> > But as I noticed the "properties" was saved as
> > attributes not as properties in a propertysheet.
>
> That's another way of doing it. It is a bit less transparent.
> I find it more straightforward to make my classes SimpleItems
> and PropertyManagers, as it means I can just call
> manage_changeProperties() without writing extra methods.
Ah, I see.
But why do I need SimpleItems, isn't PropertyManagers sufficient?
> There are two kinds of PropertySheet in Zope:
> DAV propertysheets
> Propertysheets that go with ZClasses
>
> There are also Properties for objects that are PropertyManagers,
> such as DTML Documents.
>
> There is an important difference in how these different types of
> properties work:
>
> DAV Propertysheets are independent Persistent objects
>
> Propertysheets that go with ZClasses and also
> PropertyManager propertysheets are stored as attributes
> in the objects they belong to.
>
> Therefore, in ZPatterns, you use AttributeProviders to do stuff
> with PropertyManager properties and ZClass-style propertysheets.
>
> You use SheetProviders to do stuff with DAV Propertysheets.
>
> If you're using ZClass-style propertysheets, you need to use
> DataSkin Attribute Propertysheets, rather than the default
> Common Instance Propertysheets.
>
>
> In your case, I suggest making your class Persistent, and using
> PropertyManager properties.
But making it presistent doesn't that lock the objects to be stored in the ZODB?
I may want to change storage to SQL later.
> The reason to use ZClass-style propertysheets is if you want to
> easily partition your properties into sets of properties with
> different permissions.
Still confused but on a higher level ;-)
Johan
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