Appendix A. Reference Material

Table of Contents
Installer Services
Package Attributes
The Package Description Format
Package Source Directory
The Package Build Process
Description Expansion
Core Installers
Provisos and Dependencies
Virtual-Input Package
Compiling and Installing XOE from sources
Recommended Reading
Web Resources

Installer Services

Several types of extensions can be in a XOE package. The XOE core contains several "Installer Services". These services are responsible for installation of a XOE package. The core installers include:

In addition to these core installers, additional Installer Services can themselves be installed from XOE packages.

As a package is installed, it will be processed by all the available Installer Services. In other words, a single package may contain any combination of classes, native libraries, tag-bindings, etc...