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__version__ = "$Revision$"[11:-2]

import Acquisition, Record

class AbstractCatalogBrain(Record.Record, Acquisition.Implicit):
    """Abstract base brain that handles looking up attributes as
    required, and provides just enough smarts to let us get the URL, path,
    and cataloged object without having to ask the catalog directly.
    """
    def has_key(self, key):
        return self.__record_schema__.has_key(key)

    def getPath(self):
        """Get the physical path for this record"""
        return self.aq_parent.getpath(self.data_record_id_)
    
    def getURL(self):
        """Try to generate a URL for this record"""
        try:
            return self.REQUEST.physicalPathToURL(self.getPath())
        except:
            return self.getPath()

    def getObject(self, REQUEST=None):
        """Try to return the object for this record"""
        try:
            obj = self.aq_parent.unrestrictedTraverse(self.getPath())
            if not obj:
                if REQUEST is None:
                    REQUEST = self.REQUEST
                obj = self.aq_parent.resolve_url(self.getPath(), REQUEST)
            return obj
        except:
            pass
        
    def getRID(self):
        """Return the record ID for this object."""
        return self.data_record_id_
    
class NoBrainer:
    """ This is an empty class to use when no brain is specified. """
    pass
