does the work of rendering the image in the applet and therefore requires sufficient resources to meet the response time expectations. There is a cost for this configuration. The applet must be downloaded from the eClient Web application server to the browser every time the browser is shut down and restarted to access a resource object that requires the applet. The applet is nearly 400 KB. This could add more network traffic than it saves for a large number of infrequent users.
5.7.5 Network and Library Server Most API calls interact with the Library Server database. Every time there is an interaction, there are network delays and additional workload on the database. We should avoid these as much as possible. To avoid calls to the Library Server database, assemble all parts to an item before adding it and conversely only get from the Library Server (or the Resource Manager) the data your application needs. If you are building a collection of child components, links, or parts, assemble the collection in the client application and add them all at once wherever possible.
5.8 Client applications The Content Manager clients vary between particular Content Manager applications styles and even between functions within any one system. Content Manager provides sample applications that demonstrate many functions that are available in a Content Manager system. The sample applications can also help developers in the use of the APIs and creating custom Content Manager clients. The Windows client and the eClient, which provide production-ready application clients for Content Manager, are generalized applications that have a wide range of capabilities and applications. They are designed for maximum flexibility and assume very little about the setup of the Library Server to which they will connect. They do not take any short cuts or assume the existence of the components that might be required for any one particular implementation. As a consequence, they might not be a fast or efficient as a custom-built application client. A custom client application can take advantage of a predefined data model and make assumptions about the data that have been enforced elsewhere in the application. For example, the system designer knows that folders are created only when they contain a document and documents cannot be deleted, so the application can assume that there will be a document contained by that folder and jump straight to it. The generic, out-of-box clients cannot make this assumption, because it might not be true in other customer situations. These clients must determine
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