Instance Names

[Larry Bates]

Tim Cook wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 14:20 -0500, Larry Bates wrote:
> 
>> I suspect there is some "misunderstanding" here.  Why exactly do you think you 
>> need to have your instances named with [] characters in them?
>>
> 
> I often misunderstand.  :-)
> 
> But, I am implementing specifications in Python that are already
> implemented in other languages.
> 
> http://www.openehr.org/releases/1.0.1/roadmap.html
> 
> These specifications say that an archetype node id consists of
> identifiers like [at0000] and [at0001].  Now these are valid URIs and
> the associated query language (AQL) used by other services will send
> queries with those characters in them. 
> 
> For example:
> FROM EHR [ehr_id/value=$ehrUid] CONTAINS COMPOSITION
> [openEHR-EHR-COMPOSITION.encounter.v1]
> CONTAINS OBSERVATION obs [openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.blood_pressure.v1]
> WHERE
> obs/data[at0001]/events[at0006]/data[at0003]/items[at0004]/value/value
>> = 140
> 
> Since I am also using Zope3 it would be easier on me to name the
> instances with those characters.  
> 
> But my fall back is to set at0000.__name__='[at0000]' and manipulate the
> query to match __name__ instead of the actual instance ID.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> --Tim
> 
>   
> 

If these will be class attributes, I believe you can use setattr()

setattr('[at0000]') = ...

obj = getattr(self, '[at0000]')

-Larry