"Richard S. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am not really sure I understand the issue as you describe it. The
> bundle repository does not depend on the Felix shell in any way.
Looking (even) more closely, I must be mistaken. Here's what I saw in
felix/trunk/bundlerepository/pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>${pom.groupId}</groupId>
<artifactId>org.apache.felix.shell</artifactId>
<version>${pom.version}</version>
</dependency>
That's a compile-time dependency, and Maven then assumes it must also
be a runtime dependency.
Later in pom.xml, there's this, as part of the manifest definition:
<Dynamic-ImportPackage>org.apache.felix.shell</Dynamic-ImportPackage>
Is it correct that Dynamic-ImportPackage will only attempt to load the
shell bundle if one touches a particular class or method in the
bundlerepository bundle that needs the shell? Can I safely load the
bundlerepository bundle without using the shell bundle?
> So, that is basically the standard algorithm for using the OBR API:
I'll have to look into the API further. Perhaps that will answer all
my questions.
> What else specifically do you need? Besides documentation...
Well, I do have another question about embedding the framework and how
to arrange that as part of a larger application, but I'll save that
for a separate thread.
So far you've been very helpful.
--
Steven E. Harris
