| Fixes and Enhancements since Version 0.5 alpha 1 |
Fixes and Enhancements since Version 0.5 alpha 3 |
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| Changed, Enhanced, or Newly Deprecated Features |
- PEAK no longer supports Python 2.2; Python 2.3.4 or better is required. |
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| - Standardized file-based URL syntaxes (e.g logfiles and lockfiles) to |
- The kjbuckets extension module is no longer built and installed by default; |
| follow RFC 1738/2396, and Python 'urllib'. This shouldn't affect much |
you must explicitly enable it with a '--with-kjbuckets' flag passed to |
| besides the canonical forms of the URLs. Added 'pkgfile:some.pkg/filepath' |
'setup.py'. Please port your code as soon as practical, this option will |
| URL syntax for ease of referring to files near modules. (A convenience |
go away soon. |
| intended mainly for referencing ZConfig schemas.) |
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- Use of the included 'kjbuckets' module is now DEPRECATED, due to increasing |
| - Added the UML 1.4 metamodel, and thus the ability to load UML 1.4 |
bitrot. Aaron Watters originally wrote this extension for Python 1.2, and |
| models encoded in XMI 1.1. |
it has not been well-maintained for newer versions of the Python/C API. |
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Instead of 'kjSet' objects, use the Python 2.3 'Set' type, and instead of |
| - Added support in the mof2py code generator for "unprefixing" enumerated |
the 'kjGraph' type, use the new 'Graph' type in 'peak.util.Graph'. Some |
| values, so that UML and other metamodels' enumerations work correctly |
porting effort may be required, as these types are not precisely the same |
| when loading from XMI. |
in signature as the originals. |
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| - 'binding.Acquire()' now accepts a 'default' value argument, and |
- The '_setNS()' method of the 'peak.util.SOX.ISOXNode_NS' interface has |
| 'binding.New()' no longer accepts the 'bindToOwner' flag. |
changed signature, due to a lack of use of the second argument in the code |
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base, and its dependency on 'kjbuckets'. |
| - There is a new 'binding.IComponentKey' interface that is used to implement |
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| 'IComponent.lookupComponent()'. Now you can implement this interface, |
- The old 'peak.security' implementation has been removed, and replaced with |
| or create an adapter for it, in order to make an object usable as an |
a simpler, more flexible implementation based on generic functions (using |
| argument to 'binding.lookupComponent()' - and therefore usable as a key |
less than half the code and seven fewer interfaces). Complete documentation |
| for 'binding.bindTo()' or 'binding.bindToSequence()'. Not that it's |
and API tests for the new implementation can be found in 'rules.txt' in the |
| necessarily very useful to do so; you're probably better off simply |
'peak.security' package directory. |
| creating a naming scheme. But it might be useful for lookups done |
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| in the context of classes, since naming schemes aren't usable there. |
Also, the new implemetation does not require redundant |
| (It was actually added in order to factor out all the type testing that |
'security.allow(security.Anybody)' declarations just because you've declared |
| 'lookupComponent' used to do, so it doesn't matter if it's useful for |
other permissions for a class, so these declarations have been removed from |
| much else.) |
``peak.web``. They don't do any harm, however, so you can leave them in |
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your own code as long as you change them to use 'binding.metadata()' instead |
| - PEAK has been refactored to avoid the use of 'isImplementedBy()' and |
of the deprecated 'security.allow()'. |
| similar introspection, in favor of 'adapt()'. As a result, some |
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| 'peak.naming' interfaces have changed. This should not affect you |
- 'security.allow()' is now DEPRECATED; please use 'binding.metadata()' |
| if you are only subclassing PEAK-provided naming components and not |
instead. (There is no change to the calling signature, but |
| implementing these interfaces "from scratch". However, the various |
'binding.metadata' accepts any metadata, not just permissions.) |
| 'isAddress', 'isAddressClass', 'isResolver', and 'isName' APIs have |
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| also been removed, as they were based on 'isImplementedBy()'. |
- Added 'peak.running.options', a new option-parsing framework that extends |
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'optparse' to support the PEAK 'commands' framework. Command instances |
| - REMOVED ability to use '__implements__' and '__class_implements__' to |
can now refer to 'self.parsed_args' to find their non-option arguments, |
| declare support for interfaces. Use 'protocols.advise()' or a related |
and to trigger setting of their attributes (or calling of methods) based on |
| API to do this now. The 'protocols' package is available automatically |
their raw arguments from 'self.argv'. See 'options.txt' in the |
| from 'peak.api'. |
'peak.running' package directory for a complete tutorial. |
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| Similarly, the ability to use 'isImplementedBy()' with interfaces declared |
- There is now a 'binding.initAttrs()' function that can be used to initialize |
| by PEAK is REMOVED. You can still use 'isImplementedBy()' with Zope |
an object's attributes from e.g. constructor keyword arguments, similar to |
| interfaces, of course, but we recommend you switch to 'adapt()', which |
how 'binding.Component' and 'binding.Attribute' constructors work. |
| should work with both PEAK and Zope interfaces. |
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- Security permissions can now be declared as attribute metadata. |
| - Replaced all use of 'zope.interface' with 'protocols' package because |
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| the 'protocols' package: |
That is, instead of doing declarations like this:: |
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| * is considerably smaller and simpler than 'zope.interface' |
class Foo: |
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bar = binding.Require("Something", permissionNeeded=SomePerm) |
| * produces Interface objects that can be inspected with the Python |
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| 'pydoc' and 'help()' tools |
class AnElement(model.Element): |
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class someFeature(model.Attribute): |
| * supports and implements the PEP 246 'adapt()' protocol |
permissionNeeded = SomePerm |
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| * transparently supports transitive adaptation - i.e. if adapter AB |
you can (and should) now do them like this:: |
| adapts from A to B, and adapter BC adapts from B to C, then an adapt(x,C) |
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| where 'x' is an 'A', will be implemented as BC(AB(x)). |
class Foo: |
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bar = binding.Require("Something", [SomePerm]) |
| * Supports "open protocols" that allow you to "superclass" a protocol |
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| to create a subset protocol; objects that support the first protocol |
class AnElement(model.Element): |
| will automatically support the subset protocol. For example, if one |
class someFeature(model.Attribute): |
| person defines a "dictionary" protocol, someone else can create a |
metadata = [SomePerm] |
| "read-only dictionary" protocol, and all objects supporting the |
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| "dictionary protocol" will be considered to implement the "read-only |
or this:: |
| dictionary" protocol. |
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class Foo: |
| * can interoperate with other interface packages, including Zope's, but |
binding.metadata(bar = [SomePerm]) |
| does not require them |
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class AnElement(model.Element): |
| * works with module inheritance (for everything but moduleProvides(), and |
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| we should get to that by 0.5a2) |
binding.metadata(someFeature = [SomePerm]) |
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| * lets you use Interfaces as abstract base classes (i.e., you can |
class someFeature(model.Attribute): |
| inherit from an interface and turn it into an implementation, and |
# ... |
| you can define default attribute values or method implementations in |
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| your interfaces |
It isn't necessary to enclose metadata in brackets, but it helps to |
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emphasize its annotational nature. Also note that e.g. 'web.bindResource()' |
| * Lets you mix interface declarations from any number of frameworks and |
needs 'metadata' to be a keyword argument. |
| any number of interface types, in a single 'implements()' or |
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| 'classProvides()' |
- The 'permissionNeeded' attribute of 'model.Feature' and 'binding.Attribute' |
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objects is now DEPRECATED. See examples above for how to upgrade, and please |
| * uses adaptation as the fundamental approach to dealing with interfaces, |
switch to using metadata as soon as practical. In addition the |
| and avoids the use of 'isImplementedBy()'. In the *rare* case that you |
'security.IGuardedDescriptor' interface has been removed, because it was |
| need to introspect rather than adapt, you can always call adapt() and |
only used in connection with the 'permissionNeeded' attribute mechanism. |
| check the result. (But introspection usually means that you're using |
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| interfaces as a form of metadata; it's better to create an explicit |
- Added a new "attribute metadata" mini-framework to 'peak.binding'. This |
| interface that provides the metadata you seek, and adapt to that |
framework makes it possible to declare arbitrary metadata about attributes, |
| interface, than to use interfaces as data.) |
using either a class advisor ('binding.metadata()', similar in form and |
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function to the existing 'security.allow()') or using a 'metadata' attribute |
| Most of these features are unavailable in 'zope.interface', and some have |
of attribute bindings (which is the second positional parameter in all |
| been declared by the Zope Pope to be unacceptable or undesirable features |
the standard bindings like 'Make', 'Obtain', etc.). Over time, existing |
| for Zope interfaces. (Others may be available in some form in future |
metadata mechanisms will be refactored to use this new mini-framework, |
| versions of Zope X3.) So, we no longer require or distribute |
instead of the various integrated ad-hoc mechanisms that exist now (like |
| 'zope.interface'. |
the 'permissionNeeded' attribute). For more information on how the new |
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metadata hooks work, including doctest examples, see the 'attributes.txt' |
| - The signatures of the 'getObjectInstance()', 'getStateToBind()', and |
file in the 'peak.binding' package, under the heading "Attribute Metadata". |
| 'getURLContext()' methods in the 'peak.naming' package have changed, to |
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| place the context or parent component as the first, non-optional argument. |
- Added a new function, 'binding.activateClass()', that can be used to |
| (If you don't know what these methods are for, you don't need to do anything |
activate any bindings in the class. This can now be used in place of |
| about this, as they are part of the naming package's extensibility |
subclassing a PEAK base class or using a PEAK metaclass. In future, this |
| framework.) |
will be integrated into PEAK attribute descriptors such that defining a |
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descriptor within a class' body is sufficient to cause this function to be |
| - 'EigenRegistry' and 'PropertyMap' no longer attempt to figure out whether |
invoked. |
| implied (i.e. inherited) interfaces are more or less general with respect |
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| to a previous registration. This was behavior that emulated Zope adapter |
- 'binding.IBindingNode' was REMOVED, consolidated into 'binding.IComponent', |
| registries, but what we really wanted was more akin to a Zope "type" |
as its various individual methods have been replaced with generic functions |
| registry. The only parts of the test suite that used the old behavior |
in the existing 'binding' API. For example, 'binding.getParentComponent(x)' |
| were the tests specifically written to ensure that behavior! |
should be used in preference to 'x.getParentComponent()' unless it is |
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a requirement that 'x' implement the full 'binding.IComponent' interface. |
| - 'binding.bindTo()' now accepts a 'default=' argument, whose value will be |
This makes it easier to define what 'binding.getParentComponent()' and |
| used in case of a 'NameNotFound' error. |
'binding.getComponentName()' will mean for non-component types, as you do |
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not have to define an adapter class with all of the 'IBindingNode' methods. |
| - DEPRECATED 'naming.ParsedURL'. It will disappear in 0.5 alpha 3 or beta. |
Also, this makes PEAK itself cleaner, as we often weren't bothering to |
| It is replaced by the new 'naming.URL.Base'. The 'naming.URL' package |
properly implement the full 'IBindingNode' interface anyway. |
| provides a new URL parsing framework based on 'peak.model'. Upgrading from |
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| 'ParsedURL' to 'URL.Base' is trivial for ParsedURL subclasses that used |
In addition, 'binding.suggestParentComponent()' is now also a generic |
| only the 'scheme' and 'body' fields, and in fact may not require any |
function, dispatching on the target (i.e. child) object. |
| changes except for the choice of base class. Also, the 'retrieve()' method |
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| of URLs is deprecated; please begin defining the 'getObjectInstance()' |
- 'naming.IReferenceable' was REMOVED, as it is not in use anywhere in PEAK. |
| method instead. This is to cut down a bit on the number of ways that the |
This will be replaced with a generic function when we do actually need this |
| naming package spells the idea of retrieving something! |
functionality. |
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| For more complex URL classes, the '__init__' methods go away, 'parse' |
- There is a new 'config.getStreamFactory' generic function, to make it easy |
| methods change slightly, and explicit field definitions (using |
to accept URLs, filenames, or 'naming.IStreamFactory' objects as the source |
| 'model.structField' or similar) are required. See PEAK's 'URL.Base' |
of a "file". |
| subclasses for examples. There is also a sophisticated parsing and |
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| formatting framework (see the 'peak.naming.URL' and 'peak.util.fmtparse' |
Its typical usage is just:: |
| modules) that can be used in place of the old regex-based approach. |
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factory = config.getStreamFactory(self,source) |
| - Added 'peak.util.fmtparse', a parsing and formatting framework, and |
stream = factory.open('t') # open for reading in text mode |
| integrated it with 'peak.model' so that any element type can have a |
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| syntax for parsing from, or formatting to, a string. |
where 'source' is a string or a 'naming.IStreamFactory', and 'self' is a |
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component to be used as lookup context. The returned 'factory' is a |
| - Added 'binding.whenAssembled(...)' as syntax sugar for |
'naming.IStreamFactory' that can then be '.open()'-ed for reading, or used |
| 'binding.Once(...,activateUponAssembly=True)'. |
in other ways as needed. |
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| - Removed 'LOG_XYZ' convenience functions from 'peak.api', and refactored |
If you have special objects that you'd like to be able to treat as stream |
| 'peak.running.logs' to use a PEP 282-like interface, 'running.ILogger'. |
sources, you can register them by defining an extension, e.g.:: |
| Under the new scheme, messages must be sent to a specific entry point |
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| (e.g. 'self.logger.warning("foo")'). Components can bind an attribute |
[config.getStreamFactory.when(MyType)] |
| directly to a logger object, or via configuration properties or utilities. |
def getStreamFactory(context,source): |
| PEAK components that do logging all define a 'logger' attribute, bound |
"""Return a naming.IStreamFactory for 'source' (a 'MyType' instance)""" |
| to a configuration property in the 'peak.logs' property namespace. By |
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| a default in 'peak.ini', 'peak.logs.*' is configured to output messages |
Wherever practical, as we encounter them, we'll be changing PEAK API's that |
| of 'WARNING' priority or higher to 'sys.stderr'. |
take filenames to also accept stream sources. |
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| For compatibility with the PEP 282 logging package, a 'logging.logger:' |
- Added an optional 'base' argument to 'naming.parseURL()', to allow parsing |
| URL scheme has been added; looking up the URL '"logging.logger:foo.bar"' |
URLs relative to a base URL. For a URL scheme to support this, it must |
| is equivalent to 'logging.getLogger("foo.bar")', unless the 'logging' |
implement the new 'naming.IBaseURL' interface. See the |
| package is not available, in which case the configuration property |
'peak.naming.factories.openable' module for example implementations. |
| 'peak.logs.foo.bar' will be looked up in the target context of the |
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| lookup. Optionally, you can configure the 'logging.logger' URL scheme so |
- Added a 'data:' URL scheme, implementing RFC 2397 (although it's not as |
| that it only uses PEAK loggers, and never uses the PEP 282 loggers. |
strict in its parsing of the content type and parameters as the RFC calls |
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for). This is a semi-convenient way to provide configuration data in-line, |
| - Added 'binding.metamethod()' wrapper for metaclass methods that might |
since a 'data:' URL can be a 'config.getStreamFactory()' source. |
| not be accessible from their instances if the instances (classes) also |
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| defined the method for *their* instances. You must now use this wrapper |
- Added 'config.processXML()', a function that provides a high-level, |
| on any such metaclass-defined methods, as PEAK no longer works around |
configuration-driven interface to 'peak.util.SOX.NegotiatingParser'. This |
| this via the 'x.__class__.foo(x,...)' trick that was used previously. |
simple front-end lets you supply as little as a configuration context and |
| In particular, if you have metaclass definitions of 'getParentComponent', |
a stream source, to do XML processing of arbitrary complexity, controlled by |
| '_getConfigData', 'getComponentName', or 'notifyUponAssembly', you need |
the configuration of the context. |
| to wrap them with 'binding.metamethod' now. |
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- Added 'config.XMLKey()', an 'IConfigKey' type that can be used to register |
| - Made 'NOT_GIVEN' and 'NOT_FOUND' recognizable by humans (they 'repr' |
configuration values for XML attribute and element names under specified |
| and 'str' to their names) and by Python (they can be pickled, and |
XML namespace URI's. Also, there are now '[XML Attributes for nsuri]' and |
| when restored they come back as the same object). |
'[XML Elements for nsuri]' section types available for use in .ini files. |
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(Replace 'nsuri' with the appropriate XML namespace URI, or use '*' for a |
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wildcard.) |
| Corrected Problems |
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- 'web.IResource' is gone, replaced by 'web.IPlace'. The notion of a place is |
| - Fixed source distributions missing essential setup files |
broader than the notion of a resource, and we will soon need to have |
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other "location" objects that implement 'IPlace'. |
| - Fixed a problem with assembly events, where a parent component that didn't |
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| need assembly notification, wouldn't ever notify its children of assembly |
- In order to support obtaining the line and column locations of problems in |
| if they requested the notification after the parent had already received |
XML files, we are now using Python 2.4's version of the 'pyexpat' module, |
| it. |
built as 'peak.util.pyexpat'. |
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| - Fixed 'naming.lookup()' and related APIs not setting the parent component |
- There's a new class, 'config.IniLoader', that can be used to lazily load |
| of created objects without an explicitly supplied 'creationParent' keyword |
.ini files as configuration. 'IniLoader' instances have an 'iniFiles' |
| argument. This used to "sort of work" when we had implicit configuration |
attribute that lists the configuration sources (filenames/URLs/factories) |
| parents, but was broken when we went "all explicit" for 0.5 alpha 1. |
to be used, and automatically load the .ini files as soon as you try to get |
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any configuration data for them. Previously, similar functionality was only |
| - Fixed a problem where initializing single-valued immutable fields of |
available via 'config.makeRoot()'. |
| 'peak.model' types did not perform type/value normalization. |
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Also, there's now an 'ini' reference type that instantiates an 'IniLoader' |
| - Fixed a problem where bindTo would use the attribute name as the |
for one or more addresses. You can use it like this:: |
| default value for a lookup, if the requested name/property/utility |
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| was not found. |
[Named Services] |
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| - Fixed 'mof2py' generator script not working |
some.example = naming.Reference('ini', |
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['pkgfile:peak/peak.ini', '/etc/something.ini'] |
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) |
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another.example = naming.LinkRef( |
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'ref:ini@pkgfile:peak/peak.ini||/etc/something.ini' |
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) |
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The two examples above will each load the same pair of specified .ini files. |
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You can also directly instantiate an 'IniLoader', as in:: |
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cfg = config.IniLoader(self, iniFiles=['pkgfile:peak/peak.ini']) |
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Attempting to look up any configuration properties via the 'cfg' object |
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will cause it to load the specified .ini file. |
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- 'config.fileNearModule()' is DEPRECATED, in favor of 'config.packageFile()'. |
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The latter returns a 'naming.IStreamFactory', which is more suitable for |
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working with e.g. module data files compressed in a zipfile. Uses of |
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'fileNearModule()' that were being passed to 'config.loadConfigFile()' can |
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be safely changed to 'config.packageFile()' without needing any other code |
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changes, but if you were directly using 'fileNearModule()' as a filename, |
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you will need to rewrite appropriately. |
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- 'config.loadConfigFile()' and 'config.loadConfigFiles()' now accept URLs, |
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'naming.IStreamFactory' objects, and other 'config.getStreamFactory()' |
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targets as well as filenames. This was primarily added to support use of |
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'config.packageFile()' or 'pkgfile:' URLs, in place of using |
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'config.fileNearModule()'. |
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- The 'naming.IStreamFactory' interface now has an 'address' attribute, which |
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is the string form of the canonical URL of the target stream. This was |
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added to make it easier to e.g. report errors in a stream that's being |
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parsed, since the parser only needs the factory in order to report the |
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location of an error. (Note: if you implement 'naming.IStreamFactory', be |
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sure to add this attribute to your implementations.) |
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- The 'peak.util.WSGIServer' module has been moved to the |
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'wsgiref.simple_server' module. The 'wsgiref' reference library for WSGI |
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(aka PEP 333) is now distributed with PEAK. |
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- Added a 'WSGI' command to the 'peak' script, to allow you to run "foreign" |
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(i.e. non-PEAK) PEP 333 applications in PEAK's various servers and |
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launchers. Basically, by prefixing 'WSGI' before the import specifier, you |
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can now run such foreign apps. |
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For example:: |
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peak launch WSGI import:some_app.application |
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will run 'some_app.application' in the local web browser, and:: |
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peak CGI WSGI import:some_app.application |
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will run it under the CGI/FastCGI runner. Similarly, you can use this in |
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the "Command" spec for the "peak supervise" pre-forking FastCGI supervisor |
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subsystem. |
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- There is a new 'running.IWSGIApplication' interface, for PEP 333-compliant |
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"application" objects, and all of PEAK's provided applications now implement |
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it instead of 'running.IRerunnableCGI'. If you write your apps to the newer |
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interface, they'll be portable to any PEP 333-compliant web server, not just |
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the PEAK CGI, FastCGI, and "supervisor" containers. There is a simple |
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adapter that allows 'IWSGIApplication' objects to run in the CGI-based |
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containers, but not the other way around, so using 'IRerunnableCGI' directly |
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now limits your portability. (For example, the "peak launch" and "peak |
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serve" commands will soon require 'IWSGIApplication', and will not support |
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'IRerunnableCGI' any more.) |
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Of course, if you use the 'peak.web' framework, you don't need to worry |
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about any of this; your apps will automatically be wrapped as |
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'IWSGIApplication', and run in any PEAK server or gateway. |
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- Most 'peak.web' interfaces have changed significantly. If you implemented |
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anything based on the older interfaces, and it still works, it's sheer |
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bloody luck. In particular, note that every method in 'web.IWebTraversable' |
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now has different inputs and/or outputs than before. Please read the new |
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interface docs and update your code! The changed interfaces offer much |
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more flexibility and functionality than before, but they will require you to |
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update your code. |
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- 'web.ContainerAsTraversable' has been removed. It was redundant, since the |
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new default traversal mechanism used by 'Traversable' and 'Decorator' now |
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handles getitem, getattr, and views. |
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- Added Zope 3-like "namespaces" to 'peak.web'. Path segments in a URL |
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may be prefixed with '"++some_id++"' in order to invoke a corresponding |
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namespace handler registered under '"peak.web.namespaces.some_id"'. |
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Namespace handlers must implement 'web.INamespaceHandler', and they are |
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supplied with the original path segment as well as the separated namespace |
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and name. Also, as in Zope 3, '"@@foo"' is a shortcut for '"++view++foo"'. |
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Builtin namespaces at this time include 'view', 'item', 'attr', 'skin', and |
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'resources'. 'skin' treats the rest of its path segment as a skin name, |
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and sets the current skin, while 'resources' begins traversal to resources |
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found in the current skin. The other namespaces are as described at: |
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"Resources and traversal in peak.web":http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2004-August/001712.html |
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- Fixed several 'peak.events' bugs, as reported by Vladimir Iliev, Yaroslav |
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Samchuk, and Alexander Smishlajev: |
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* 'events.AnyOf' could hold multiple references to a single event source, |
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and nesting 'AnyOf()' calls could leak references to the nested events. |
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* 'events.subscribe()' had a potential race condition wherein a callback |
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could be invoked after its weak reference was garbage collected, leading |
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to bizarre error messages about 'self' being 'None'. |
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* 'select()' could be called on select event objects even if there were |
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no current subscribers to the event, potentially leading to calling |
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'select()' on a closed socket. |
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* Non-default signal handlers were remaining installed even when there |
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were no current subscribers to the applicable event, as long as a |
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reference to the event object existed. |
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As a result of these changes, certain I/O event types (esp. signals and |
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stream readable/writeable events) are now longer-lived. For example, |
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signal event objects are now immortal, and the read/write event for a |
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particular 'fileno()' will be reused for as long as its supplying |
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'Selector' or 'EventLoop' instance exists. (Previously, weak references |
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were used so that these objects would be recycled when not in use.) |
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- Added 'config.registeredProtocol()' API, that supports defining named and |
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local protocols. This allows easy emulation of Zope 3's "named" and "local" |
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adapters and views. |
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- 'binding.Component' objects no longer support instance configuration at |
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runtime (i.e., they no longer implement 'config.IConfigurable'). If you |
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need a component to be configurable at runtime, you must now derive from |
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(or mix in) 'binding.Configurable' instead. If you get errors about |
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a missing 'registerProvider' attribute, or about being unable to adapt to |
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'IConfigurable', try changing your base class from 'binding.Component' |
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to 'binding.Configurable', or add it as a mixin if you're deriving from |
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a class that uses 'binding.Component' as its base. |
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- 'binding.IComponent' no longer derives from 'config.IConfigurable' or |
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'config.IConfigMap', only 'config.IConfigSource'. This means that |
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'IComponent' no longer guarantees or requires the presence of the |
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'registerProvider()' method: now only 'config.IConfigurable' does that. |
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- The 'config.IConfigMap' interface is now DEPRECATED. Use |
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'config.IConfigurable' instead. The '_configKeysMatching()' method |
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of 'IConfigMap' was moved to 'config.IConfigSource', so if you've |
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implemented a custom 'IConfigSource', be sure to add this method. |
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- 'web.ISkinService' and 'web.ILayerService' were consolidated into |
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'web.IInteractionPolicy', because the need to have configurable |
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implementations of these services is negligible. That is, the |
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corresponding property namespaces ('peak.web.skins' and 'peak.web.layers') |
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are more than adequate as registries. |
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- Removed 'peak.running.timers' and 'peak.util.dispatch'. Neither was in |
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active use, and both are being replaced by the new generic functions |
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package in PyProtocols. |
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- The 'config.iterParents' API is now moved to 'binding.iterParents', and all |
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'binding' functions that walk the component hierarchy use it. It has also |
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been changed to avoid infinite loops in the case of a pathological |
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component structure. |
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- The 'persistence' package has been moved to 'peak.persistence' to avoid |
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conflicts with ZODB3 and the latest version of Zope 3. It will eventually |
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be phased out, but for now this move is the simplest way to get it out of |
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the way. |
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- The 'peak.util.SOX' module now uses only one parser, based directly on |
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'expat', instead of using SAX. The new parser expects a new node interface, |
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'IXMLBuilder', but adapters from the previous interfaces ('ISOXNode' and |
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'ISOXNode_NS') are supplied for backward compatibility. All of PEAK's |
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direct XML handling (currently just 'peak.storage.xmi' and |
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'peak.web.templates') have been refactored to use the new interface. Some |
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parsing classes (such as 'ObjectMakingHandler', 'NSHandler', and |
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'DOMletParser') are no longer available. |
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- 'peak.web' no longer uses Zope X3 for HTTP publishing support; it has been |
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refactored to use a "simpler, more uniform architecture":http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2004-May/001462.html |
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See also "more on the architecture":http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2004-June/001482.html |
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and subsequent posts in that thread. |
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As a consequence, "various features have been removed":http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2004-June/001500.html |
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from 'peak.web', for possible return at a future date. Here is a rough |
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outline of the changes made so far: |
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* The 'pageProtocol', 'pathProtocol', and 'errorProtocol' machinery are |
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gone. They will be replaced in the future with an explicit "controller" |
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wrapping mechanism to allow application-specific renderings of the same |
| |
underlying components. |
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* The Zope 'request' and 'response' objects are gone, along with all of |
| |
their special handling for cookies, character sets, form variables, |
| |
automatically marshalling parameters to functions, etc. These items of |
| |
functionality will be gradually replaced by functions in 'peak.web.api'. |
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|
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As a result of this, arbitrary functions and methods can no longer be |
| |
used as web pages; instead, functions and methods to be published must |
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use the same inputs and outputs as the 'IHTTPHandler.handle_http()' |
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method. |
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* The 'IWebPage', 'IWebInteraction', 'ITraversalContext', 'Traversal', |
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'TraversalContext', and 'Interaction' interfaces and classes no longer |
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exist, as they are unneeded in the new architecture. Instead of |
| |
having a central 'IWebInteraction' that's referenced by numerous |
| |
'ITraversalContext' objects, the new approach uses an 'environ' mapping |
| |
for most functions. For access control, a 'security.IInteraction' is |
| |
now used, whose function is limited to security checks. Most |
| |
functions previously performed by 'IWebInteraction' have moved to |
| |
'IInteractionPolicy' or to 'peak.web.api' functions operating on |
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'environ' mappings. |
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|
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* Web exceptions can define a 'levelName' attribute that determines the |
| |
severity level with which the exception will be logged. This allows |
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one to e.g. avoid logging tracebacks for 'NotFound' errors. |
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|
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* Various interface calling signatures have changed slightly. For example, |
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'IAuthService.getUser()' now accepts an 'environ' mapping instead of |
| |
an interaction. 'IInteractionPolicy.newInteraction()' now takes keyword |
| |
arguments, but not a 'request'. The 'IWebTraversable' interface no longer |
| |
has a 'getObject()' method, and the 'IWebException.handleException()' |
| |
method signature has changed as well. Finally, all methods that |
| |
previously accepted 'ITraversalContext' (such as |
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'IDOMletState.renderFor()') now expect 'environ' mappings. |
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|
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* 'web.TestInteraction' was replaced with 'web.TestPolicy', and |
| |
'web.Interaction' was removed, since 'IWebInteraction' is no longer part |
| |
of the architecture. |
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|
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- The 'log()' method of PEAK loggers ('logs.ILogger') now accepts a level name |
| |
*or* a number, for convenient invocation. |
| |
|
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- SQL transaction semantics have changed. Now, issuing an SQL statement |
| |
*always* causes the connection to join the active PEAK transaction, even if |
| |
you request that the SQL be issued "outside" a transaction. Such SQL will |
| |
be issued outside of the *database* transaction, but not outside of the |
| |
PEAK transaction. This simplifies the overall processing model for dealing |
| |
with "untransacted" SQL such as Sybase DDL or read-only Oracle transactions. |
| |
(In particular, the requirement that triggered this change was to allow |
| |
Oracle read-only transactions to be released at the end of the current PEAK |
| |
transaction.) Also, got rid of the now-meaningless 'begin' command in n2. |
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|
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- The 'events.IEventSource' interface now returns a 'canceller' function from |
| |
the 'addCallback()' method, allowing you to cancel a previously-scheduled |
| |
callback. This fixes a memory leak and performance problem with |
| |
'events.AnyOf()', which previously could accumulate unneeded callbacks on |
| |
the sources it was monitoring. Note that if you have developed any custom |
| |
event sources with 'addCallback()' methods, you must make sure that they |
| |
return a canceller from now on. |
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|
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- Added 'ref:factory@addr1||addr2' URL scheme that maps to a corresponding |
| |
'naming.Reference("factory",["addr1","addr2"])'. 'factory' can be either a |
| |
dotted import string referencing a 'naming.IObjectFactory', or you can |
| |
define a factory in the 'peak.naming.factories' property space. |
| |
|
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- Added a 'zconfig.schema' factory, so that 'ref:zconfig.schema@streamURL' |
| |
will load a schema loader. Schema loaders are themselves object factories, |
| |
so you can do something like:: |
| |
|
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[Named Services] |
| |
peak.naming.factories.myschema = \ |
| |
naming.LinkRef('ref:zconfig.schema@pkgfile:mypkg/Schema.xml') |
| |
|
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in order to make URLs like 'ref:myschema@filename' work. Note, by the way, |
| |
that the above could also read:: |
| |
|
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[Named Services] |
| |
peak.naming.factories.myschema = \ |
| |
naming.Reference('zconfig.schema',['pkgfile:mypkg/Schema.xml']) |
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|
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which runs somewhat faster at lookup time. Similarly, one can also use |
| |
'naming.Reference("myschema",["somefile"])' in place of a |
| |
'naming.LinkRef("ref:myschema@filename")'. As well as being faster, for |
| |
some use cases it's easier to 'Reference' directly than to glue together |
| |
a 'ref:' URL string. |
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| - Fixed model.Element not getting parent component set when passed as a |
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| constructor argument. |
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| - Fixed property/utility lookups not working correctly on model.* |
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| objects. |
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| - Fixed IndentedStream generating all-whitespace lines |
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