- Each of the follow methods of the Configurator now allow the

  below-named arguments to be passed as "dotted name strings"
  (e.g. "foo.bar.baz") rather than as actual implementation objects
  that must be imported:

  setup_registry
     root_factory, authentication_policy, authorization_policy,
     debug_logger, locale_negotiator, request_factory,
     renderer_globals_factory

  add_subscriber
     subscriber, iface

  derive_view
     view

  add_view
     view, for_, context, request_type, containment

  add_route()
     view, view_for, factory, for_, view_context

  scan
     package

  add_renderer
     factory

  set_forbidden_view
     view

  set_notfound_view
     view

  set_request_factory
     factory

  set_renderer_globals_factory()
     factory

  set_locale_negotiator
     negotiator

  testing_add_subscriber
     event_iface

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/narr/views.rst b/docs/narr/views.rst
index eebaa63de..4d60f8a9e 100644
--- a/docs/narr/views.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/views.rst
@@ -620,7 +620,8 @@ For example, to add a renderer which renders views which have a
    The first argument is the renderer name.
 
    The second argument is a reference to an implementation of a
-   :term:`renderer factory`.
+   :term:`renderer factory` or a :term:`dotted Python name` referring
+   to such an object.
 
 Adding a New Renderer
 +++++++++++++++++++++
@@ -1537,8 +1538,8 @@ Or replaces the need to add this imperative configuration stanza:
 .. ignore-next-block
 .. code-block:: python
 
-   config.add_view(name='my_view', request_method='POST', context=MyModel,
-                   permission='read')
+   config.add_view('.views.my_view', name='my_view', request_method='POST', 
+                   context=MyModel, permission='read')
 
 All arguments to ``bfg_view`` may be omitted.  For example:
 
@@ -1748,6 +1749,12 @@ example:
    # repoze.bfg.configuration.Configurator class
    config.add_view(hello_world, name='hello.html')
 
+The first argument, ``view``, is required.  It must either be a Python
+object which is the view itself or a :term:`dotted Python name` to
+such an object.  All other arguments are optional.  See
+:meth:`repoze.bfg.configuration.Configurator.add_view` for more
+information.
+
 .. index::
    single: model interfaces