Yes, documentation is on the way. The project goals as well as the main obstacles for not using springDM's implementation can be found here: https://scm.ops4j.org/repos/ops4j/laboratory/users/tonit/incubator/drone/README
There will be an official announcement on the ops4j mailinglist along with "real" documentation on the ops4j wiki somehwat next week. (hope every one is subscribed to it ;-) ?) till then, /Toni -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:41:26 +0300 > Von: "Alin Dreghiciu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: dev@felix.apache.org > Betreff: Re: Library Enabling Test Framework...? > As Guillaume pointerd out, Spring DM Testing support should be able to > solve your use case. > Toni Menzel is also working on such a testing support as part of Pax > Drone, which is now in hie incubator but I expect that soon to be > "ready" to use. There is no documentation yet about, but soon. Toni? > > Alin Dreghiciu > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Niclas, Robert, > > > > It sounded to me as if Robert was more interested in a integration > testing > > framework rather than the build tool used to generate the manifest and > build > > the bundle. Please excuse me if I'm wrong here tho. > > > > I just wanted to say that Directory too would like to start using OSGi > but > > the biggest impediment to date is having a good mini/micro integration > > testing framework to test our components in the container right after > the > > bundle is generated by Maven for that module. We don't want to have to > > create a foo module then a foo-test module just to integration test > since > > this will lead to a (Maven) module explosion. It would be nice to have > a > > JUnit-ish framework for in situ testing OSGi bundles inside target > > containers. > > > > Like Robert we want to take bundle foo and make sure if it's a library, > the > > classes there in function properly by running some tests that access > those > > classes within the container. If foo bundle exposes a service we'd like > to > > get a handle on that service and start running some tests on it etc. > > > > I think such a framework would help increase uptake. > > > > Best Regards, > > Alex > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> On Saturday 31 May 2008 15:02, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > >> > over in JAMES, we'd like to OSGi enable our upcoming library releases > >> > so that they can be used unforked in OSGi environments. the plan is > to > >> > use the maven plugin but we don't have a lot of OSGi experience. so > >> > i'd like to add some integration tests to check that the libraries > >> > function ok when used in an OSGi environment. this seems a reasonably > >> > general requirement and i was wondering about a general integration > >> > testing micro library to test that a library was correctly enabled. > >> > >> Robert, > >> > >> I think the first necessary step is to incorporate the so called BND > tool > >> into > >> your build. If you are using Maven, then there is a plugin available > here > >> to > >> make it easier. > >> > >> BND recursively walks through the classes and figures out what is > needed > >> and > >> compares that against a "recipe" that you specify. The recipe can > either be > >> explicit (in which case every import has to specified or else an error) > or > >> you use wildcards (less recommended). > >> The recipe also contains information about which packages should be > >> Exported, > >> ignored and kept private. > >> > >> With BND it is not too hard to maintain the recipe (typically an > external > >> file), and will lower the initial need for in-container tests. > >> > >> Setting it up is easy, if you know what you are doing, so I suggest > that > >> someone here volunteers (Stuart???) to help you out. > >> > >> > >> Cheers > >> -- > >> Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > >> > >> I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er > >> I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc > >> I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug > >> > > > > > > -- > Alin Dreghiciu > http://www.ops4j.org - New Energy for OSS Communities - Open > Participation Software. > http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java - Domain Driven Development. > http://malaysia.jayway.net - New Energy for Projects - Great People > working on Great Projects at Great Places
