Hi Jacek... Ok, dealed, I will start reading the specs with you and then we can discuss what we got from it :).
On 9/11/06, Jacek Laskowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 9/11/06, Mohammad Nour El-Din <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All... > > Just yesterday I was reading about ObjectWeb EasyBeans, and I felt Jealous > actually, why not to support the OSGi architecture specially when Geronimo > is interested in this subject too, I started to read about the OSGi > architecture and subscribed to the Felix mailing lists to get to know about > this platform. Currently I have no concrete ideas about how to do it in OEJB > but I sent this mail to report the idea and give us the opportunity to > discuss more about it. Great! I like discussions! ;-) Although the OSGi spec has been on my TODO plate for a long time, I could not find some time to read it. I remember it was Dain who mentioned it once on [EMAIL PROTECTED] that the classloader architecture outlined in the spec would be a good fit for Geronimo. Some other articles about OSGi gave me a rough idea of what it could be and....watch out....I ended up thinking it's very similar to the Maven 2 architecture. There're plugins (or bundles as OSGi calls them) and they're downloaded on demand (no pun intended). Then, it made me wonder how different it is from what's available in Geronimo as plugins, which is exactly what M2 offers. Of course, Eclipse (as one example of OSGi bundle for me at least) is in front of me every day and the idea of downloading plugins when one needs it seems very compeling. And to add some additional bits (and outline my way of thinking about OSGi), there's XBean that's, how I call it, an enhanced Spring Framework. Lots of tools and no clear answer what OSGi is and how OpenEJB or Geronimo could benefit from leveraging its concepts. It turns out it's time to read the spec so my mind won't blow up. ;-) I'd be very glad if I could get an answer or two and the subject is clarified a bit - reading the spec may not answer all my question and wrong conclusions are also easy to draw without a buddy nearby. Jacek -- Jacek Laskowski http://www.laskowski.net.pl
