Backported rev 3627, 37637, 37639, and 37640 from the trunk. Those are

fixes for the book to work a little bit better, iow all tests pass.

browser/metaconfigure.py

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+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Zope Corporation and Contributors.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This software is subject to the provisions of the Zope Public License,
+# Version 2.1 (ZPL).  A copy of the ZPL should accompany this distribution.
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+##############################################################################
+"""Container-specific browser ZCML namespace directive handlers
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
+
+from zope.app.component.fields import LayerField
+from zope.interface import Interface
+from zope.configuration.fields import GlobalObject
+from zope.publisher.interfaces.browser import IDefaultBrowserLayer
+from zope.schema import Id
+from zope.app.publisher.browser.viewmeta import page, view
+from zope.app.container.browser.contents import Contents
+from zope.app.container.browser.adding import Adding
+from zope.app.i18n import ZopeMessageIDFactory as _
+from zope.app.security.fields import Permission
+
+
+class IContainerViews(Interface):
+    """Define several container views for an `IContainer` implementation."""
+
+    for_ = GlobalObject(
+        title=u"The declaration this containerViews are for.",
+        description=u"""
+        The containerViews will be available for all objects that
+        provide this declaration.
+        """,
+        required=True)
+
+    contents = Permission(
+        title=u"The permission needed for content page.",
+        required=False)
+
+    index = Permission(
+        title=u"The permission needed for index page.",
+        required=False)
+
+    add = Permission(
+        title=u"The permission needed for add page.",
+        required=False)
+
+    layer = LayerField(
+        title=_("The layer the view is in."),
+        description=_("""A skin is composed of layers. It is common to put
+        skin specific views in a layer named after the skin. If the 'layer'
+        attribute is not supplied, it defaults to 'default'."""),
+        required=False
+        )
+
+
+def containerViews(_context, for_, contents=None, add=None, index=None,
+                   layer=IDefaultBrowserLayer):
+    """Set up container views for a given content type."""
+
+    if for_ is None:
+            raise ValueError("A for interface must be specified.")
+
+    if contents is not None:
+        from zope.app.menus import zmi_views
+        page(_context, name='contents.html', permission=contents,
+             for_=for_, layer=layer, class_=Contents, attribute='contents',
+             menu=zmi_views, title=_('Contents'))
+
+    if index is not None:
+        page(_context, name='index.html', permission=index, for_=for_,
+             layer=layer, class_=Contents, attribute='index')
+
+    if add is not None:
+        from zope.app.menus import zmi_actions
+        viewObj = view(_context, name='+', layer=layer, menu=zmi_actions,
+                       title=_('Add'), for_=for_, permission=add,
+                       class_=Adding)
+        viewObj.page(_context, name='index.html', attribute='index')
+        viewObj.page(_context, name='action.html', attribute='action')
+        viewObj()