zope3-dev] Re: adapter registration question

[Chris Withers]

Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:

> Not sure what "official" terminology glossary you're basing this on, but 
> we often refer to "IZopeDublinCore(myobj)" as the "IZopeDublinCore 
> adapter" of myobj". Whatever is called to instantiate that object we 
> call the "adapter factory" or "adapter implementation". The whole 
> zope.component API (both registration and lookup) reflects this use of 
> the terminology.

Right, I see where you're coming from now, and I have to agree with Dieter.

IZopeDublinCore(myobj) is not an adapter. It is an instance of the 
adapter or the adapted object, depending on your point of view.

cheers,

Chris

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