XPCOM - Definition and Overview

XPCOM (Cross-Platform Component Object Model) is an open-source product of mozilla.org. It is used in the also open-source web browser, Mozilla. XPCOM is a cross-platform (XP) software component technology, similar to Microsoft's COM. It provides for the dynamic loading of software components, it has a layout engine using the XUL XML file format, XPCOM components are scriptable through JavaScript using XPCONNECT, and it has a host of other features.

External link

• http://www.mozilla.org/docs/mozilla-faq.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xpcom/
• http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/co-xpcom.html
• http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/co-xpcom2.html
• http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/co-xpcom3.html

Example Usage of XPCOM