browserplugin/cpixnpplugin/discussion.txt
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About naming: 
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- Example classess uses NP prefix
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- ECom plugin interfaces uses EComBrowserPlugin
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- The API is called NP (netscape plugin) plugin API. NP runtime is part of it 
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- The environment where we are aiming is WebKit 
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- Browser is main using WebKit
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- So, of which of these (NP, WebKit or Browser) we are developing plugin for? 
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  - NP apparently. The plugin should also work (not really) in other S60 NP 
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    compatible environments (like the old abandoned browser, all thought it 
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    didn't support npruntime)
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- The classes used in the plugin should be differentiated from S60 side classes
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  in some way. Currently it is done with NP 'prefix'. Inconsistently, it appears 
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  - In front of names: CNPSearchDocument
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  - And in the middle of names: CCPixNPSearchDocument
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  -> TODO? Switch CCPixNPSearchDocument to CNPCPixSearchDocument
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About design:
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- Are the inc/idl classes meant to allow direct usage of the objects e.g. 
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  from other modules. If this is the case, are they allowed to expose 
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  S60 interfaces (with descriptors etc.), or should they expose some 
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  standard POSIX interfaces instead.