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[Richard Morris <webmaster@pfaf.org>]

Playing about with zope a bit more
and want to do a "Hello World" with objects and an object database.

I want to create two classes

class BotName
        String getFullName() {return genusName + " " + taxonName; }
        String author
        String genusName
        String taxonName

class TestPlant
        BotName acceptedName
        BotName synonyms[] (i.e. and array of synonyms)

create a few objects, store them somewhere, retreive them.

Go back to fix the getFullName code so that can cope with
cultivars, varieties and forma.

class BotName
        String getFullName() {return genusName + " " + taxonName + ...; }
        String author
        String genusName
        String taxonName
        String cultivarName
        String varietyName
        String formaName


Fix the already created objects so they fit the new BotName class.

Then get a text file in the format

Accepted Latin Name|Synonym|Author
Actinidia deliciosa|Actinidia deliciosa|(A.Chev.)C.F.Liang.& A.R.Ferguson.
Actinidia deliciosa|Actinidia chinensis deliciosa|(A.Chev.)A.Chev.
.....

get a script to parse the above file,
and create the corresponding objects.

No idea where to start at moment.

        ?

        Rich

p.s. OK so its a little more than hello world. But its the sort of 
stuff, I'd envisage doing.

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