2013/3/16 David Jencks <david_jen...@yahoo.com>: > I think you could reuse most of the bnd infrastructure for ds > annotations/bnd-file-instruction-processing, but I share Neil's hope that all > but the DS 1.2 annotations die out. > I don't want to be picky, but I think Neil said that hopefully one of the three available solutions dies out :) And this is where I agree. I hope that the most usefull solution continues to be available, but I guess that there are different opinions on what this will be.... I know that the Apache Felix scr annotations are used a lot out there by different projects and companies, so I just want to take away the fear some people might have reading this thread. Be asured that these annotations will be available and supported for a long time.
Regards Carsten > david jencks > > On Mar 16, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Felix Meschberger <fmesc...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> How complex would it be to create a bndtools plugin for our annotations ? >> >> Regards >> Felix >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: BndTools and DS 1.2 Annotations >> From: Neil Bartlett <njbartl...@gmail.com> >> To: bndtools-us...@googlegroups.com >> CC: >> >> >> >> >> Bndtools doesn't support the Felix SCR annotations, and I have no plans to >> support them. Frankly I'd like to see at least one of these sets of >> annotations die out, as it's confusing having three. >> >> To build with the Felix annotations you can use the maven-scr-plugin, or the >> ANT task here: http://felix.apache.org/downloads.cgi#ant. Neither are >> integrated with the Bndtools incremental builder, so you would need to run a >> full build in order to get your XML generated. >> >> Regards, >> Neil >> >> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Hsufeng Ko >> <hsuf...@gmail.com<mailto:hsuf...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Oh, so there are Bnd annotation, standard annotation, felix annotations, and >> they are all different. Thanks for pointing that out to me, Neil. >> >> However, I really like to be able to use/apply Felix scr annotations. Is >> there a way that I can generate XML Descriptor using Bndtools within >> Eclipse? If not, how do people usually go about generating XML Descriptor >> from Felix annotations? >> >> On Friday, March 15, 2013 9:34:01 PM UTC-7, Neil Bartlett wrote: >> You have not use the standard annotations! The clue is in the package name: >> "org.apache.felix.scr.annotations" ;-) >> >> The *standard* annotations use the package name >> "org.osgi.service.component.annotations". >> >> Regards, >> Neil >> >> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Hsufeng Ko <hsu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> How do I switch to use DS 1.2 Annotations for my Eclipse project using >> Bndtools plugin? >> >> Using Bndtools in Eclipse, I went to my project's bnd.bnd file and toggle >> between 'Bnd Annotations' and 'DS 1.2 Annotations' >> >> When I choose to use 'Bnd Annotations', I had my java code annotated as >> below, >> >> import aQute.bnd.annotation.component.*; >> import org.example.api.*; >> >> @Component >> public class ExampleComponent implements Greeting { >> public String sayHello(String name) { >> return "Hello " + name; >> } >> } >> >> As a result of the build, the generated bundle jar was built successfully >> with OSGI-INF/org.example.ExampleComponent.XML generated and included. >> >> However, when I chose to use 'DS 1.2 Annotations' toward my java code >> annotated as below (with label=..., description=...), >> >> >> package org.example; >> >> import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component; >> import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Properties; >> import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Property; >> import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.PropertyUnbounded; >> import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference; >> import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service; >> import org.example.api.*; >> >> @Component(label = "label", description="description", metatype=true, >> immediate=true) >> >> public class ExampleComponent implements Greeting { >> public String sayHello(String name) { >> return "Hello " + name; >> } >> } >> >> >> I could compile and build but it did not generate >> OSGI-INF/org.example.ExampleComponent.XML at all as if the annotation didn't >> exist. :( >> >> >> I'm new to this and trying to use Bndtools for OSGi development but I >> couldn't get the above simple standard DS annotation to work. What step did >> I miss? Or Bndtools simply is not for standard DS so it failed silently? >> >> On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:07:04 AM UTC-8, Neil Bartlett wrote: >> I disagree with BJ. The standard DS annotations are more limited than the >> bnd ones, for example they have no support for metatype XML generation. For >> this reason, Peter and I (and several others) are continuing to use the bnd >> annotations, and we do intend to keep them up to date with future changes in >> the DS specification. >> >> Some people dislike using the bnd annotations for aesthetic reasons, because >> they are in the "biz.aQute" namespace, so the "org.osgi" namespace of the >> standard annotations is seen as preferable. Personally I don't find this >> particularly important, especially as both sets of annotations are >> build-time only and do not create runtime dependencies. >> >> Neil >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:43 AM, BJ Hargrave <b...@bjhargrave.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Jan 22, 2013, at 22:24 , St Clair Clarke <st.clai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Considering that there should be minimal evolution in bnd annotation, would >>> you suggest/recommend it to be the more stable form of the two to use? >> >> The DS annotations are the best choice as OSGi will update them when the DS >> spec is updated. This will of course need a corresponding update in bnd >> which processes the annotations. >> >> -- >> >> BJ >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "bndtools-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to bndtools-user...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "bndtools-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to >> bndtools-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:bndtools-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "bndtools-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to bndtools-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > -- Carsten Ziegeler cziege...@apache.org
