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The Foundation Framework


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com.webobjects.foundation



Introduction

The Foundation Framework defines a base layer of classes written in Java. In addition to providing a set of useful primitive object classes, it introduces several paradigms that define functionality not covered by the Java language. The Foundation Framework is designed with these goals in mind:

This version of the Foundation framework is similar to the WebObjects 4.5 Foundation framework (com.apple.yellow.foundation) but does not rely on the Java Bridge because it is written in pure Java. The API for the pure Java Foundation also follows conventions in Sun's API more closely than the WebObjects 4.5 Foundation.

The pure Java Foundation resembles the WebObjects 4.5 Java Client Foundation (com.apple.client.foundation) but provides a larger set of functions.


Foundation Framework Classes

The Foundation Framework consists of several related groups of classes as well as a few individual classes:

© 2001 Apple Computer, Inc. (Last Published April 17, 2001)


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