[interfacekit] Re: First whack at a schedule

>
>OK, so a little digging and I've come to the conclusion you're talking
>about the MIME registrar.  Talk about your undocumented no-man's land. 
>Isn't this something the Storage Kit folks (are there any of those?)
>should be taking care of?  Just checked; there *isn't* as Storage Kit
>team. *~sigh~*
>
>Alrighty then guys, unless a Storage Kit team materializes, we're going
>to have to implement the MIME registrar and related Storage Kit
>classes.  Wee.
>
>I'll contact Michael Phipps and see if he knows anything different about
>the situation.
>
>e
Excerpt from an e-mail from George Hoffman:

> Anyway, does the
> registrar get most of its info from the kernel or the app_server?

The registrar, like the app_server, gets contacted directly by threads that
want to use it's services.  It does not talk to the app_server at all.

> Also, I
> know the app_server thread handles new application setup, but are
> you able to
> tell me whether the request for the new app goes to the registrar or the
> app_server?

The BApplication constructor contacts both the app_server and the registrar.
The app_server deals with all input and graphics related tasks, while the
registrar is used for publishing info about running apps, broadcasting
messages, launching apps that deal with a particular MIME type, etc.

 BTW, for future reference, what kinds of questions
> would wou be
> able to answer?

Nothing we wouldn't put in a newsletter.

Mostly undocumented, but we have help. :)

--DW

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