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Identifier resource ID http://old.zope.org/Members/yacc/FlexData
Title resource name FlexData Content Object
Description resource summary What are FlexDatas? FlexData are content objects derived from Folders. They can be used easily from page templates, DTML Methods or Python Scripts. * They support properties and subobjects. * They support storing objects of different types. (Actually this is called a subtype by me, because it's not a full blown ZClass) Why did I write FlexData? I needed a flexible content object during a project to create a Doctor Office Record Keeping Application. I've found myself using Kubes in ZODB as the data store. For the "subtype" motivation see "my dispatcher design":contextindex/. After wrestling with the Acquisition monster, and having won (in fact, if not morally :) ), FlexData's are probably the quickest way to develop data storing and handling apps in Zope short of creating a Product and going the ZClass/ python way. The 0.0.0 release is intended as a technology demonstration, but it seems quite stable. It's developed against CVS-Zope (default HEAD branch), but it should work with 2.5.1 or even earlier versions. I'll propably also post some example app (the above mentioned app, but for the moment it's to much in flux). I've tested using FlexDatas with DTML, PythonScripts and ZPT. So how does the subtype support work? Easy. When getting an attribute that does not exist in the FlexData instance, instead of directly acquiring the attribute, FlexDatas do this: 1 try to acquire an object called like the subtype property value. 2 try to get the attribute from this object. 3 if one of the above steps fails, it just tries to acquire the attribute the *normal* way. What does it give you? Well you get a record/struct with methods, but without inheritence (well at least without multiple inheritence). Just by creating a Folder called "NewsItem" in /, you can bestow methods and other properties upon all FlexData instances that have subtype set to "NewsItem". Andreas
Creator resource creator ZopeOrgSite
Date default date 2002-10-22 17:37:21
Format resource format text/html
Type resource type Software Package
Subject resource keywords Content Object, Developer
Contributors resource collaborators
Language resource language
Publisher resource publisher No publisher
Rights resource copyright


Additional Zope Elements
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CreationDate date resource created 2002-10-22 17:37:21
ModificationDate date resource last modified 2002-10-22 17:37:21
EffectiveDate date resource becomes effective None
ExpirationDate date resource expires None

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