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Basic content
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plone.app.content provides some helper base classes for content. Here are
some simple examples of using them.

    >>> from plone.app.content import container, item

Let us define two fictional types, a folderish one and a non-folderish one.
We should define factories for these types as well. Factories can be
referenced from CMF FTI's, and also from <browser:addMenuItem /> directives.
With an appropriate add view (e.g. using formlib's AddForm) this will be
available from Plone's "add item" menu. Factories are registered as named
utilities.

Note that we need to define a portal_type to keep CMF happy.

    >>> from zope.interface import implements, Interface
    >>> from zope import schema
    >>> from zope.component.factory import Factory

First, a container:

    >>> class IMyContainer(Interface):
    ...     title = schema.TextLine(title=u"My title")
    ...     description = schema.TextLine(title=u"My other title")

    >>> class MyContainer(container.Container):
    ...     implements(IMyContainer)
    ...     portal_type = "My container"
    ...     title = u""
    ...     description = u""

    >>> containerFactory = Factory(MyContainer)

Then, an item:

    >>> class IMyType(Interface):
    ...     title = schema.TextLine(title=u"My title")
    ...     description = schema.TextLine(title=u"My other title")

    >>> class MyType(item.Item):
    ...     implements(IMyType)
    ...     portal_type = "My type"
    ...     title = u""
    ...     description = u""

    >>> itemFactory = Factory(MyType)

We can now create the items.

    >>> container = containerFactory("my-container")
    >>> container.id
    'my-container'
    >>> container.title = "A sample container"

We need to add it to an object manager for acquisition to do its magic.

    >>> newid = self.portal._setObject(container.id, container)
    >>> container = getattr(self.portal, newid)

We will add the item directly to the container later.

    >>> item = itemFactory("my-item")
    >>> item.id
    'my-item'
    >>> item.title = "A non-folderish item"

Note that both the container type and the item type are contentish. This is
important, because CMF provides event handlers that automatically index
objects that are IContentish.

    >>> from Products.CMFCore.interfaces import IContentish
    >>> IContentish.providedBy(container)
    True
    >>> IContentish.providedBy(item)
    True

Only the container is folderish, though:

    >>> from Products.CMFCore.interfaces import IFolderish
    >>> bool(container.isPrincipiaFolderish)
    True
    >>> IFolderish.providedBy(container)
    True
    >>> bool(item.isPrincipiaFolderish)
    False
    >>> IFolderish.providedBy(item)
    False

We can use the more natural Zope3-style container API, or the traditional
ObjectManager one.

    >>> container['my-item'] = item
    >>> 'my-item' in container
    True
    >>> 'my-item' in container.objectIds()
    True
    >>> del container['my-item']
    >>> 'my-item' in container
    False
    >>> container._setObject('my-item', item)
    'my-item'
    >>> 'my-item' in container
    True

Both pieces of content should have been cataloged.

    >>> container = self.portal['my-container']
    >>> item = container['my-item']

    >>> from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
    >>> catalog = getToolByName(self.portal, 'portal_catalog')
    >>> [b.Title for b in catalog(getId = 'my-container')]
    ['A sample container']
    >>> [b.Title for b in catalog(getId = 'my-item')]
    ['A non-folderish item']

If we modify an object and trigger a modified event, it should be updated.

    >>> from zope.lifecycleevent import ObjectModifiedEvent
    >>> from zope.event import notify

    >>> container.title = "Updated title"
    >>> item.title = "Also updated title"

    >>> [b.Title for b in catalog(getId = 'my-container')]
    ['A sample container']
    >>> [b.Title for b in catalog(getId = 'my-item')]
    ['A non-folderish item']


    >>> notify(ObjectModifiedEvent(container))
    >>> notify(ObjectModifiedEvent(item))

    >>> [b.Title for b in catalog(getId = 'my-container')]
    ['Updated title']
    >>> [b.Title for b in catalog(getId = 'my-item')]
    ['Also updated title']