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version 1092, Fri May 9 00:14:32 2003 UTC version 1130, Mon May 19 17:33:59 2003 UTC
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 Fixes and Enhancements since Version 0.5 alpha 1  Fixes and Enhancements since Version 0.5 alpha 1
   
    Changed, Enhanced, or Newly Deprecated Features
   
    - Added a ZConfig schema for 'running.commands.EventDriven' applications,
      a ZConfig component definition for adaptive tasks, and a running shortcut
      called 'EventDriven'.  It should now be possible to do this::
   
        #!/usr/bin/env peak EventDriven
   
      at the top of a ZConfig file formatted according to the new schema, and
      have it run.  Unfortunately, so far the only type of task that can be
      included is 'running.daemons.AdaptiveTask', which doesn't actually *do*
      anything.
   
    - Added 'zconfig.schema' URL scheme that loads an enhanced ZConfig schema
      object that can act as a command line interpreter using the 'peak' script.
      To use it, run 'peak zconfig.schema:urlToSchema urlOfConfig'.  Or, add
      a line like this::
   
        #!/usr/bin/env peak zconfig.schema:pkgfile:some.package/schema.xml
   
      to the top of a configuration file, and make the configuration file
      executable.  Note that the schema specified must convert to an object
      that's usable with the commands bootstrap framework.  Also note that
      if you have a local PEAK_CONFIG file, you can add a 'peak.running.shortcuts'
      entry to shorten the URL reference in your #! line.  E.g.::
   
        #!/usr/bin/env peak mySchema
   
      will suffice if you have defined 'peak.running.shortcuts.mySchema' as
      'naming.LinkRef("zconfig.schema:pkgfile:some.package/schema.xml")'.
   
      There is also a 'peak ZConfig urlOfSchema urlOfConfig' variant, that was
      added to support putting '#!/usr/bin/env peak ZConfig' at the top of
      schema files, but unfortunately that's not valid XML.
   
    - Standardized file-based URL syntaxes (e.g logfiles and lockfiles) to
      follow RFC 1738/2396, and Python 'urllib'.  This shouldn't affect much
      besides the canonical forms of the URLs.  Added 'pkgfile:some.pkg/filepath'
      URL syntax for ease of referring to files near modules.  (A convenience
      intended mainly for referencing ZConfig schemas.)
   
    - Added the UML 1.4 metamodel, and thus the ability to load UML 1.4
      models encoded in XMI 1.1.
   
    - Added support in the mof2py code generator for "unprefixing" enumerated
      values, so that UML and other metamodels' enumerations work correctly
      when loading from XMI.
   
    - 'binding.Acquire()' now accepts a 'default' value argument, and
      'binding.New()' no longer accepts the 'bindToOwner' flag.
   
    - There is a new 'binding.IComponentKey' interface that is used to implement
      'IComponent.lookupComponent()'.  Now you can implement this interface,
      or create an adapter for it, in order to make an object usable as an
      argument to 'binding.lookupComponent()' - and therefore usable as a key
      for 'binding.bindTo()' or 'binding.bindToSequence()'.  Not that it's
      necessarily very useful to do so; you're probably better off simply
      creating a naming scheme.  But it might be useful for lookups done
      in the context of classes, since naming schemes aren't usable there.
      (It was actually added in order to factor out all the type testing that
      'lookupComponent' used to do, so it doesn't matter if it's useful for
      much else.)
   
    - PEAK has been refactored to avoid the use of 'isImplementedBy()' and
      similar introspection, in favor of 'adapt()'.  As a result, some
      'peak.naming' interfaces have changed.  This should not affect you
      if you are only subclassing PEAK-provided naming components and not
      implementing these interfaces "from scratch".  However, the various
      'isAddress', 'isAddressClass', 'isResolver', and 'isName' APIs have
      also been removed, as they were based on 'isImplementedBy()'.
   
    - REMOVED ability to use '__implements__' and '__class_implements__' to
      declare support for interfaces.  Use 'protocols.advise()' or a related
      API to do this now.  The 'protocols' package is available automatically
      from 'peak.api'.
   
      Similarly, the ability  to use 'isImplementedBy()' with interfaces declared
      by PEAK is REMOVED.  You can still use 'isImplementedBy()' with Zope
      interfaces, of course, but we recommend you switch to 'adapt()', which
      should work with both PEAK and Zope interfaces.
   
    - Replaced all use of 'zope.interface' with 'protocols' package because
      the 'protocols' package:
   
      * is considerably smaller and simpler than 'zope.interface'
   
      * produces Interface objects that can be inspected with the Python
        'pydoc' and 'help()' tools
   
      * supports and implements the PEP 246 'adapt()' protocol
   
      * transparently supports transitive adaptation - i.e. if adapter AB
        adapts from A to B, and adapter BC adapts from B to C, then an adapt(x,C)
        where 'x' is an 'A', will be implemented as BC(AB(x)).
   
      * Supports "open protocols" that allow you to "superclass" a protocol
        to create a subset protocol; objects that support the first protocol
        will automatically support the subset protocol.  For example, if one
        person defines a "dictionary" protocol, someone else can create a
        "read-only dictionary" protocol, and all objects supporting the
        "dictionary protocol" will be considered to implement the "read-only
        dictionary" protocol.
   
      * can interoperate with other interface packages, including Zope's, but
        does not require them
   
      * works with module inheritance (for everything but moduleProvides(), and
        we should get to that by 0.5a2)
   
      * lets you use Interfaces as abstract base classes (i.e., you can
        inherit from an interface and turn it into an implementation, and
        you can define default attribute values or method implementations in
        your interfaces
   
      * Lets you mix interface declarations from any number of frameworks and
        any number of interface types, in a single 'implements()' or
        'classProvides()'
   
      * uses adaptation as the fundamental approach to dealing with interfaces,
        and avoids the use of 'isImplementedBy()'.  In the *rare* case that you
        need to introspect rather than adapt, you can always call adapt() and
        check the result.  (But introspection usually means that you're using
        interfaces as a form of metadata; it's better to create an explicit
        interface that provides the metadata you seek, and adapt to that
        interface, than to use interfaces as data.)
   
      Most of these features are unavailable in 'zope.interface', and some have
      been declared by the Zope Pope to be unacceptable or undesirable features
      for Zope interfaces.  (Others may be available in some form in future
      versions of Zope X3.)  So, we no longer require or distribute
      'zope.interface'.
   
    - The signatures of the 'getObjectInstance()', 'getStateToBind()', and
      'getURLContext()' methods in the 'peak.naming' package have changed, to
      place the context or parent component as the first, non-optional argument.
      (If you don't know what these methods are for, you don't need to do anything
      about this, as they are part of the naming package's extensibility
      framework.)
   
    - 'binding.bindTo()' now accepts a 'default=' argument, whose value will be
      used in case of a 'NameNotFound' error.
   
  - DEPRECATED 'naming.ParsedURL'.  It will disappear in 0.5 alpha 3 or beta.   - DEPRECATED 'naming.ParsedURL'.  It will disappear in 0.5 alpha 3 or beta.
    It is replaced by the new 'naming.URL.Base'.  The 'naming.URL' package     It is replaced by the new 'naming.URL.Base'.  The 'naming.URL' package
    provides a new URL parsing framework based on 'peak.model'.  Upgrading from     provides a new URL parsing framework based on 'peak.model'.  Upgrading from
    'ParsedURL' to 'URL.Base' is trivial for ParsedURL subclasses that used     'ParsedURL' to 'URL.Base' is trivial for ParsedURL subclasses that used
    only the 'scheme' and 'body' fields, and in fact may not require any     only the 'scheme' and 'body' fields, and in fact may not require any
    changes except for the choice of base class.     changes except for the choice of base class.  Also, the 'retrieve()' method
      of URLs is deprecated; please begin defining the 'getObjectInstance()'
      method instead.  This is to cut down a bit on the number of ways that the
      naming package spells the idea of retrieving something!
   
    For more complex URL classes, the '__init__' methods go away, 'parse'     For more complex URL classes, the '__init__' methods go away, 'parse'
    methods change slightly, and explicit field definitions (using     methods change slightly, and explicit field definitions (using
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    '_getConfigData', 'getComponentName', or 'notifyUponAssembly', you need     '_getConfigData', 'getComponentName', or 'notifyUponAssembly', you need
    to wrap them with 'binding.metamethod' now.     to wrap them with 'binding.metamethod' now.
   
    - Made 'NOT_GIVEN' and 'NOT_FOUND' recognizable by humans (they 'repr'
      and 'str' to their names) and by Python (they can be pickled, and
      when restored they come back as the same object).
   
   
    Corrected Problems
   
    - Fixed a problem in ZConfig 'schema.dtd'; I used 'PCDATA' where I should've
      used 'CDATA'.
   
    - Fixed misc. problems with 'fromZConfig()' component constructor
   
    - Fixed source distributions missing essential setup files
   
    - Fixed a problem with assembly events, where a parent component that didn't
      need assembly notification, wouldn't ever notify its children of assembly
      if they requested the notification after the parent had already received
      it.
   
    - Fixed 'naming.lookup()' and related APIs not setting the parent component
      of created objects without an explicitly supplied 'creationParent' keyword
      argument.  This used to "sort of work" when we had implicit configuration
      parents, but was broken when we went "all explicit" for 0.5 alpha 1.
   
    - Fixed a problem where initializing single-valued immutable fields of
     'peak.model' types did not perform type/value normalization.
   
    - Fixed a problem where bindTo would use the attribute name as the
      default value for a lookup, if the requested name/property/utility
      was not found.
   
  - Fixed 'mof2py' generator script not working   - Fixed 'mof2py' generator script not working
   
  - Fixed model.Element not getting parent component set when passed as a   - Fixed model.Element not getting parent component set when passed as a
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  - Fixed IndentedStream generating all-whitespace lines   - Fixed IndentedStream generating all-whitespace lines
   
  - Made 'NOT_GIVEN' and 'NOT_FOUND' recognizable by humans (they 'repr'  
    and 'str' to their names) and by Python (they can be pickled, and  
    when restored they come back as the same object).  
   


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