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| l | Rules
about memory ownership |
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| § | Reference
Counting for all XPCOM objects |
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| § | Callee
allocation, caller free |
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| l | Runtime
object typing |
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| § | Query
an object to discover other types |
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| § | Runtime
typing means code is more adaptable to new objects |
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| l | Generic
object creation |
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| § | Component
Manager |
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| § | Service
Manager – singleton objects, lifetime managed by XPCOM |
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| l | Scriptability |
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| § | IDL
to define interfaces |
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| § | Type
libraries allow JavaScript, other languages |
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| 2 |
| Alec Flett
<alecf@flett.org> |
| 2/4/2002 |