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34<H1><A name="Describingcomponents-DescribingyouriPOJOcomponents"></A>Describing your iPOJO components</H1>
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36<P>This section describes the different features supported by iPOJO. In fact, this page aims to answer to the following question: <EM>&quot;What can I write in my iPOJO component descriptor (i.e. the metadata.xml file)?&quot;</EM></P>
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38<H2><A name="Describingcomponents-Corefeatures"></A>Core features</H2>
39<P>Core features are provided with the iPOJO runtime bundles. You can use it directly, as soon as the iPOJO runtime is deployed.</P>
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50<H2><A name="Describingcomponents-Extensions"></A>Extensions</H2>
51<P>Extensions <EM>extend</EM> the iPOJO model to add some specific functionalities. This is made thanks to the external handler mechanism. So before using one of these features, deploy the attached external handler.</P>
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62<H2><A name="Describingcomponents-Amissingfunctionality%3F"></A>A missing functionality ?</H2>
Clement Escoffier130ca572008-10-13 07:33:03 +0000[diff] [blame]63<P>iPOJO component model is extensible. So, you can implement your own handler managing you specific requirement. Refer the handler development guide (<A href="how-to-write-your-own-handler.html" title="How to write your own handler">How to write your own handler</A>) for more details.</P></TD>
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