[interfacekit] Re: Icons and BBitmap

> > I thought I understood for a moment :-), but... I *am* using 
> > BBitmaps
> > in libstorage. MimeDatabase::GetIconData(), which is called by
> > BMimeType::SetIcon(), creates a temporary BBitmap that it uses for
> > color conversions. Granted, SetIcon() is being called by
> > libstoragetest, but it's still sitting in libstorage, which is still
> > linked to libopenbeos. You're right, the confusion is nearing
> > perfection. :-)
> 
> Let's try again. :-)
> (R5::)BBitmap needs a connection to the R5::app_server and therefore 
> an
> R5::BApplication object, or more precisely a valid libbe::be_app.
> libstoragetest is not linked against libopenbeos and thus a
> BApplication created in it is an R5::BApplication that initializes
> libbe::be_app. That's completely sufficient. It doesn't matter whether
> or not the image (libstorage in this case) containing the code that
> uses BBitmap is linked against libopenbeos, for BBitmap lives in libbe
> and thus any functions/variables accessed by BBitmap code are searched
> only in libbe and whatever libbe is linked against (libroot).
> 
> As soon as the entity that creates the BApplication object is linked
> against libopenbeos (before libbe), OBOS::BApplication will be used 
> and
> R5::BBitmap must be left alone. This holds for the registrar for
> instance.
 
Got it. Thanks. :-)

-Tyler

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