From 590fe7c48d15f6280955e9784a9f42c2e28bca69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris McDonough Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:36:12 +0000 Subject: Massive overhaul to deal with the reality that we don't map URLs directly to code. --- docs/glossary.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/glossary.rst') diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index ef1ad8144..e2a941571 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -636,3 +636,20 @@ Glossary "Python"; :term:`Jython`, Google's App Engine, and `PyPy `_ are examples of non-C based Python implementations. + + View Lookup + The act of finding and invoking the "best" :term:`view callable` + given a :term:`request`, a :term:`context`, and a :term:`view + name`. + + Context Finding + The act of locating a :term:`context` and a :term:`view name` + given a :term:`request`. :term:`Traversal` and :term:`URL + dispatch` are the context finding subsystems used by + :mod:`repoze.bfg`. + + Triad + The three bits of information used by :term:`view lookup` to find + "the best" view callable for a given circumstance: a + :term:`context` type, a :term:`view name` and a :term:`request`. + -- cgit v1.2.3