Framework Enhancements

Many of Apple’s frameworks have been improved and expanded in Jaguar. In almost all cases, new features have been added, and pre-existing features have been preserved. Table D.1 describes the components and classes that have undergone the most changes:

Table D.1. New and Significantly Changed Components in Jaguar
Component Description
CFNetworking Improved communication with the standard services on the Web. Support for detecting and broadcasting to network services, configuring socket streams, encryption, and firewalls.
NSURLHandle Enhanced to use features of CFNetworking.
NSNetServices Partial Cocoa interface to CFNetworking.
NSText classes Support for bidirectional text and new input managers.
NSResponder, NSTabView ...

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