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aggregator.module handlers Includes the core 'aggregator_feed,' 'aggregator_category,' and 'aggregator_item' tables.
book.module handlers
comment.module handlers Includes the tables 'comments' and 'node_comment_statistics'
filter.module handlers Only includes the table 'filter_formats'.
Handlers for arguments
locale.module handlers
miscellaneous handlers
node.module handlers Includes the tables 'node', 'node_revisions' and 'history'.
Non-volatile cache storage The non-volatile object cache is used to store an object while it is being edited, so that we don't have to save until we're completely done. The cache should be 'cleaned' on a regular basis, meaning to remove old objects from the…
Objects that represent a View or part of a view. These objects are the core of Views do the bulk of the direction and storing of data. All database activity is in these objects.
poll.module handlers Includes only the core 'poll' table for now.
profile.module handlers
search.module handlers Includes the tables 'search_index'
statistics.module handlers Includes the ability to create views of just the statistics table.
system.module handlers
taxonomy.module handlers
translation.module handlers
upload.module handlers
user.module handlers
Views AJAX library Handles the server side AJAX interactions of Views.
Views' area handlers Handlers to tell Views what can display in header, footer and empty text in a view.
Views' argument default plugins Allow specialized methods of filling in arguments when they aren't provided.
Views' argument validate plugins Allow specialized methods of validating arguments.
Views' display plugins Display plugins control how Views interact with the rest of Drupal.
Views' field handlers Handlers to tell Views how to build and display fields.
Views' filter handlers Handlers to tell Views how to filter queries.
Views' hooks Hooks that can be implemented by other modules in order to implement the Views API.
Views' join handlers Handlers to tell Views how to join tables together.
Views' relationship handlers Handlers to tell Views how to create alternate relationships.
Views' row plugins Row plugins control how Views outputs an individual record. They are tightly coupled to style plugins, in that a style plugin is what calls the row plugin.
Views' sort handlers Handlers to tell Views how to sort queries
Views' style plugins Style plugins control how a view is rendered. For example, they can choose to display a collection of fields, node_view() output, table output, or any kind of crazy output they want.
Views' template files All views templates can be overridden with a variety of names, using the view, the display ID of the view, the display type of the view, or some combination thereof.

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