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| 18 | <h1>chrome URIs / chrome registry</h1> |
| 19 | |
| 20 | <div class="explanation"> |
| 21 | The DTD file is referenced by a <b>chrome URI</b>, e.g. "chrome://communicator/locale/openLocation.dtd". |
| 22 | <br>All chrome URIs have the form of <b>chrome://<package>/{content|locale|skin}/<path-to-file></b>. |
| 23 | <br>To which file on disk (or in a .jar package) this URI resolves, is determined by the <b>chrome registry</b>: |
| 24 | The chrome registry knows which <b>locales</b> (e.g. en-US, de-AT, it-IT) are installed for which <b>packages</b> |
| 25 | (e.g. communicator, navigator, messenger), and which locale is selected for those packages. |
| 26 | <br>As a side note, the chrome registry stores the same information for themes as well. |
| 27 | </div> |
| 28 | |
| 29 | <div class="sample"> |
| 30 | <p class="sampledesc">Example directory tree with files</p> |
| 31 | <div class="samplecontent"> |
| 32 | <ul class="filetree"> |
| 33 | <li>mozilla |
| 34 | <ul> |
| 35 | <li>chrome |
| 36 | <ul> |
| 37 | <li>comm |
| 38 | <ul> |
| 39 | <li>content |
| 40 | <ul> |
| 41 | <li>communicator |
| 42 | <ul> |
| 43 | <li class="file">openLocation.xul</li> |
| 44 | </ul> |
| 45 | </li> |
| 46 | <li class="dirclosed">navigator</li> |
| 47 | </ul> |
| 48 | </li> |
| 49 | </ul> |
| 50 | </li> |
| 51 | <li class="file">en-US.jar |
| 52 | <ul> |
| 53 | <li>locale |
| 54 | <ul> |
| 55 | <li>en-US |
| 56 | <ul> |
| 57 | <li>communicator |
| 58 | <ul> |
| 59 | <li class="file">openLocation.dtd</li> |
| 60 | <li class="file">openLocation.properties</li> |
| 61 | </ul> |
| 62 | </li> |
| 63 | <li>global |
| 64 | <ul> |
| 65 | <li class="file">brand.dtd</li> |
| 66 | <li class="file">brand.properties</li> |
| 67 | </ul> |
| 68 | </li> |
| 69 | <li class="dirclosed">navigator</li> |
| 70 | </ul> |
| 71 | </li> |
| 72 | </ul> |
| 73 | </li> |
| 74 | </ul> |
| 75 | </li> |
| 76 | <li class="file">de-AT.jar |
| 77 | <ul> |
| 78 | <li>communicator |
| 79 | <ul> |
| 80 | <li class="file">openLocation.dtd</li> |
| 81 | <li class="file">openLocation.properties</li> |
| 82 | </ul> |
| 83 | </li> |
| 84 | <li>global |
| 85 | <ul> |
| 86 | <li class="file">brand.dtd</li> |
| 87 | <li class="file">brand.properties</li> |
| 88 | </ul> |
| 89 | </li> |
| 90 | <li class="dirclosed">navigator</li> |
| 91 | </ul> |
| 92 | </li> |
| 93 | </ul> |
| 94 | </li> |
| 95 | </ul> |
| 96 | </li> |
| 97 | </ul> |
| 98 | </div> |
| 99 | </div> |
| 100 | |
| 101 | <div class="sample"> |
| 102 | <p class="sampledesc">Sample chrome registry (main chrome.rdf + profile's chrome.rdf)</p> |
| 103 | <div class="samplecontent"> |
| 104 | <ul class="rdftree"> |
| 105 | <li>...</li> |
| 106 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Seq about="urn:mozilla<b>:package:root</b>"> |
| 107 | <ul> |
| 108 | <li><RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:package:communicator"/></li> |
| 109 | <li><RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:package:global"/></li> |
| 110 | <li>...</li> |
| 111 | </ul> |
| 112 | </li> |
| 113 | <li></RDF:Seq> |
| 114 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:package:communicator" c:baseURL="<b>resource:/chrome/comm/content/communicator/</b>" c:localeVersion="1.3b" ...> |
| 115 | <ul> |
| 116 | <li><c:<b>selectedLocale</b> resource="urn:mozilla:locale:<b>de-AT:communicator</b>"/></li> |
| 117 | </ul> |
| 118 | </li> |
| 119 | <li></RDF:Description> |
| 120 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:package:global" c:baseURL="<b>jar:</b>resource:/chrome/<b>toolkit.jar!</b>/content/global/" c:localeVersion="1.3b" ...> |
| 121 | <ul> |
| 122 | <li><c:selectedLocale resource="urn:mozilla:locale:de-AT:global"/></li> |
| 123 | </ul> |
| 124 | </li> |
| 125 | <li></RDF:Description> |
| 126 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Seq about="urn:mozilla<b>:locale:root</b>"> |
| 127 | <ul> |
| 128 | <li><RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:de-AT"/></li> |
| 129 | <li><RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:AT"/></li> |
| 130 | <li><RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:en-US"/></li> |
| 131 | <li><RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:US"/></li> |
| 132 | </ul> |
| 133 | </li> |
| 134 | <li></RDF:Seq> |
| 135 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:<b>en-US:communicator</b>" c:baseURL="jar:resource:/chrome/<b>en-US.jar!/locale/en-US/communicator/</b>" c:localeVersion="1.3b"> |
| 136 | <ul> |
| 137 | <li><c:package resource="urn:mozilla:package:communicator"/></li> |
| 138 | </ul> |
| 139 | </li> |
| 140 | <li></RDF:Description> |
| 141 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:en-US:global" c:baseURL="jar:resource:/chrome/en-US.jar!/locale/en-US/global/" c:localeVersion="1.3b"> |
| 142 | <ul> |
| 143 | <li><c:package resource="urn:mozilla:package:global"/></li> |
| 144 | </ul> |
| 145 | </li> |
| 146 | <li></RDF:Description> |
| 147 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:<b>de-AT:communicator</b>" c:baseURL="jar:resource:/chrome/<b>de-AT.jar!/communicator/</b>" c:localeVersion="1.3b"> |
| 148 | <ul> |
| 149 | <li><c:package resource="urn:mozilla:package:communicator"/></li> |
| 150 | </ul> |
| 151 | </li> |
| 152 | <li></RDF:Description> |
| 153 | <li class="starttag"><RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:de-AT:global" c:baseURL="jar:resource:/chrome/de-AT.jar!/global/" c:localeVersion="1.3b"> |
| 154 | <ul> |
| 155 | <li><c:package resource="urn:mozilla:package:global"/></li> |
| 156 | </ul> |
| 157 | </li> |
| 158 | <li></RDF:Description> |
| 159 | </ul> |
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