# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1168115391 0
# Node ID 67356ca8b07b1d47c1a6e2d287c9320f44bfef49
# Parent  fdc01f879edf2e69c267fbcf80226af7ce4a72b6
[project @ 2007-01-06 20:29:51 by paulb]
Added a traverse_path method.

diff -r fdc01f879edf -r 67356ca8b07b WebStack/Generic.py
--- a/WebStack/Generic.py	Sat Jan 06 20:29:37 2007 +0000
+++ b/WebStack/Generic.py	Sat Jan 06 20:29:51 2007 +0000
@@ -677,6 +677,18 @@
 
     # Utility methods.
 
+    def traverse_path(self, encoding=None):
+
+        """
+        Traverse the path, updating the virtual path info and thus the processed
+        virtual path info accordingly. Return the traversed virtual path info
+        fragment.
+        """
+
+        vp = self.get_virtual_path_info(encoding).split("/")
+        self.set_virtual_path_info("/" + "/".join(vp[2:]))
+        return vp[1]
+
     def update_path(self, path, relative_path):
 
         """