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# Binder Overview
The ***binder*** provides the way to connect applications to
the services that it needs.
It provides a fast way to securely offer APIs to applications
written in any language and running almost anywhere.
- The ***binder*** is developed for AGL (Automotive Grade Linux) but it is not bound to AGL.
- The ***binder*** is the usual name.
- The binary is named **afb-daemon**.
- The name **afb-daemon** stands for ***Application Framework Binder Daemon***.
The word *daemon*, here, denote the fact that the ***binder*** makes witchcraft to
connect applications to their expected services. (note: that usually the term of
daemon denotes background process but not here).
Each ***binder*** **afb-daemon** is in charge to bind one instance of
an application or service to the rest of the system, applications and services.
Within AGL, the connection between services and/or applications
is tuned by the AGL framework and the AGL system.
## The basis of the binder
The following figure shows main concepts linked to the ***binder***.
<a id="fig-binder-basis"></a>
The shown elements are:
- The SECURITY CONTEXT
The primary intend of any ***binder*** is to provide
a secured environment for any application.
On AGL, the **security context** is ensured by [Smack]
, the security context of the application or service.
- The BINDER
This is the central element.
It makes possible to run HTML5 applications and provides
the unified access to APIs provided by the ***bindings***.
Running a pure HTML5 application doesn't require any ***binding***.
In that case , the ***binder*** acts as a simple HTTP server for
the web runtime.
- The BINDINGs
A ***binding*** adds one **API** to the ***binder***.
An **API** is a set of **verbs** that can be called
using either REST over HTTP or a kind of JSON RPC.
***bindings*** are either:
- dynamically loaded libraries in the ***binder*** process
- remote service running on the same host
- remote service running on other hosts
When acting as an HTTP server, the binder treats the language
settings of the HTTP requests to provide internationalized
content as specified by
[widget specifications](https://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/#internationalization-and-localization).
- The APPLICATION
An ***application*** connects to the binder to get access to
the **API** that it provides or to get its HTTP services to access
resources.
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## Interconnection of binders
The AGL framework interprets the **widget/application** manifests
to setup the ***bindings*** configuration of the ***binders***.
The figure below shows that ***binders*** are interconnected.
<a id="fig-binder-interconnection"></a>
The figure shows 4 several **application/service**: **A**, **B**,
**C** and **D**.
The application **A** might use an **API** that is shown as a
local ***binding*** but that in reality runs within the context
of **D**.
The framework AGL takes care of making the plumbing working.
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