Created by Amos . Zope and Acquisition Acquisition is the technology that allows dynamic behavior and content to be passed between Zope objects. Acquisition's flavor permeates Zope, and a basic understanding of acquisition is important for understanding Zope's power and how to harness it.
Objects acquire content and behavior from their containers.
The powerful part about acquisition is how objects automatically gather services from their containers. What this means is that when you create Documents and Folders you're not just building a web site, you're building an information structure. For example, when you place a Document inside a Folder you are creating a small information sharing facility between the Document and the Folder. Because in Zope, the Document has access to all its container's content and services. So if a Folder can send mail, any Document placed inside the Folder can also send mail.