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2009-10-17Be more explicit.Chris McDonough
2009-10-16- Add ``zcml_configure`` to ``repoze.bfg.testing`` module API. ThisChris McDonough
function populates a component registry from a ZCML file for testing purposes.
2009-10-16- Added "Creating Integration Tests" section to unit testing narrativeChris McDonough
documentation chapter.
2009-10-15FeaturesChris McDonough
-------- - Add ``setUp`` and ``tearDown`` functions to the ``repoze.bfg.testing`` module. Using ``setUp`` in a test setup and ``tearDown`` in a test teardown is now the recommended way to do component registry setup and teardown. Previously, it was recommended that a single function named ``repoze.bfg.testing.cleanUp`` be called in both the test setup and tear down. ``repoze.bfg.testing.cleanUp`` still exists (and will exist "forever" due to its widespread use); it is now just an alias for ``repoze.bfg.testing.setUp`` and is nominally deprecated. - The BFG component registry is now available in view and event subscriber code as an attribute of the request ie. ``request.registry``. This fact is currently undocumented except for this note, because BFG developers never need to interact with the registry directly anywhere else. - The BFG component registry now inherits from ``dict``, meaning that it can optionally be used as a simple dictionary. *Component* registrations performed against it via e.g. ``registerUtility``, ``registerAdapter``, and similar API methods are kept in a completely separate namespace than its dict members, so using the its component API methods won't effect the keys and values in the dictionary namespace. Likewise, though the component registry "happens to be" a dictionary, use of mutating dictionary methods such as ``__setitem__`` will have no influence on any component registrations made against it. In other words, the registry object you obtain via e.g. ``repoze.bfg.threadlocal.get_current_registry`` or ``request.registry`` happens to be both a component registry and a dictionary, but using its component-registry API won't impact data added to it via its dictionary API and vice versa. This is a forward compatibility move based on the goals of "marco". Documentation ------------- - Various tutorial test modules updated to use ``repoze.bfg.testing.setUp`` and ``repoze.bfg.testing.tearDown`` methods in order to encourage this as best practice going forward. Backwards Incompatibilities --------------------------- - Importing ``getSiteManager`` and ``get_registry`` from ``repoze.bfg.registry`` is no longer supported. These imports were deprecated in repoze.bfg 1.0. Import of ``getSiteManager`` should be done as ``from zope.component import getSiteManager``. Import of ``get_registry`` should be done as ``from repoze.bfg.threadlocal import get_current_registry``. This was done to prevent a circular import dependency. - Code bases which alternately invoke both ``zope.testing.cleanup.cleanUp`` and ``repoze.bfg.testing.cleanUp`` (treating them equivalently, using them interchangeably) in the setUp/tearDown of unit tests will begin to experience test failures due to lack of test isolation. The "right" mechanism is ``repoze.bfg.testing.cleanUp`` (or the combination of ``repoze.bfg.testing.setUp`` and ``repoze.bfg.testing.tearDown``). but a good number of legacy codebases will use ``zope.testing.cleanup.cleanUp`` instead. We support ``zope.testing.cleanup.cleanUp`` but not in combination with ``repoze.bfg.testing.cleanUp`` in the same codebase. You should use one or the other test cleanup function in a single codebase, but not both. Internal -------- - Created new ``repoze.bfg.configuration`` module which assumes responsibilities previously held by the ``repoze.bfg.registry`` and ``repoze.bfg.router`` modules (avoid a circular import dependency). - The result of the ``zope.component.getSiteManager`` function in unit tests set up with ``repoze.bfg.testing.cleanUp`` or ``repoze.bfg.testing.setUp`` will be an instance of ``repoze.bfg.registry.Registry`` instead of the global ``zope.component.globalregistry.base`` registry. This also means that the threadlocal ZCA API functions such as ``getAdapter`` and ``getUtility`` as well as internal BFG machinery (such as ``model_url`` and ``route_url``) will consult this registry within unit tests. This is a forward compatibility move based on the goals of "marco". - Removed ``repoze.bfg.testing.addCleanUp`` function and associated module-scope globals. This was never an API.
2009-10-14- Add ``xhr``, ``accept``, and ``header`` view configurationChris McDonough
predicates to ZCML view declaration, ZCML route declaration, and ``bfg_view`` decorator. See the ``Views`` narrative documentation chapter for more information about these predicates.
2009-10-11Use 1.1 index.Chris McDonough
Explain where "request" comes from in templates.
2009-10-11Include vhosting info for modwsgi.Chris McDonough
2009-10-10More renderer conversions.Chris McDonough
2009-10-10- The ``notfound`` and ``forbidden`` ZCML directives now accept theChris McDonough
following addtional attributes: ``attr``, ``renderer``, and ``wrapper``. These have the same meaning as they do in the context of a ZCML ``view`` directive.
2009-10-10Tweaks.Chris McDonough
2009-10-09Fix in the face of renderers.Chris McDonough
2009-10-09Normalize.Chris McDonough
2009-10-09Remove comment.Chris McDonough
2009-10-09Use renderers.Chris McDonough
2009-09-30Mention modwsgi.Chris McDonough
2009-09-30Put labels on arrows.Chris McDonough
2009-09-30- Add a diagram which explains the operation of the BFG router to theChris McDonough
"Router" narrative chapter.
2009-09-30- Describe "request-only" view calling conventions inside theChris McDonough
urldispatch narrative chapter, where it's most helpful.
2009-09-30Note.Chris McDonough
2009-09-30Fix.Chris McDonough
2009-09-30Add narrative docs about the append_slash_notfound_view.Chris McDonough
2009-09-30- The import of ``repoze.bfg.view.NotFound`` is deprecated in favor ofChris McDonough
``repoze.bfg.exceptions.NotFound``. The old location still functions, but emits a deprecation warning. - The import of ``repoze.bfg.security.Unauthorized`` is deprecated in favor of ``repoze.bfg.exceptions.Forbidden``. The old location still functions but emits a deprecation warning. The rename from ``Unauthorized`` to ``Forbidden`` brings parity to the the name of the exception and the system view it invokes when raised. - New ``repoze.bfg.exceptions`` module was created to house exceptions that were previously sprinkled through various modules. - An ``exceptions`` API chapter was added, documenting the new ``repoze.bfg.exceptions`` module.
2009-09-26Added missing word found by Stephen WaterburyCarlos de la Guardia
2009-09-24Merge jpenny changes.Chris McDonough
2009-09-24Add traversal diagram.Chris McDonough
2009-09-21Fix docs after updates.Chris McDonough
2009-09-19- Added a tutorial which explains how to add ZEO to a ZODB-basedChris McDonough
``repoze.bfg`` application.
2009-09-17- Add a ``repoze.bfg.url.static_url`` API which is capable ofChris McDonough
generating URLs to static resources defined by the ``<static>`` ZCML directive. See the "Views" narrative chapter's section titled "Generating Static Resource URLs" for more information.
2009-09-17- Add a ``string`` renderer. This renderer converts a non-ResponseChris McDonough
return value of any view callble into a string. It is documented in the "Views" narrative chapter.
2009-09-16- Give the ``route`` ZCML directive the ``view_attr`` andChris McDonough
``view_renderer`` parameters (bring up to speed with 1.1a3 features). These can also be spelled as ``attr`` and ``renderer``.
2009-09-16Excise "page" vernacular.Chris McDonough
2009-09-16Review and edit views chapter.Chris McDonough
2009-09-16- The ``repoze.bfg.testing.registerDummyRenderer`` API has beenChris McDonough
deprecated in favor of ``repoze.bfg.testing.registerTemplateRenderer``. A deprecation warning is *not* issued at import time for the former name; it will exist "forever". - The ``repoze.bfg.templating.renderer_from_cache`` function has been moved to ``repoze.bfg.renderer.template_renderer_factory``. This was never an API, but code in the wild was spotted that used it. A deprecation warning is issued at import time for the former. - Better error message when a wrapper view returns None.
2009-09-16Checkpoint. Not 100% test coverage.Chris McDonough
2009-09-14- The ``view`` attribute of the ``view`` ZCML directive is no longerChris McDonough
required if the ZCML directive has a ``template`` attribute.
2009-09-14- A ZCML ``view`` directive (and the associated ``bfg_view``Chris McDonough
decorator) can now accept a "wrapper" value. If a "wrapper" value is supplied, it is the value of a separate view's *name* attribute. When a view with a ``wrapper`` attribute is rendered, the "inner" view is first rendered normally. Its body is then attached to the request as "wrapped_body", and then a wrapper view name is looked up and rendered (using ``repoze.bfg.render_view_to_response``), passed the request and the context. The wrapper view is assumed to do something sensible with ``request.wrapped_body``, usually inserting its structure into some other rendered template. This feature makes it possible to specify (potentially nested) "owrap" relationships between views using only ZCML or decorators (as opposed always using ZPT METAL and analogues to wrap view renderings in outer wrappers).
2009-09-14Page->view.Chris McDonough
2009-09-14Renderings.Chris McDonough
2009-09-14- A ZCML ``view`` directive (and the associated ``bfg_view``Chris McDonough
decorator) can now accept an "attr" value. If an "attr" value is supplied, it is considered a method named of the view object to be called when the response is required. This is typically only good for views that are classes or instances (not so useful for functions, as functions typically have no methods other than ``__call__``). - A ZCML ``view`` directive (and the associated ``bfg_view`` decorator) can now accept a "template" value. If a "template" value is supplied, and the view callable returns a dictionary, the associated template is rendered with the dictionary as keyword arguments.
2009-09-06Merge multiview2 branch to HEAD.Chris McDonough
2009-08-25- The ``repoze.bfg.view.static`` class now accepts a string as itsChris McDonough
first argument ("root_dir") that represents a package-relative name e.g. ``somepackage:foo/bar/static``. This is now the preferred mechanism for spelling package-relative static paths using this class. A ``package_name`` keyword argument has been left around for backwards compatibility. If it is supplied, it will be honored. - Fixed documentation for ``repoze.bfg.view.static`` (in narrative ``Views`` chapter).
2009-08-24Added ZCML directive to serve up static files from a directory.Malthe Borch
2009-08-13- Request-only-convention examples in the "Views" narrativeChris McDonough
documentation were broken.
2009-07-27Reorder authentication policies by most common to least.Chris McDonough
2009-07-20Fixed documentation bug showing invalid test for values from the ``matchdict``.Tres Seaver
o They are stored as attributes of the ``Article``, rather than subitems.
2009-07-20Fixed documentation bug showing wrong environment key for the ``matchdict``Tres Seaver
produced by the matching route. Thanks to leopay for the catch.
2009-07-20Small wording change courtesy of Russ FerridayPaul Everitt
2009-07-08Rendering.Chris McDonough
2009-07-08Rendering.Chris McDonough
2009-07-08Rendering.Chris McDonough