Extender api review, round 2

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Wednesday 30 July 2008, Alex Merry wrote:
> I don't like the term "source applet".  I think "host applet" would be
> better.

source and host are not always the same thing.

> Question: what happens to detached extenders when the original applet is
> destroyed?  I assume they go away as well, since they seem to be tied to an
> Extender which is tied to an Applet.

no, they are able to stay around. once detached, they appear as separate 
objects in the user interface, and so we treat them as such.

> Also, I don't like the asymmetry of creating extenders with associated
> widgets directly the first time, but also having the initExtenderItem()
> method. Especially as initExtenderItem() doesn't sound like it's only
> called on restore.  But I'm not sure what a good solution would be, apart
> from renaming it restoreExtenderItem(), which only slightly improves it
> IMO.

restore is a better word there, yes.

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