Steven E. Harris wrote:
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.
Well, this dependency exists because the OBR impl does provide a shell command, so it needs to compile against it. I am not sure if I have the correct "scope" for the dependency since I am no maven expert.
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?
First, I can see that you found a typo in my pom file...this should be DynamicImport-Package...I just changed this recently when I upgraded to the new maven plugin...oops, I will fix that now.
To answer your last question first, yes, you can use the OBR bundle without using the shell bundle.
Actually, that was the whole point of using Dynamic-ImportPackage for the OBR bundle. It will offer a shell command service if the package is available, otherwise it does not. The OBR bundle does a simple class loading probe to see if the shell package is available.
Dynamic-ImportPackage does not have anything to do with load a bundle, it has to do with whether an imported package is resolved at "resolve time" or at "run time". Import-Package packages are resolved at "resolve time", while DynamicImport-Package is resolved at "run time".
I'll have to look into the API further. Perhaps that will answer all my questions.
Let us know if it doesn't.
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.
Ok, I am slowly working on documentation for that...you can see the start to it here:
http://cwiki.apache.org/FELIX/launching-and-embedding-felix.html
So far you've been very helpful.
No problem. -> richard
