cybertools/integrator/interfaces.py
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#
# Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
#
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"""
External content integration interfaces.
$Id$
"""
from zope.app.container.interfaces import IReadContainer
from zope.app.file.interfaces import IFile, IImage
from zope.app.publication.interfaces import IFileContent
from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
class IProxy(Interface):
""" An object that represents an external object and provides access
to it.
"""
address = Attribute('An external specifier (a name, path, URL, ...) '
'that may be used to access the external object.')
internalPath = Attribute('A relativ path leading to an internal '
'representation of the represented object.')
icon = Attribute('The name of an icon that may be used for symbolizing '
'the represented object.')
properties = Attribute('A dictionary with attributes/properties '
'characteristic for the type of object the proxy represents.')
externalUrlInfo = Attribute('Information necessary for building URLs that link '
'directly to the object the proxy represents (optional).')
title = Attribute('A short string giving basic information about the object.')
description = Attribute('A somewhat longer descriptive information.')
url = Attribute('An explicit target URL (optional).')
authors = Attribute('A list of names of persons who worked on this object.')
created = Attribute('A datetime object denoting the data/time of object '
'creation.')
modified = Attribute('A datetime object denoting the data/time of last '
'modification of the object.')
class IExternalUrlInfo(Interface):
""" Information necessary to build URLs to external objects.
"""
baseUrl = Attribute('The base part of the URL, including the protocol and '
'the server part + optionally a constant part of the path.')
path = Attribute('The relative path leading to the object.')
params = Attribute('A dictionary providing a parameter set that will '
'be appended urlencoded to the base URL.')
class IReadContainer(IProxy, IReadContainer):
""" A readable container of items.
"""
class IItem(IProxy, Interface):
""" A proxy for a terminal kind of object, i.e. not a container of
other objects.
"""
class IFile(IItem, IFile, IFileContent):
data = Attribute('The data contained in the file.')
contentType = Attribute('The MIME type of the object.')
def getData(num=None):
""" Return num bytes from the file`s data.
"""
# proxy factories
class IProxyFactory(Interface):
""" Creates proxy objects for external objects.
"""
def __call__(address, **kw):
""" Return a proxy object based on an external object that
can be accessed using the address (and optional
keyword arguments) given.
"""
class IContainerFactory(IProxyFactory):
""" Creates container proxy objects for the external specification
given.
"""
class IItemFactory(IProxyFactory):
""" Creates general terminal proxy objects.
"""
class IFileFactory(IProxyFactory):
""" Creates file proxy objects for the external specification
given.
"""