############################################################################## # # Copyright (c) 2004 Zope Corporation and Contributors. # All Rights Reserved. # # This software is subject to the provisions of the Zope Public License, # Version 2.1 (ZPL). A copy of the ZPL should accompany this distribution. # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED # WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED # WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS # FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # ############################################################################## """Viewlet metadirective $Id: metadirectives.py 67630 2006-04-27 00:54:03Z jim $ """ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext' import zope.configuration.fields import zope.schema from zope.publisher.interfaces import browser from zope.i18nmessageid import MessageFactory _ = MessageFactory('zope') from zope.app.publisher.browser import metadirectives from zope.viewlet import interfaces class IContentProvider(metadirectives.IPagesDirective): """A directive to register a simple content provider. Content providers are registered by their context (`for` attribute), the request (`layer` attribute) and the view (`view` attribute). They also must provide a name, so that they can be found using the TALES ``provider`` namespace. Other than that, content providers are just like any other views. """ view = zope.configuration.fields.GlobalObject( title=_("The view the content provider is registered for."), description=_("The view can either be an interface or a class. By " "default the provider is registered for all views, " "the most common case."), required=False, default=browser.IBrowserView) name = zope.schema.TextLine( title=_("The name of the content provider."), description=_("The name of the content provider is used in the TALES " "``provider`` namespace to look up the content " "provider."), required=True) class ITemplatedContentProvider(IContentProvider): """A directive for registering a content provider that uses a page template to provide its content.""" template = zope.configuration.fields.Path( title=_("Content-generating template."), description=_("Refers to a file containing a page template (should " "end in extension ``.pt`` or ``.html``)."), required=False) class IViewletManagerDirective(ITemplatedContentProvider): """A directive to register a new viewlet manager. Viewlet manager registrations are very similar to content provider registrations, since they are just a simple extension of content providers. However, viewlet managers commonly have a specific provided interface, which is used to discriminate the viewlets they are providing. """ provides = zope.configuration.fields.GlobalInterface( title=_("The interface this viewlet manager provides."), description=_("A viewlet manager can provide an interface, which " "is used to lookup its contained viewlets."), required=False, default=interfaces.IViewletManager, ) class IViewletDirective(ITemplatedContentProvider): """A directive to register a new viewlet. Viewlets are content providers that can only be displayed inside a viewlet manager. Thus they are additionally discriminated by the manager. Viewlets can rely on the specified viewlet manager interface to provide their content. The viewlet directive also supports an undefined set of keyword arguments that are set as attributes on the viewlet after creation. Those attributes can then be used to implement sorting and filtering, for example. """ manager = zope.configuration.fields.GlobalObject( title=_("view"), description=u"The interface of the view this viewlet is for. " u"(default IBrowserView)""", required=False, default=interfaces.IViewletManager) # Arbitrary keys and values are allowed to be passed to the viewlet. IViewletDirective.setTaggedValue('keyword_arguments', True)