Thanks, it helps me a lot :) On 27/02/2008 18:39, Rob Miller wrote: > Yoan Le Clanche wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Is it possible to create a new content type to manage groups with > > remember? > > yup. > > > I know membrane can do it, but remember seems to overwrite this > > functionnality. So what can i do to use my own content type? > > membrane provides the toolkit to use content objects as groups, but as you > say the default remember implementation doesn't take advantage of it. > here's a rough outline of what you'd need to do: > > - decide what defines the relationship btn a member and a group (e.g. they > could be linked via AT or plone.relations references, or possibly the member > object could simply store a list of group ids, and the group store a list of > member ids). whatever you decide has to be bidirectional... i.e. both the > member and the group objects must be aware of the relationship > > - provide custom member type, subclassing remember's base type with the > following customizations: > > o groups field: this may become a ReferenceField if you use AT references > or plone.relations to relate the groups to the members. > > o setGroup / getGroup methods: the groups field may need custom accessor > and/or mutator methods based on how you manage the group <-> member > relationships.
> o valid_groups method: this method provides the set of all available > groups, it may need to be customized to correctly generate this list. > > your group class needs to provide membrane's IGroup interface. if you want > to use one of membrane's default implementations for managing group <-> > member relationships (using AT references) then you may need to provide > another interface, e.g. IGroupsProvider or ISelectedGroupsProvider. > > also, i can't say for certain how well the regular Plone group management > interface will work. if you want to retain that interface but have it > interact w/ your content-based groups you may need to customize some of that > code as well. > > hope this helps, > > -r -- Archive: http://www.openplans.org/projects/remember/lists/remember/archive/2008/03/1204707633090 To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions.
