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svn commit: r941116 - in /websites/staging/gora/trunk/content: ./
current/gora-shims.html
Author: buildbot
Date: Sun Feb 22 23:08:50 2015
New Revision: 941116
Log:
Staging update by buildbot for gora
Modified:
websites/staging/gora/trunk/content/ (props changed)
websites/staging/gora/trunk/content/current/gora-shims.html
Propchange: websites/staging/gora/trunk/content/
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form of <b>Gora Shims</b>. </p>
<p>According to our great friends over at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_%28computing%29">Wikipedia</a>,
Shim's are described as</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">small</span> <span class="n">library</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">transparently</span> <span class="n">intercepts</span> <span class="n">API</span> <span class="n">calls</span> <span class="n">and</span> <span class="n">changes</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">arguments</span> <span class="n">passed</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">handles</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">operation</span> <span class="n">itself</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">or</span> <span class="n">redirects</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">operation</span> <span class="n">elsewhere</span><span class="p">.[</span>1<span class="p">][</span>2<span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">Shims</span> <span class="n">typically</span> <span class="n">come</span> <span class="n">about</span> <span class="n">when</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span cla
ss="n">behavior</span> <span class="n">of</span> <span class="n">an</span> <span class="n">API</span> <span class="n">changes</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">thereby</span> <span class="n">causing</span> <span class="n">compatibility</span> <span class="n">issues</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">older</span> <span class="n">applications</span> <span class="n">which</span> <span class="n">still</span> <span class="n">rely</span> <span class="n">on</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">older</span> <span class="n">functionality</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">In</span> <span class="n">such</span> <span class="n">cases</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">older</span> <span class="n">API</span> <span class="n">can</span> <span class="n">still</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">supported</span> <span class="n">by</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">thin</span> <span
class="n">compatibility</span> <span class="n">layer</span> <span class="n">on</span> <span class="n">top</span> <span class="n">of</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">newer</span> <span class="n">code</span><span class="p">.</span>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">...</span><span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">small</span> <span class="n">library</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">transparently</span> <span class="n">intercepts</span> <span class="n">API</span> <span class="n">calls</span> <span class="n">and</span> <span class="n">changes</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">arguments</span> <span class="n">passed</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">handles</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">operation</span> <span class="n">itself</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">or</span> <span class="n">redirects</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">operation</span> <span class="n">elsewhere</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Shims</span> <span class="n">typically</span> <span class="n">come</span> <span class="n">about</span> <span class="n">when</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">behavior</span> <sp
an class="n">of</span> <span class="n">an</span> <span class="n">API</span> <span class="n">changes</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">thereby</span> <span class="n">causing</span> <span class="n">compatibility</span> <span class="n">issues</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">older</span> <span class="n">applications</span> <span class="n">which</span> <span class="n">still</span> <span class="n">rely</span> <span class="n">on</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">older</span> <span class="n">functionality</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">In</span> <span class="n">such</span> <span class="n">cases</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">older</span> <span class="n">API</span> <span class="n">can</span> <span class="n">still</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">supported</span> <span class="n">by</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">thin</span> <span class="n">compatibility</s
pan> <span class="n">layer</span> <span class="n">on</span> <span class="n">top</span> <span class="n">of</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">newer</span> <span class="n">code</span><span class="p">.</span>
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