Re: set() and get() of IField ignored in Dexterity?

Andreas Jung wrote:
> 
> David Glick (Plone) wrote:
>> On 11/30/14, 9:39 AM, Andreas Jung wrote:
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>
>>> I implemented an XML field for Dexterity
>>>
>>> https://bitbucket.org/onkopedia/zopyx.existdb/src/438c6daa6bf3f5ac0c0a08b602e1f9927ead058a/zopyx/existdb/dx/fields.py?at=dexterity
>>>
>>> which is working nicely with plone.schemaeditor.
>>>
>>> However: the set() and get() methods are completely
>>> ignored. Is there something in Dexterity by-passing
>>> these methods?
>>>
>>> - -aj
>>>
>> The default z3c.form data manager is z3c.form.datamanager.AttributeField 
>> which just does setattr and getattr on the (possibly adapted) context. 
>> If you want the field's get/set to be used, you'll either have to write 
>> a custom data manager for your field, or use a custom content item class 
>> that uses property descriptors.
> 
> This is perhaps an option when you define your content-types in Python
> code but completely unusable for TTW content-types.

Now with a custom data manager it seems to be possible to solve my pain
in a working (but not necessarily consistent and nice) way.

Andreas


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server
from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards
with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more
Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk