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Application Management
The following sections describe the application management scheme for the Motorola C381p handset. This
chapter will discuss the following
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Downloading a JAR file without a JAD
In Motorola's MIDP 2.0 implementation, a JAR file can be downloaded without a JAD. In
this case, the user clicks on a link for a JAR file, the file is downloaded, and a confirmation
will be obtained before the installation begins. The information presented is obtained from
the JAR manifest instead of the JAD.
MIDlet Upgrade
Rules from the JSR 118 will be followed to help determine if the data from an old MIDlet
should be preserved during a MIDlet upgrade. When these rules cannot determine if the
RMS should be preserved, the user will be given an option to preserve the data.
The following conditions are used to determine if data can be saved:
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Downloading a JAR without a JAD
MIDlet upgrade
Installation and Deletion Status Reports
System Menu
If the cryptographic signer of the new MIDlet suite and the original MIDlet suite
are identical, then the RMS record stores MUST be retained and made available
to the new MIDlet suite.
If the URL of the new MIDlet suite is identical to the URL the original MIDlet suite
was downloaded from, then the RMS MUST be retained and made available to
the new MIDlet suite.
If the above statements are false, then the device MUST ask the user whether
the data from the original MIDlet suite should be retained and made available to
the new MIDlet suite.
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