[Zope3-dev] Re: run-time adapter registration and un-registration

[Jim Fulton]

On Feb 13, 2007, at 5:11 AM, Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:

> Chris,
>
> (wrong list, btw... such posts belong on zope3-users at zope.org)
>
>> I'd like to build a UI that allows a user to changing what  
>> adapters (views in particular) are assigned to an interface  
>> through a web interface.
>> The sounds like it's going to require runtime assigned and un- 
>> assignment of adapters.
>> Has anyone tried this before?
>
> Well, we do it all the time with persistent, local components (not  
> necessarily with adapters but with utilities).

The key is that we haven't done it (recently) with adapters, so this  
is some virgin territory. I believe I've seen a report of a problem  
with local adapter registrations but it's been lost in my old email.   
Hopefully, whoever sent me the mail will chime in or, better yet,  
submit a collector entry.


> I can't recommend manipulating the global registries at runtime  
> because such changes would be lost after a restart. Volatile  
> registries such as the glboal one are best populated during startup  
> (by ZCML, grok, etc.) and then left alone.

Yup.

Jim

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