- The BFG ``view`` ZCML directive no longer calls

    ``zope.component.interface.provideInterface`` for the ``for``
    interface.  We don't support ``provideInterface`` in BFG because
    it mutates the global registry.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/repoze/bfg/tests/test_zcml.py b/repoze/bfg/tests/test_zcml.py
index ec479f9a8..f98bd8d8d 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/tests/test_zcml.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/tests/test_zcml.py
@@ -32,17 +32,10 @@ class TestViewDirective(unittest.TestCase, PlacelessSetup):
         from repoze.bfg.interfaces import IViewPermission
         from repoze.bfg.security import ViewPermissionFactory
         from repoze.bfg.zcml import handler
-        from zope.component.interface import provideInterface
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(actions), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(actions), 2)
 
-        provide = actions[0]
-        self.assertEqual(provide['discriminator'], None)
-        self.assertEqual(provide['callable'], provideInterface)
-        self.assertEqual(provide['args'][0], '')
-        self.assertEqual(provide['args'][1], IFoo)
-
-        permission = actions[1]
+        permission = actions[0]
         permission_discriminator = ('permission', IFoo, '', IRequest,
                                     IViewPermission)
         self.assertEqual(permission['discriminator'], permission_discriminator)
@@ -55,7 +48,7 @@ class TestViewDirective(unittest.TestCase, PlacelessSetup):
         self.assertEqual(permission['args'][4], '')
         self.assertEqual(permission['args'][5], None)
         
-        regadapt = actions[2]
+        regadapt = actions[1]
         regadapt_discriminator = ('view', IFoo, '', IRequest, IView, True)
         self.assertEqual(regadapt['discriminator'], regadapt_discriminator)
         self.assertEqual(regadapt['callable'], handler)
@@ -79,17 +72,10 @@ class TestViewDirective(unittest.TestCase, PlacelessSetup):
         from repoze.bfg.interfaces import IViewPermission
         from repoze.bfg.security import ViewPermissionFactory
         from repoze.bfg.zcml import handler
-        from zope.component.interface import provideInterface
-
-        self.assertEqual(len(actions), 3)
 
-        provide = actions[0]
-        self.assertEqual(provide['discriminator'], None)
-        self.assertEqual(provide['callable'], provideInterface)
-        self.assertEqual(provide['args'][0], '')
-        self.assertEqual(provide['args'][1], IFoo)
+        self.assertEqual(len(actions), 2)
 
-        permission = actions[1]
+        permission = actions[0]
         permission_discriminator = ('permission', IFoo, '', IDummy,
                                     IViewPermission)
         self.assertEqual(permission['discriminator'], permission_discriminator)
@@ -102,7 +88,7 @@ class TestViewDirective(unittest.TestCase, PlacelessSetup):
         self.assertEqual(permission['args'][4], '')
         self.assertEqual(permission['args'][5], None)
         
-        regadapt = actions[2]
+        regadapt = actions[1]
         regadapt_discriminator = ('view', IFoo, '', IDummy, IView, True)
         self.assertEqual(regadapt['discriminator'], regadapt_discriminator)
         self.assertEqual(regadapt['callable'], handler)
@@ -126,9 +112,9 @@ class TestViewDirective(unittest.TestCase, PlacelessSetup):
         from repoze.bfg.zcml import handler
         from repoze.bfg.zcml import Uncacheable
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(actions), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(actions), 2)
 
-        regadapt = actions[2]
+        regadapt = actions[1]
         regadapt_discriminator = ('view', IFoo, '', IDummy, IView, Uncacheable)
         self.assertEqual(regadapt['discriminator'], regadapt_discriminator)
         self.assertEqual(regadapt['callable'], handler)
diff --git a/repoze/bfg/zcml.py b/repoze/bfg/zcml.py
index fb31e107d..05b332baa 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/zcml.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/zcml.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from zope.component import getSiteManager
 from zope.component import adaptedBy
 import zope.configuration.config
 
-from zope.component.interface import provideInterface
 from zope.configuration.exceptions import ConfigurationError
 from zope.configuration.fields import GlobalObject
 
@@ -45,13 +44,6 @@ def view(_context,
     if not view:
         raise ConfigurationError('"view" attribute was not specified')
 
-    if for_ is not None:
-        _context.action(
-            discriminator = None,
-            callable = provideInterface,
-            args = ('', for_)
-            )
-
     # adapts() decorations may be used against either functions or
     # class instances
     if isinstance(view, types.FunctionType):