Collaborating with MAF Extensibility Framework

You can interact with the MAF Extensibility Framework on different levels: You can create only a few tiles without any action or data handling, or you can run part of or the entire application using the framework and injecting your application-specific code parts where necessary.

• Passive and Active Mode of the Framework
  You can use the framework in passive (on-demand) and active (callback-based) modes, that is, with passive and active APIs.
• Using the MAF Extensibility Framework in Passive Mode
  When an application uses the framework in passive mode, it can interact with the framework via the MAFCore object.
• Using the MAF Extensibility Framework in Active Mode
  Active mode examples include when the framework switches to a new screen or creates a new tile.
• Collaborating with MAF Extensibility Components
  MAF Extensibility Framework follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern and offers extension points for applications, where they can interact with, decorate, or override the logic behind the components. On top of this, MAF Extensibility Framework has a separate data layer that is responsible for connecting the extensibility framework with the data.