configure

Because ZCML is XML, and because XML requires a single root tag for each document, every ZCML file used by Pyramid must contain a configure container directive, which acts as the root XML tag. It is a "container" directive because its only job is to contain other directives.

Attributes

xmlns

The default XML namespace used for subdirectives.

Example

1<configure xmlns="http://pylonshq.com/pyramid">
2
3   <!-- other directives -->
4
5</configure>

A Word On XML Namespaces

Usually, the start tag of the <configure> container tag has a default XML namespace associated with it. This is usually http://pylonshq.com/pyramid, named by the xmlns attribute of the configure start tag.

Using the http://pylonshq.com/pyramid namespace as the default XML namespace isn't strictly necessary; you can use a different default namespace as the default. However, if you do, the declaration tags which are defined by Pyramid such as the view declaration tag will need to be defined in such a way that the XML parser that Pyramid uses knows which namespace the pyramid tags are associated with. For example, the following files are all completely equivalent:

Use of A Non-Default XML Namespace

 1 <configure xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
 2            xmlns:pyramid="http://pylonshq.com/pyramid">
 3
 4   <include package="pyramid.includes" />
 5
 6   <pyramid:view
 7      view="helloworld.hello_world"
 8      />
 9
10 </configure>

Use of A Per-Tag XML Namespace Without A Default XML Namespace

1 <configure>
2
3   <include package="pyramid.includes" />
4
5   <view xmlns="https://trypyramid.com"
6      view="helloworld.hello_world"
7      />
8
9 </configure>

For more information about XML namespaces, see this older, but simple XML.com article.

The conventions in this document assume that the default XML namespace is https://trypyramid.com.

Alternatives

None.

See Also

See also Hello World, Goodbye World (Declarative).