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MacOS X Server Release Notes Copyright \xa9 1998 by Apple Computer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Mac OS X Server Developer Release Notes:
Interceptor Framework
This file contains release notes for the Rhaspody Interceptor framework, which permits applications to take over the entire screen display from the Window Server.
Notes Specific to Developer Release
New Features
The Interceptor framework is a public framework new since OPENSTEP 4.2 (NeXT). It consists of three classes:
- The NSDirectBitmap
class provides direct access to screen memory or a screen format
backing store using a bitmap representation.
- The NSDirectScreen
class permits programs to capture and reconfigure a display device
or screen.
- The NSDirectPalette provides a representation of the hardware palette and is used with NSDirectScreen to manipulate the hardware palette.
The reference documentation on these classes (accessible through the above links) is in a preliminary state. Complete reference documentation for the Interceptor framework will be available in the Premier release.
Caveats
This is a preliminary API. Exact method names and details of functionality may change before the Premier release.