[PEAK] peak.naming question

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 11:34 AM 12/23/04 -0500, Andy Gross wrote:

>>The idea here is that a *name* (like "foo") is translated by a naming 
>>service to a *reference* which designates a *factory* and one or more 
>>*addresses*.  Addresses (URL schemes) are supposed to be reusable for a 
>>variety of purposes.  So, even though there is a default factory 
>>associated with URL schemes, you do not subclass the URL scheme just to 
>>get a different factory.  Instead, just create a reference to bind the 
>>desired factory to the appropriate addresses.  Then, so that code doesn't 
>>need to know the details, just use the configuration system or a 
>>name-based context to map from a symbolic name (like "foo") to the reference.
>
>Thanks for the tips.  I was able to refactor out 2 URL subclasses - I'm 
>working on a Context now to provide the name resolution/expansion.

Note that a trivial way is just to use properties like:

[irc.hosts]
foo = naming.Reference("somemod.some_factory", ["irc://bar.foo", 
"irc://baz.foo",...])


And then bind to PropertyName("irc.hosts.foo"), or "config:irc.hosts.foo/" 
(don't forget the trailing "/").