I saw some changes happened in geronimo framework code tree, those are the attempts to transform geronimo framework modules to OSGi bundles.
I am eager to know how it works, so I made some effort to pull the code and try to make a build by self. Although the build process is not so smoothly, I finally make it work. That's excited, isn't it? Here are the steps for those who want to work on or study the Geronimo OSGi transformation :-) 1. install and config build softwares 1.1 maven 2.0.10 1.2 subversion 1.3 sun jdk 1.5 or 1.6 2. checkout and build servicemix4 bundles. ServiceMix4 bundles are required by the new geronimo framework. The build process is problematic and tricky, be patient :-) $ svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/smx4/all/ smx4all $ cd smx4all $ mvn install -e if you encounter error like "missing bundles-pom", do as follows: $ cd bundles/bundles-pom $ mvn install -e After successfully built bundles-pom, you can start to build bundles $ cd .. $ mvn install -e If you hit problem that says missing certain specific version of bundles-pom, you need to manually update that bundle's pom.xml. In my case, the groovy-1.5.6 has old bundles-pom dependency, so change it to the new one "5-SNAPSHOT", then from the root of bundles, build again. $ mvn install -e You need to make sure all bundles are successfully built and installed into your local maven repository. Besides, you need to build these bundles additionally: org.apache.servicemix.bundles.jaxb-impl/2.1.6_2-SNAPSHOT org.apache.servicemix.bundles.woodstox/3.2.8_1-SNAPSHOT org.apache.servicemix.bundles.jline/0.9.94_2-SNAPSHOT 3. Check out and build felix bundles. Not all of felix bundles need to be built. For my experience, these bundles are required: org.osgi.core org.osgi.foundation org.osgi.compendium 4. check out and build geronimo framework check out geronimo code from trunk $ svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/server/trunk/ gtrunk build from framework $ cd gtrunk/framework $ mvn install -e You will hit bundle missing problems. Go to bundles sub directory and manually build each bundle, until all bundles are built successfully. $ cd bundles/asm-3.1 $ mvn install -e $ cd ../asm-commons-3.1 $ mvn install -e ... The order is: asm-3.1 asm-commons-3.1 commons-cli log4j plexus-utils plexus-logging plexus-archiver sxc-jaxb sxc-runtime You might encounter dependency missing errors when building plexus-logging, plexus-archiver sxc-jaxb sxc-runtime, resolve them like this: For plexus-logging and plexus-archiver, update plexus-utils' version in pom.xml to the one you just built For sxc-jaxb, you need to build "org.apache.servicemix.bundles.jaxb-impl", back to servicemix4 source tree and find it to build Back to framework directory, and build again: $ mvn install -e You might to need to download some bundles manually. For my experience, these bundles are manually downloaded and installed: wget http://repository.code-house.org/content/repositories/release/org/osgi/org.osgi.impl.bundle.jmx/4.2.0.200907080519/org.osgi.impl.bundle.jmx-4.2.0.200907080519.jar mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.osgi -DartifactId=org.osgi.impl.bundle.jmx -Dversion=4.2.0.200907080519 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=org.osgi.impl.bundle.jmx-4.2.0.200907080519.jar 5. After you see success prompt, you can try to run osgi-ed geronimo framework like this: $ cd <gtrunk>/framework/assemblies/geronimo-framework/target/assembly/bin $ chmod +x * $ ./karaf Auto-properties start: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Fragment bundles can not be started. log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.ops4j.pax.url.commons.handler.HandlerActivator). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. __ __ ____ / //_/____ __________ _/ __/ / ,< / __ `/ ___/ __ `/ /_ / /| |/ /_/ / / / /_/ / __/ /_/ |_|\__,_/_/ \__,_/_/ Apache Felix Karaf (1.1.0-SNAPSHOT) Hit '<tab>' for a list of available commands and '[cmd] --help' for help on a specific command. Hit '<ctrl-d>' or 'osgi:shutdown' to shutdown Karaf. ka...@root> Module 1/5 org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-system/3.0-SNAPSHOT/car started in .000s Module 2/5 org.apache.geronimo.framework/rmi-naming/3.0-SNAPSHOT/car started in .097s Module 3/5 org.apache.geronimo.framework/plugin/3.0-SNAPSHOT/car started in .085s Module 4/5 org.apache.geronimo.framework/j2ee-security/3.0-SNAPSHOT/car started in .272s Module 5/5 org.apache.geronimo.framework/server-security-config/3.0-SNAPSHOT/car started in .021s Startup completed in 4.069s seconds Listening on Ports: 1099 0.0.0.0 RMI Naming 9999 0.0.0.0 JMX Remoting Connector Geronimo Application Server started ka...@root> OK! now you can try to install some application bundles with OSGi commands. For how to use this console, see http://felix.apache.org/site/karaf-users-guide.html
