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Simple example showing ObjectWidget and SequenceWidget usage
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The following implements a Poll product (add it as
zope/app/demo/poll) which has poll options defined as:
label
A `TextLine` holding the label of the option
description
Another `TextLine` holding the description of the option
Simple stuff.
Our Poll product holds an editable list of the `PollOption` instances.
This is shown in the ``poll.py`` source below::
from persistent import Persistent
from interfaces import IPoll, IPollOption
from zope.interface import implements, classImplements
class PollOption(Persistent, object):
implements(IPollOption)
class Poll(Persistent, object):
implements(IPoll)
def getResponse(self, option):
return self._responses[option]
def choose(self, option):
self._responses[option] += 1
self._p_changed = 1
def get_options(self):
return self._options
def set_options(self, options):
self._options = options
self._responses = {}
for option in self._options:
self._responses[option.label] = 0
options = property(get_options, set_options, None, 'fiddle options')
And the Schemas are defined in the ``interfaces.py`` file below::
from zope.interface import Interface
from zope.schema import Object, Tuple, TextLine
from zope.schema.interfaces import ITextLine
from zope.i18nmessageid import MessageFactory
_ = MessageFactory("poll")
class IPollOption(Interface):
label = TextLine(title=u'Label', min_length=1)
description = TextLine(title=u'Description', min_length=1)
class IPoll(Interface):
options = Tuple(title=u'Options',
value_type=Object(IPollOption, title=u'Poll Option'))
def getResponse(option): "get the response for an option"
def choose(option): 'user chooses an option'
Note the use of the `Tuple` and `Object` schema fields above. The
`Tuple` could optionally have restrictions on the min or max number of
items - these will be enforced by the `SequenceWidget` form handling
code. The `Object` must specify the schema that is used to generate its
data.
Now we have to specify the actual add and edit views. We use the existing
AddView and EditView, but we pre-define the widget for the sequence because
we need to pass in additional information. This is given in the
``browser.py`` file::
from zope.app.form.browser.editview import EditView
from zope.app.form.browser.add import AddView
from zope.formlib.widget import CustomWidgetFactory
from zope.app.form.browser import SequenceWidget, ObjectWidget
from interfaces import IPoll
from poll import Poll, PollOption
class PollVoteView:
__used_for__ = IPoll
def choose(self, option):
self.context.choose(option)
self.request.response.redirect('.')
ow = CustomWidgetFactory(ObjectWidget, PollOption)
sw = CustomWidgetFactory(SequenceWidget, subwidget=ow)
class PollEditView(EditView):
__used_for__ = IPoll
options_widget = sw
class PollAddView(AddView):
__used_for__ = IPoll
options_widget = sw
Note the creation of the widget via a `CustomWidgetFactory`. So,
whenever the options_widget is used, a new
``SequenceWidget(subwidget=CustomWidgetFactory(ObjectWidget,
PollOption))`` is created. The subwidget argument indicates that each
item in the sequence should be represented by the indicated widget
instead of their default. If the contents of the sequence were just
`Text` fields, then the default would be just fine - the only odd cases
are Sequence and Object Widgets because they need additional arguments
when they're created.
Each item in the sequence will be represented by a
``CustomWidgetFactory(ObjectWidget, PollOption)`` - thus a new
``ObjectWidget(context, request, PollOption)`` is created for each
one. The `PollOption` class ("factory") is used to create new instances
when new data is created in add forms (or edit forms when we're adding
new items to a Sequence).
Tying all this together is the ``configure.zcml``::
Option | Results | Description |
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Option | Result | Option |