[Webware-discuss] packages and import confusion

[Peter L. <pe...@pe...>]

I'm getting confused and I'm hoping maybe someone can clarify this for 
me.  Here's what I'd ideally like to achieve in terms of code organization:

app_work_dir/lib/myapp
     root of python package hierarchy for myapp

app_work_dir/lib/myapp/model
     business logic classes, reusable in non-Webware situations

app_work_dir/lib/myapp/webui
     abstract servlets that don't generate content, only hold shared code

app_work_dir/lib/myapp/webui/templates
     compiled cheetah templates used by servlets

app_work_dir/webware_context
    my context root, where my servlets live. Servlets inherit from stuff 
in the "myapp.webui" package, and also import and instantiate templates 
from "myapp.webui.templates"


I'm having two problems getting this running.  First, ideally, I'd like 
my urls to start "/wk/myapp". However, I've noticed that webware makes 
"myapp" into a module, so it confilcts with the "myapp" under the lib 
directory, and if I try to do "import myapp.webui" I get no such module. 
  I'm willing to rename my context module, though if necessary.

The second one is even if a pick a unique name for my context, I am 
having problems. Specifically, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./WebKit/Application.py", line 415, in dispatchRequest
   File "./WebKit/Application.py", line 563, in handleGoodURL
   File "./WebKit/Application.py", line 1047, in createServletInTransaction
   File "./WebKit/Application.py", line 990, in getServlet
   File "./WebKit/ServletFactory.py", line 197, in servletForTransaction
AssertionError


when I access this url: "/wk/myappnewname/home"


Here is my "home" servlet:
--------------------------------
from myapp.webui import baseservlet

class home(baseservlet):
     pass
----------------------------------



My class "baseservlet" extends WebKit.Page. It fails this assertion:

assert type(theClass) is ClassType \
or isinstance(theClass, type)


Any advice?

Thank you,

Pete