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| author |   José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh> | 2016-05-29 22:15:41 +0200 |
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| committer | José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh> | 2016-05-29 23:53:55 +0200 |
| commit | f5c013e32d1c8ee931bec45cee7bc04c5d536d50 (patch) | |
| tree | e2f33d0e9e6a7873154cfe4a20b6d9b0c413caaf /doc/afb-overview.md | |
| parent | a4487d8a46d3e4400bf73ce817fa1a34cde31a6f (diff) | |
Adds documentation
Also remove a old cmakefile
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diff --git a/doc/afb-overview.md b/doc/afb-overview.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a5b19231 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/afb-overview.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +Overview of AFB-DAEMON +====================== + version: 1 + Date: 29 mai 2016 + Author: José Bollo + +TABLE-OF-CONTENT-HERE + +Roles of afb-daemon +------------------- + +The name **afb-daemon** stands for *Application +Framework Binder Daemon*. That is why afb-daemon +is also named ***the binder***. + +**Afb-daemon** is in charge to bind one instance of +an application to the AGL framework and AGL system. + +On the following figure, you can use a typical use +of afb-daemon: + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . Isolated security context . + . . + . +------------------------------+ . + . | | . + . | A P P L I C A T I O N | . + . | | . + . +--------------+---------------+ . + . | . + . | . + . +-------------------+----------------------+ . + . | : | . + . | A F B - D A E M O N : PLUGINS | . + . | : | . + . +-------------------+----------------------+ . + . | . + . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . + | + v + AGL SYSTEM + +The application and its companion binder run in secured and isolated +environment set for them. Applications are intended to access to AGL +system through the binder. + +The binder afb-daemon serves multiple purposes: + +1. It acts as a gateway for the application to access the system; + +2. It acts as an HTTP server for serving files to HTML5 applications; + +3. It allows HTML5 applications to have native extensions subject +to security enforcement for accessing hardware ressources or +for speeding parts of algorithm. + + + |