[Zope3-dev] Re: Can an adapter find out what name it was registered for?

[Chris Withers]

Stephan Richter wrote:
> On Friday 17 November 2006 03:43, Chris Withers wrote:
>> What do you suggest I do when the adapter needs to know the name it was
>> registered for?
> 
> You can make the name part of the adapter API.

Not sure what you mean by this?

> However, I would suggest revising the design; I have never come across a 
> scenario where I wanted the name of the adapter be known within the adapter. 
> This seems to be a recipe for trouble. 

I don't think it'll be a common pattern, but it doesn't feel right to me 
that a named adapter (ie: one registered with a specific name) has no 
way of finding out what name it has been registered with...

cheers,

Chris

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