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The [[Extension Manager:API Rewrite:API#Addon|Addon]] object represents an add-on that is installed on the local system. This is a loose term since it also includes add-ons that have been downloaded and will be installed when the application is restarted. There are a set of properties that will be available for all types of add-ons and then each type of add-on may have additional properties. The same goes for operations that can be performed on the add-on. | The [[Extension Manager:API Rewrite:API#Addon|Addon]] object represents an add-on that is installed on the local system. This is a loose term since it also includes add-ons that have been downloaded and will be installed when the application is restarted. It is likely that the API will hand out multiple instances of Addon for the same underlying add-on since the alternative right now would involve caching each Addon for the lifetime of the application. The only way around this would be to add some form of weak reference support to JS. There are a set of properties that will be available for all types of add-ons and then each type of add-on may have additional properties. The same goes for operations that can be performed on the add-on. | ||
Certain add-ons may have restrictions over what operations can be performed. These restrictions could be just down to the nature of the add-on (themes cannot be disabled normally) or down to system policies (user's may not have access to uninstall some add-ons f.e.). Each Addon has a permissions property that indicates what operations can currently be performed. | Certain add-ons may have restrictions over what operations can be performed. These restrictions could be just down to the nature of the add-on (themes cannot be disabled normally) or down to system policies (user's may not have access to uninstall some add-ons f.e.). Each Addon has a permissions property that indicates what operations can currently be performed. | ||