def checkValidId(self, id, prep_id=False):
"""
Checks that an id is a valid Zope id. Looks for invalid characters and
checks that the id doesn't already exist in this context.
@type id: string
@type prep_id: boolean
@rtype: boolean
>>> dmd.Devices.checkValidId('^*')
'The id "^*" contains characters illegal in URLs.'
>>> dmd.Devices.checkValidId('Server')
'The id "Server" is invalid - it is already in use.'
>>> dmd.Devices.checkValidId('ZenTestId')
True
"""
new_id = unquote(id)
if prep_id: new_id = self.prepId(id)
try:
globalCheckValidId(self, new_id)
return True
except:
return str(sys.exc_info()[1])
def checkValidId(self, id, prep_id = False):
"""
Checks that an id is a valid Zope id. Looks for invalid characters and
checks that the id doesn't already exist in this context.
@type id: string
@type prep_id: boolean
@rtype: boolean
>>> dmd.Devices.checkValidId('^*')
'The id "^*" contains characters illegal in URLs.'
>>> dmd.Devices.checkValidId('Server')
'The id "Server" is invalid - it is already in use.'
>>> dmd.Devices.checkValidId('ZenTestId')
True
"""
new_id = unquote(id)
if prep_id: new_id = self.prepId(id)
try:
globalCheckValidId(self, new_id)
return True
except:
return str(sys.exc_info()[1])