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Essential read about the Redtamarin API.
It is ActionScript 3.0 but it is not Flash nor Adobe AIR.
Redtamarin is first the C/C++ source code that produce a runtime,
this is what we call the Redtamarin Shell or reshell.
- the Flash Player is a runtime
that execute inside a browser as a plugin
and embed theplayerglobal.swc -
Adobe AIR is a runtime
that execute at the operating system level
like a GUI application (Outside of the browser)
and embed theairglobal.swc - the Redtamarin Shell is a runtime
that execute at the operating system level
like a CLI program (command-line application,
interactive shell, background service, etc.)
and embedredtamarin.abc
The API is the second most important part of Redtamarin
and is defined by native code (implemented in C/C++) and
ActionScript 3.0 code organised in 3 layers
- the C API
in theC.*package
see clib (the "C Library") - the Native API
in theshell.*package
see rnlib (the "Redtamarin Native Library") - the AVMGlue API
in theflash.*andair.*packages
see avmglue (the "Flash Platform API")
The Redtamarin API is embedded in the runtime (redshell), that means you have access to it at all time without the need to load an external ABC library.
But that also means you can not override it (or some part of it) with your own implementation, without recompiling the runtime itself.
The Redtamarin API design follow 3 simple principles
- native implementations are very simple and low-level
- ActionScript 3 builtins are used to organise the logic and glue the native
- it is cross-platform as much as possible
The whole design is based on this prerogative
A good ActionScript 3.0 developer will be able
to reuse the API to write anything, high and low-level
We put the AS3 language upfront and center.
Combine definitions of the C Standard Library and POSIX to provide low-level native C functions and system call.
This is almost an opposite approach to Crossbridge.