Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of OptionsApi

Timestamp:

Jan 26, 2015, 1:34:31 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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OptionsApi

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 = APIs for wrappers =
 
-Wrappers (wrapper, vboxwrapper, wrappture) use the following
-API to control the behavior of the BOINC runtime system.
+Wrappers (wrapper, vboxwrapper, wrappture) perform the functions
+normally done by the BOINC runtime system,
+such as handling suspend/resume messages from the client.
+For example, vboxwrapper handles suspend messages by telling the !VirtualBox
+hypervisor to suspend the VM.
+
+Developing a wrapper involves:
+
+ * Setting initialization options telling the BOINC runtime system
+   what functions it should perform
+   (i.e. those not performed by the wrapper).
+ * Periodically calling [StatusApi#Gettingruntimesystemstatus boinc_get_status()]
+   to see when something (e.g. suspend/resume) needs to be done.
+
+== Initialization for wrappers ==
 
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