OmniWeb 2.0, bundles, and Java

Mike Ferris Mike_Ferris at NeXT.COM
Mon Oct 2 10:19:22 PDT 1995


You mentioned:

>Under 4.0 the "bundle" architecture will turn to Frameworks, and
>you'll be able to use parts of OmniWeb in your own programs just
>by loading the appropriate framework.  For example, if you wanted
>incremental image display you could load the imaging framework.
>OmniImage will be rewritten this way.

Actually, bundles are still bundles in 4.0.  Frameworks are the replacement  
for shared libraries.  If you are dynamically loading code, bundles are still  
the way it works.  Frameworks are linked at static link time.  The new  
difference in 4.0 with respect to bundles is that they can be linked against  
frameworks, so if you need to depend on a shared library that the designer of  
the app didn't predict and link against, your bundle will be able to link  
against it and it will get sucked in when the bundle is loaded.

Just a minor clarification...

mike


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