Package configuration

The zope.publisher package provides a ZCML file that configures some adapters and security:

>>> from zope.configuration.xmlconfig import XMLConfig
>>> import zope.publisher

>>> XMLConfig('configure.zcml', zope.publisher)()

>>> len(list(zope.component.getGlobalSiteManager().registeredUtilities()))
22

>>> len(list(zope.component.getGlobalSiteManager().registeredAdapters()))
11

ZCML Directives

This package also defines some ZCML directives for defining the default skin (browser:defaultSkin) and default view (browser:defaultView).

Default view and default skin ZCML configuration feature.

interface zope.publisher.zcml.IDefaultSkinDirective

Sets the default browser skin

name

Default skin name

Default skin name

interface zope.publisher.zcml.IDefaultViewDirective

The name of the view that should be the default.

This name refers to view that should be the view used by default (if no view name is supplied explicitly).

name

The name of the view that should be the default.

This name refers to view that should be the view used by default (if no view name is supplied explicitly).

for_

The interface this view is the default for.

Specifies the interface for which the view is registered.

All objects implementing this interface can make use of this view. If this attribute is not specified, the view is available for all objects.

layer

The layer the default view is declared for

The default layer for which the default view is applicable. By default it is applied to all layers.

zope.publisher.zcml.setDefaultSkin(name, info='')

Set the default skin.

>>> from zope.interface import directlyProvides
>>> from zope.app.testing import ztapi

>>> class Skin1: pass
>>> directlyProvides(Skin1, IBrowserSkinType)

>>> ztapi.provideUtility(IBrowserSkinType, Skin1, 'Skin1')
>>> setDefaultSkin('Skin1')
>>> adapters = component.getSiteManager().adapters

Lookup the default skin for a request that has the

>>> adapters.lookup((IBrowserRequest,), IDefaultSkin, '') is Skin1
True