First - you can use ``from zope.app.container.constraints import contains``. It's a bit easier to write.
Anyways, in Python you can't reference the class you're in because that name, 'ILinkContainer' does not exist **until the end of the class statement** (after all of the things indented within the class). A common thing to do in Zope 3 to deal with this is to separate the container / containment constraints into separate interfaces. This gets around the issue stated above. It's also nice to use 'IContained' to say an object is contained (IContained defines the fields __parent__ and __name__), but if you use that as a base interface for something with a schema you're likely to see extra fields when using edit forms. So the container / containment constraints are usually put in a separate interface. It's a bit of a separate policy. For your situation, you may want to separate that into a separate marker interface that is then implemented by both Link and LinkContainer objects. from zope.app.container.interfaces import IContainer, IContained from zope.app.container.constraints import contains class ILinkContainerContainable(IContained): """ Declare support for this to be stored in an ILinkContainer """ class ILinkContainer(IContainer): """ A container that can contain LinkContainerContainable objects, like links and other link containers. """ # this does the same as the __setitem__.precondition stuff. contains(ILinkContainerContainable) And then in implementation: from zope.app.container.contained import Contained from interfaces import ILinkContainer, ILinkContainerContainable, ILink class Link(Persistent, Contained): implements(ILink, ILinkContainerContainable) class LinkContainer(WhateverYourContainerRootMightBe): implements(ILinkContainer, ILinkContainerContainable) Having this one interface, 'ILinkContainerContainable' (or whatever you choose) then allows you to add other objects in the future that could be contained, or you can have a RootLinkContainer that's a special class that is an ILinkContainer but not containable so you can't add it below the root: class RootLinkContainer(AgainWithTheRootClass): # Picks up the link container constraints, but since it doesn't add # ILinkContainerContainable, it can't be added to other link containers. implements(ILinkContainer) But just remember - without special tricks, you can't refer to a class while you're inside of it. class Foo: any statement at this level can't access Foo but this level can. On 12/31/05, Marcus J. Ertl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I want to have container, witch should contain links and others > containers of his own type! What I did is this in my interface-definition: > > class ILinkContainer(IContainer): > """Basic folder, containing only links and other link folders.""" > > def __setitem__(name, object): > """ Add an ITodo object. """ > > __setitem__.precondition = ItemTypePrecondition(ILink, ILinkContainer) > > But zope tells me: > > NameError: name 'ILinkContainer' is not defined > > I'm shure, he is right! It's a little bit of recursion at this place. > But what to do? > > Creating a marker interface? Something like: > > class IMarker(IContainer): > """ ... """ > > class ILinkContainer(IMarker): > """Basic folder, containing only links and other link folders.""" > > def __setitem__(name, object): > """ Add an ITodo object. """ > > __setitem__.precondition = ItemTypePrecondition(ILink, IMarker) > > > Should work, but why creating a Interface "for nothing"? Must be a > better way! > > And last but not least: Happy new Year! > > Bye > Marcus Ertl > _______________________________________________ > Zope3-users mailing list > Zope3-users@zope.org > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users > _______________________________________________ Zope3-users mailing list Zope3-users@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users