--- a/src/ztfy/utils/zodb.py	Thu Sep 13 10:56:25 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/ztfy/utils/zodb.py	Thu Sep 20 17:06:22 2012 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext"
 
 # import standard packages
+from persistent import Persistent
 
 # import Zope3 interfaces
 from persistent.interfaces import IPersistent
@@ -23,14 +24,48 @@
 from ZODB.interfaces import IConnection
 
 # import local interfaces
+from ztfy.utils.interfaces import IZEOConnection
 
 # import Zope3 packages
+from ZEO import ClientStorage
+from ZODB import DB
 from zope.component import adapter
-from zope.interface import implementer
+from zope.container.contained import Contained
+from zope.interface import implementer, implements
+from zope.schema.fieldproperty import FieldProperty
 
 # import local packages
 
 
+class ZEOConnectionInfo(object):
+    """ZEO connection info"""
+
+    implements(IZEOConnection)
+
+    server_name = FieldProperty(IZEOConnection['server_name'])
+    server_port = FieldProperty(IZEOConnection['server_port'])
+    storage = FieldProperty(IZEOConnection['storage'])
+    username = FieldProperty(IZEOConnection['username'])
+    password = FieldProperty(IZEOConnection['password'])
+    server_realm = FieldProperty(IZEOConnection['server_realm'])
+
+    def getConnection(self, wait=False, get_storage=False):
+        """Get a tuple made of storage and DB connection for given settings"""
+        storage = ClientStorage.ClientStorage((str(self.server_name), self.server_port),
+                                              storage=self.server_storage,
+                                              username=self.server_username or '',
+                                              password=self.server_password or '',
+                                              realm=self.server_realm,
+                                              wait=wait)
+        db = DB(storage)
+        return (storage, db) if get_storage else db
+
+
+class ZEOConnectionUtility(ZEOConnectionInfo, Persistent, Contained):
+    """Persistent ZEO connection settings utility"""
+
+
+
 # IPersistent adapters copied from zc.twist package
 # also register this for adapting from IConnection
 @adapter(IPersistent)