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| author | blundell@chromium.org <blundell@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2014-03-11 11:47:17 +0000 |
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| committer | blundell@chromium.org <blundell@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98> | 2014-03-11 11:47:17 +0000 |
| commit | f53217880e61893524d0a0517f5fcd04c894d10d (patch) | |
| tree | e3f2f372c8306885c886528cd23ef17348bfa06e /components/README | |
| parent | f7ce242831827659deb330fcd02007c924ac4a47 (diff) | |
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Updated //components/README to account for layered components.
R=joi@chromium.org
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/194673003
git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@256208 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
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diff --git a/components/README b/components/README index b20ca49..7201320 100644 --- a/components/README +++ b/components/README @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ -This directory is for components that have the Content Module as the -uppermost layer they depend on. They may depend only on the Content -API (content/public) and on lower layers (e.g. base/, net/, ipc/ -etc.). +This directory is for features that are intended for reuse across multiple +embedders (e.g., Android WebView and Chrome). + +By default, subdirectories have the Content Module as the uppermost layer they +depend on, i.e., they may depend only on the Content API (content/public) and +on lower layers (e.g. base/, net/, ipc/ etc.). Individual subdirectories may +further restrict their dependencies, e.g., a component that is used by Chrome +for iOS (which does not use the content API) will either disallow usage of +content/public or be in the form of a layered component +(http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/layered-components-design). Components that have bits of code that need to live in different processes (e.g. some code in the browser process, some in the renderer |