========================================================== ``zope.component.hooks``: The current component registry ========================================================== .. currentmodule:: zope.component.hooks There can be any number of component registries in an application. One of them is the global component registry, and there is also the concept of a currently used component registry. Component registries other than the global one are associated with objects called sites. The :mod:`zope.component.hooks` module provides an API to set and access the current site as well as manipulate the adapter hook associated with it. .. autofunction:: getSite As long as we haven't set a site, none is being considered current: .. doctest:: >>> from zope.component.hooks import getSite >>> print(getSite()) None We can also ask for the current component registry (aka site manager historically); it will return the global one if no current site is set: .. autofunction:: getSiteManager .. doctest:: >>> from zope.component.hooks import getSiteManager >>> getSiteManager() Let's set a site now. A site has to be an object that provides the ``getSiteManager`` method, which is specified by `zope.component.interfaces.IPossibleSite`: .. autofunction:: setSite .. doctest:: >>> from zope.interface.registry import Components >>> class Site(object): ... def __init__(self): ... self.registry = Components('components') ... def getSiteManager(self): ... return self.registry >>> from zope.component.hooks import setSite >>> site1 = Site() >>> setSite(site1) After this, the newly set site is considered the currently active one: .. doctest:: >>> getSite() is site1 True >>> getSiteManager() is site1.registry True If we set another site, that one will be considered current: .. doctest:: >>> site2 = Site() >>> site2.registry is not site1.registry True >>> setSite(site2) >>> getSite() is site2 True >>> getSiteManager() is site2.registry True However, the default `zope.component.getSiteManager` function isn't yet aware of this: .. doctest:: >>> from zope.component import getSiteManager as global_getSiteManager >>> global_getSiteManager() To integrate that with the notion of the current site, we need to call ``setHooks``: .. autofunction:: setHooks .. doctest:: >>> from zope.component.hooks import setHooks >>> setHooks() >>> getSiteManager() is site2.registry True >>> global_getSiteManager() is site2.registry True This can be reversed using ``resetHooks``: .. autofunction:: resetHooks .. doctest:: >>> from zope.component.hooks import resetHooks >>> resetHooks() >>> global_getSiteManager() Finally we can unset the site and the global component registry is used again: .. doctest:: >>> setSite() >>> print(getSite()) None >>> getSiteManager() Context manager =============== There also is a context manager for setting the site, which is especially useful when writing tests: .. autofunction:: site .. doctest:: >>> import zope.component.hooks >>> print(getSite()) None >>> with zope.component.hooks.site(site2): ... getSite() is site2 True >>> print(getSite()) None The site is properly restored even if the body of the with statement raises an exception: .. doctest:: >>> print(getSite()) None >>> with zope.component.hooks.site(site2): ... getSite() is site2 ... raise ValueError('An error in the body') Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: An error in the body >>> print(getSite()) None